Indiana Pacers heart Myles Turner is ready to be one of many higher free brokers accessible this offseason. If Indiana has their approach, Turner will not be accessible for lengthy. That is even when the Pacers need to dip into the posh tax to maintain their beginning heart.
Indiana hasn’t been a tax group since 2005. In all, the Pacers have paid lower than $10 million in tax penalties in group historical past. To re-sign Turner, whereas protecting the remainder of the group collectively, Indiana might go greater than $10 million into the tax for subsequent season alone.
Initially of the offseason, with Turner an unrestricted free agent and not less than three open roster spots, the Pacers venture to be $14 to $16 million below the tax line. Turner alone ought to command a beginning wage north of $20 to $25 million.
