The Pacers also reportedly declined to offer the 29-year-old center a player option in the final year of his contract — something the Bucks were able to include. Instead of taking the surprisingly low offer from Indiana, Turner signed a long-term deal with one of the team’s fiercest rivals in Milwaukee.

Myles Turner shocked the NBA world by ditching the Indiana Pacers and joining the Milwaukee Bucks on a four-year, $107 million deal. But what makes this signing even wilder is how the Bucks pulled it off by waiving Damian Lillard and stretching his $113 million contract over five years just to create the cap space.

In the wake of the Indiana Pacers' NBA Finals loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, coach Rick Carlisle calls retaining center Myles Turner the team's "No. 1 priority" in free agency. It appears that the loss of Tyrese Haliburton for most, if not all, of the upcoming 2025–26 season changed the equation for the Pacers front office.