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• Cavs Built To Win Series vs. Pacers, And Highly Likely Will

CLEVELAND — In many ways, the Pacers remind me very much of the Cavaliers. Well-coached. Dynamite offensively. Incredibly talented point guard in Tyrese Haliburton, All-Star forward in Pascal Siakam, underrated center in Myles Turner. Strong bench. A locker room full of good dudes. Indiana’s core also advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals last season. But […] The post C...2025
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• NBA Notes: Cavs, Jarrett Allen, Bucks, Damian Lillard, Grizzlies

Cavaliers Center Jarrett Allen will have a whole new challenge on his hands when the Cavaliers face the Pacers in the second round. That’s because Allen will be defending Myles Turner, a pivot whose game extends beyond the 3-point line. So a big part of the Cavs’ defensive spotlight in the next series will shine […] The post NBA Notes: Cavs, Jarrett Allen, Bucks, Damian Lillard, ...2025
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• Pacers Star Myles Turner Trolls Bucks’ Embarrassing Round 1 Exit With 3-Word Message
Pacers big man Myles Turner channels Reggie Miller while trolling the Bucks' epic collapse in Game 5, as Indiana stuns Milwaukee with a close win....2025
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• Best NBA Player Prop Bets 4/25/25
We’re back today with another exciting NBA slate featuring some of our favorite matchups here at Basketball Forever. With the help of advanced simulations and machine learning, our Basketball Forever bot has run thousands of simulations on every game to expertly pinpoint our best player prop bets for tonight. 1. MYLES TURNER OVER 2.5 3-POINTERS […] The post Best NBA Player Prop Bets 4/25/25 ...2025
• NBA Playoffs overreactions for every series after 1 game of 2025 first round

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Let’s overreact to every first-round series of the 2025 NBA Playoffs after one game. The 2025 NBA Playoffs are underway, and some of the biggest storylines of the postseason are already coming into focus after one game in every first round series. The Oklahoma City Thunder showed why they are the favorites in the Western Conference by pulling off one of the...2025
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• NBA Playoffs teams ranked by their 2025 championship chances

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Ranking every 2025 NBA Playoffs team by their chances to win it all The 2025 NBA Playoffs are here with three big favorites and a pool of contenders ready to play the spoiler. The Boston Celtics are trying to become the league’s first back-to-back champion since the 2017-2018 Golden State Warriors. Boston ran over the league on their way t...2025
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• NBA Fines Trendon Watford, Myles Turner, Andrew Nembhard

Nets forward Trendon Watford, Pacers center Myles Turner, and Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard were each fined by the NBA on Friday night for their roles in a Thursday altercation, according to a press release from the league (Twitter link). Watford and Turner were hit with fines of $35K apiece, while Nembhard received a $20K penalty. […]...2025
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• Pacers Notes: Turner, Mathurin, Nesmith, Okafor
Returning from a neck injury on Thursday and playing for the first time in two weeks, Pacers center Myles Turner looked fully healthy, logging a team-high 33 minutes as Indiana outscored Memphis by 22 points during his time on the court. Turner led the Pacers to an impressive victory over the Grizzlies by contributing 17 […]...2025
• Raptors-Pelicans trade grades for Brandon Ingram going to Toronto

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Let’s grade the Brandon Ingram trade for the Raptors and Pelicans. Brandon Ingram has been on the trade block since the summer as he entered the final year of his contract this season. The New Orleans Pelicans finally found him a new home less than 24 hours before the NBA trade deadline. The Toronto Raptors acquired Ingram in a deal that brings back ...2025
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• 4 winners and 3 losers from Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis trade for Lakers, Mavericks

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Here are our winners and losers from the big Luka Doncic, Anthony trade between the Lakers and Mavs. It’s still hard to believe the Luka Doncic-for-Anthony Davis trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks is real. Trades like this only happen in fantasy basketball or NBA 2K dynasties; in the real world, 25-year-olds with five First-Team ...2025
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• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s jump around the league to find the players most likely to get relocated at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. In a now-annual tradition at SB Nation, we are scouring through the internet’s endless supply of NBA trade rumors and asking around our NBA team site network to ask our local experts (alongside some national analysis from yours truly) to see ...2025
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• Pacers To Explore Market For Frontcourt Depth

The Indiana Pacers are expected to explore adding frontcourt depth to the roster, sources told Shams Charania of ESPN. The Pacers have now lost both James Wiseman and Isaiah Jackson to torn Achilles injuries. The Pacers currently have no available centers on their depth chart after Myles Turner....2024
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• 3 NBA teams close to pushing panic button one week into the season

