The Milwaukee Bucks made one of the more shocking moves in the offseason, signing Myles Turner to a four-year deal.
There’s no debate that Turner will be an excellent fit for the Bucks, giving them a much better and younger player than Brook Lopez.
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However, because Turner played his entire career with the Indiana Pacers and was a key piece in their success during the 2025 NBA playoffs, many expected him to return on a lucrative deal.
It even shocked some in the league, including New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson, who was stunned by the Pacers’ decision to allow him to walk.
“I thought the Myles Turner thing was weird,” Brunson said on an episode of his podcast. “Like he just said, ‘It’s been a decade here’ and all this stuff and everything, and then, boom, gone.”
There looked to be some confusion between the Pacers and Turner.
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It was either that the ownership didn’t want to pay him what he was looking for, or they asked him to look for other deals and come back to tell them what they had to offer.
Ultimately, Turner and his agent decided to go in a different direction and sign with the Bucks, the Pacers’ biggest rival.
That will likely impact the Knicks if the Bucks are as good as many think they could be heading into next year.
There will likely be some growing pains for the Bucks, but Turner is a perfect fit for what Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to do on the court for a big man.
