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