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The NBA season just opened, but these three teams should already be worried. The NBA’s 82-game regular season is so long and tedious that few teams are ever really out of it until after the All-Star break. Take the 2021-2022 Boston Celtics as the chief example: Boston was just 25-25 through its first 50 games, then finished the year 26-6 before running all ...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports Let’s rank the 16 teams in the 2024 NBA Playoffs by their championship chances. The 2024 NBA Playoffs don’t exactly feel wide open. There’s a superpower hanging over both the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference as the playoffs begin, but at this point NBA fans should know anything can happen in the postseason. Last year saw a wild run of upsets with the ...2024
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
Let’s rank the best young cores in the NBA. The future always seems so far away in the NBA until it’s not. It wasn’t long ago that Boston Celtics duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Denver Nuggets tandem Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and Phoenix Suns trio Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, and Deandre Ayton made up the league’s best young cores. Only a few years later, all three teams have appeared in t...2023
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• Myles Turner changes diet, takes up yoga
Young Pacers center Myles Turner put up modest stats last season — 12.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game — but that was in just 28.2 minutes per outing. He’ll be worth watching this season, both in terms of his level of play as well as how many minutes the team gives him. [...]...2018
• How Myles Turner is using yoga to make himself an All-Star
After the Pacers center took a step back last season, he embarked on a mission to remake his diet, reshape his body and reinvigorate his game....2018
• NBA Friday Roundup: Damian Lillard's 51 Points Trip History-Hunting Warriors
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"Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images At least Myles Turner has a sense of humor about how many trade rumors he’s been in during his career with the Pacers."

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"Myles Turner is still a good player, but his days as a Defensive Player of the Year candidate are over."

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"Speaking on a recent episode of the Gil’s Arena Show, Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner discussed the difference between trying […] The post NBA Big Man On Difference Between Guarding Jokic and Embiid appeared first on Basketball Forever."

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"Myles Turner trade rumors: Lakers, Knicks, Mavericks among teams interested in Pacers big man, per report"

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"Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner might be on his way to the Mecca as the New York Knicks have been apparently aggressive in acquiring him."

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"Indiana Pacers starting center Myles Turner will not be entertaining any of the Victor Oladipo free agency rumors at the moment."

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"They started without star Victor Oladipo, defensive anchor Myles Turner got hurt soon after, and Indiana lost its first three games -– one to the lowly Cavaliers."

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"Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner will miss the next two games with an injured right elbow."

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"Report: Pacers testing market on Paul George, could rebuild around Myles Turner"

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"Young will likely step in as the team's starter at power forward immediately and will play alongside the young and talented Myles Turner."

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" If the arrest has any effect on his playing status, Lavoy Allen or first-round pick Myles Turner would stand to gain the most in terms of playing time."

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"Friday night, I'd like to imagine that most scouts in attendance initially had their eyes set on the matchup between projected one-and-done centers Karl-Anthony Towns and Myles Turner."

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• Pacers Want To Keep Myles Turner While Avoiding Luxury Tax
The Indiana Pacers are hoping to retain free agent center Myles Turner this offseason. However, Indiana has no plans to be a luxury tax team for the first time since 2005. The Pacers look set to start the offseason about $22 million under the tax line. Turner is likely to make in range of that number, as he's looking for a raise off the $19.9 million that he's making this season. It's important to...2025
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• Pacers Sign Tony Bradley For Remainder Of Season

The Indiana Pacers have signed center Tony Bradley for the remainder of the season. Bradley recently completed two 10 Day contracts with Indiana. Bradley appeared in seven games with the Pacers while on his 10 Day deals. Indiana added the veteran for depth at the center position behind Myles Turner and Thomas Bryant....2025
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• Alex Len To Join Pacers After Wizards Waiver

Center Alex Len will be waived by the Washington Wizards. Len then plans to sign with the Indiana Pacers for the remainder of the season. Len was acquired by the Wizards at the trade deadline from the Sacramento Kings. He had been a backup for Domantas Sabonis for the last few seasons, but Washington has other options at the center position. Indiana cleared a roster spot at the deadline by sending...2025
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• Myles Turner celebrated nearly a decade of surviving NBA trade rumors with a perfect meme

