The resurgent Indiana Pacers, winners of ten of their last 12 games, have a couple of major decisions to make, especially as the NBA trade deadline approaches. The NBA trade deadline for the Pacers will once again involve Myles Turner, but not in the way you might think. With Myles Turner set to hit unrestricted free agency in the offseason, the Pacers will obviously look to re-sign him, and that could mean freeing up potential cap space by trading of some their wing depth, as per longtime NBA insider Marc Stein.
Stein reports that the Pacers could opt to trade someone like Bennedict Mathurin either by the NBA trade deadline, or closer to the NBA Draft, in order to make it easier to re-sign Myles Turner in NBA free agency.
There’s of course the possibility that re-signing Turner could prove too costly, in which case, it’s no surprise that his name has popped up once again in trade rumors. The Pacers have reportedly fielded calls from interested teams about Turner’s potential availability this deadline, as per ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel. Siegel reports that the Pacers aren’t actively looking to trade Turner, and don’t wish to, but that they haven’t exactly dissuaded interested teams.
One team that has popped up in terms of trade interest in Turner is the Los Angeles Lakers, as per ClutchPoints’ Lakers insider Anthony Irwin. Irwin reports that the Lakers have turned their attention towards Turner as the deadline approaches, and with the asking price for either Jonas Valanciunas and Nikola Vucevic being too high for their liking.