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images At least Myles Turner has a sense of humor about how many trade rumors he’s been in during his career with the Pacers. Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner has been in trade rumors linking him to the Los Angeles Lakers since 2021, and basically every season since, including the current, 2024-25 campaign. But after another NBA trade deadline came and went on Th...2025
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• Raptors-Pelicans trade grades for Brandon Ingram going to Toronto
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• 4 winners and 3 losers from Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis trade for Lakers, Mavericks
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• Pacers Aren’t Looking To Trade Andrew Nembhard, Myles Turner
Moving Andrew Nembhard before the trade deadline could help avoid a tax issue next season, but the Pacers are more focused on winning than their financial future, according to Fred Katz of The Athletic. Nembhard, a 25-year-old guard, is only making $2MM this season, but that will increase to $18.1MM when his extension begins in […]...2025
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• Pacers Will Only Consider Myles Turner Trade If Starting-Caliber Center Acquired In Return
The Indiana Pacers are receiving significant trade interest in Myles Turner ahead of the February 6th NBA trade deadline, but sources tell Marc Stein that the team does not want to move him. Turner has spent his entire career with the Pacers since he was 11th overall pick in 2015 out of Texas. Turner, who becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer and is represented by Austin Brown, has drawn...2025
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• Nets' valiant fourth-quarter comeback attempt denied in 108-103 loss to Pacers
Pascal Siakam scored eight of his 26 points over the final 3 1/2 minutes Saturday and Myles Turner made five three-pointers and finished with 22 points to help the Indiana Pacers hold off the charging Brooklyn Nets 108-103....2025
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• Pacers Notes: Turner, Mathurin, Nesmith, Okafor
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• Pacers Will Only Consider Myles Turner Trade If Starting-Caliber Center Acquired In Return
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• Isaiah Stewart is the NBA’s most unhinged player, and his latest ejection is more proof

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Isaiah Stewart can’t stop picking fights, and it got him ejected again Isaiah Stewart is the most unhinged player in the NBA. The Detroit Pistons big man famously tried to fight LeBron James on the court back in 2021, and then got arrested following a parking lot scuffle with Phoenix Suns big man Drew Eubanks last year. You never know what “Beef Ste...2025
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• Pacers Unsure Of Paying Myles Turner $30M Per Season With New Contract
The Indiana Pacers are uncertain whether to pay Myles Turner his expected asking price of over $30 million per season on his next contract, according to Jovan Buha of The Athletic. Turner will be an unrestricted free agent after this season. It is also unclear how available Turner is before the upcoming trade deadline. Turner is averaging 15.6 points and 6.8 rebounds on the year....2025
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• Paolo Banchero has leveled up for the Magic, and it’s more than just his scoring

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Paolo Banchero’s star leap is about more than his just scoring Paolo Banchero has always been destined to be a star scorer in the NBA. The 6’10, 250-pound forward can win with skill or power, effortlessly flowing into a mid-range pull-up jumper just as easily as he bulldozes smaller players on his way to the rim. The traits that made Banchero the No. 1 ...2024
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• 3 NBA teams close to pushing panic button one week into the season
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• Dunc'd On: The Weekend Game 4s

New York takes command in another war of a Game 4, Paul George and James Harden provide virtuoso performances to knot up their series with Dallas, Milwaukee fought gamely but ultimately succumbed to Myles Turner and the Pacers, while the Lakers finally played harder than the Nuggets to avert a sweep. What can we take away from 3 blowouts Saturday, and where do we see the Cleveland Orlando series h...2024
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• Tyrese Haliburton became NBA’s point guard of the future by mastering its past

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Tyrese Haliburton is melding the past and present of point guard play to emerge as a new kind of NBA superstar. The fabled idea of the ‘true point guard’ has been under attack in today’s NBA. The traditional floor general as epitomized by the lineage of Isiah Thomas to John Stockton to Steve Nash to Chris Paul met its maker in the throes of the league’s th...2023
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• NBA offseason grades for every team after free agency, trades, and draft
Let’s give out offseason grades for every team in the NBA. The biggest fireworks of the NBA offseason are still to come. Damian Lillard requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers only 24 hours into free agency, but there has been no real momentum on his desired deal to the Miami Heat. James Harden has also asked out from the Philadelphia 76ers, but the team is resolved to keep him unless th...2023
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• Jarace Walker is showing Pacers who he is and could become in Summer League
Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images The rookie forward is doing a bit of everything for the Pacers to open Summer League. Early in the second quarter of the Indiana Pacers’ 108-85 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday afternoon, rookie forward Jarace Walker recovered around a screen to spike a shot into teammate Kendall Brown’s hands. Twenty seconds after, he speared the ball out...2023
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• NBA free agency: 5 winners, 3 losers from offseason deals so far
Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Here are the biggest winners and losers of NBA free agency so far. The opening days of NBA free agency saw players sign for more than $2.6 billion in guaranteed contracts. Most of that money was from teams retaining their own players, highlighted by max extensions for LaMelo Ball and Tyrese Haliburton that could total more than $250 million. The biggest stories...2023
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• The 9 best fits in the 2023 NBA Draft, ranked
Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images Here are our favorite team and player fits from the 2023 NBA Draft. It’s foolish to judge a selection in the NBA draft exclusively on present day fit. Rosters around the league change far too quickly for that, especially when 19 of the 30 first round picks in the 2023 NBA Draft were teenagers. It’s going to take years before we can properly evalua...2023
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• Domantas Sabonis joins Pacers teammate Myles Turner with ‘significant’ injury amid trade rumors
The Indiana Pacers stunned the Los Angeles Lakers in their own home yesterday, winning 111-104 to snap a four-game losing streak. The victory may not jumpstart the Pacers into playoff contention but it is an enjoyable sight for a team that could get dismantled at any moment. Myles Turner and Caris LeVert, who recorded 30 points […] The post Domantas Sabonis joins Pacers teammate Myles Turner...2022
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• Myles Turner on his ‘Welcome to the NBA’ moment for Pacers with DeMarcus Cousins
Basketball has a ton of hidden rules that players all over the world follow. For example, when players make a shot, the rebounder has to give them their change by passing it back to them. Hidden rules don’t end once players make it to the NBA. More hidden rules are added once pros begin their […] The post Myles Turner on his ‘Welcome to the NBA’ moment for Pacers with DeMar...2021
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• Jordan Hill Arrested for Reckless Driving: Latest Details and Reaction
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• Myles Turner trade rumors: Lakers, Knicks, Mavericks among teams interested in Pacers big man, per report
The market for the Pacers big man continues to grow...2022
• Thaddeus Young to Pacers: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Pacers Will Reportedly Attempt to Trade Roy Hibbert Again
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• NBA Pre-Draft Tour: Myles Turner Workout (VIDEO)
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• WATCH: Myles Turner Rejects LeBron James
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• Joel Embiid Injury: Updates on 76ers Star's Foot and Return
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• 4 winners and 3 losers from Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis trade for Lakers, Mavericks
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• Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Ayo Dosunmu, Myles Turner make the list

Which fantasy basketball players on the rise? Whose fantasy value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it all out for you in his weekly look around the NBA....2024
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• Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Trey Murphy III. Myles Turner make the list

Who are the fantasy basketball players on the rise? Whose fantasy value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it all out for you in his weekly look around the NBA....2023
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• NBA Schedule 2016-17: Team-by-Team Record Predictions and Playoff Odds
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• Thursday NBA Roundup: Have the Raptors Finally Earned '2nd Best' Label out East?
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• Best NBA Player Prop Bets 4/25/25
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• Pacers Want To Keep Myles Turner While Avoiding Luxury Tax
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• 4 winners and 3 losers from Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis trade for Lakers, Mavericks
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• Pacers Will Only Consider Myles Turner Trade If Starting-Caliber Center Acquired In Return
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• 3 NBA teams close to pushing panic button one week into the season
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• Raptors-Pacers trade grades for Pascal Siakam deal shows rare NBA win-win

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Grading the Pascal Siakam deal for both the Raptors and Pacers. The Toronto Raptors finally did it. After years of speculation about when and how the Raptors would blow up their middling roster, Toronto finalized its decision to embrace a rebuild by trading its only remaining link to its 2019 NBA championship team and one of its best players in franchise...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who got better in free agent frenzy this summer
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Here are six teams that should be better next season after making strong signings in free agency. The biggest trade of the NBA offseason is still on the horizon, but the free agency has mostly settled. As the league waits on the Damian Lillard trade to finally go through — and maybe a James Harden trade, too — rosters around the NBA have been reshuffled...2023
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• NBA free agency: 5 winners, 3 losers from offseason deals so far
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• NBA Draft team grades 2023: 8 clubs earn an ‘A’ for total draft night hauls
Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s grade every team’s haul in the 2023 NBA Draft. The immediate aftermath of the NBA Draft can be difficult to wrap your head around. Following the draft is a slow burn that builds up over 12 months until the day finally arrives. Suddenly, trades rearrange the order and players get sent to new teams all over the course of one night. The 202...2023
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• The 9 best fits in the 2023 NBA Draft, ranked
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• NBA mock draft 2023: Latest projection with perfect picks for every selection
Photo by Christian Bonin/NBAE via Getty Images Here’s our latest NBA mock draft. There are a few things we know for sure about the 2023 NBA Draft. Victor Wembanyama is going No. 1 overall to the San Antonio Spurs. The New Orleans Pelicans want G League Ignite point guard Scoot Henderson, but they would have to trade into the top-three to get him. Damian Lillard would probably like the Port...2023
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• Turner: 'Sense of relief' with new Pacers contract

On Monday, after a month of negotiations, Myles Turner signed a two-year contract extension with the Pacers, perhaps finally putting an end to the semiannual trade rumors and speculation....2023
• Myles Turner-Jerami Grant swap discussed ahead of 2022 NBA trade deadline, but there’s a catch
The Indiana Pacers pulled off a blockbuster trade days before the 2022 NBA trade deadline, sending out All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis to the Sacramento Kings in a six-player deal that brought back Tyrese Haliburton as the centerpiece. The deal finally ended the Sabonis-Myles Turner pairing after years of speculation about the frontcourt duo getting […] The post Myles Turner-Jerami Grant s...2022
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