However, this can be a gorgeous transfer for Turner, who spent his first 10 years within the NBA with the Pacers and was the workforce’s longest-tenured participant because it made a Cinderella run all the way in which to Recreation 7 of the NBA Finals this previous season.
Charania indicated that Turner wanted to stay in Indiana, however the Pacers did not wish to go over the tax, particularly within the wake of star guard Tyrese Haliburton’s Achilles tear. With the Pacers unwilling to make a proposal, the Bucks got here in and stole Turner from a division rival.
The Bucks try to retool on the fly and construct a championship-level supporting forged for Antetokounmpo amid rumors that the “Greek Freak” would request a commerce from Milwaukee. Nonetheless, this signing exhibits that the Bucks are all in on protecting their championship window open and making their franchise famous person blissful.
Turner offers the Bucks with three-point capturing and nice inside protection. Final 12 months, the Bucks had been the most effective three-point capturing workforce within the league, according to NBA Advanced Stats, so placing a floor-spacing heart like Turner into an offense that already likes to shoot threes looks as if a match made in basketball heaven.
Milwaukee additionally wanted assistance on the defensive finish. Whereas its 12th-ranked defense from last year wasn’t terrible, it was nowhere close to championship stage, and Turner can certainly assist elevate the workforce’s defensive acumen.
In some ways, Turner will slide proper into the position wherein the Bucks’ earlier heart, Brook Lopez, served. Like Turner, Lopez might stretch the ground in addition to he might defend the paint. Lopez performed his position completely in the course of the Bucks’ 2021 championship run, and if Turner generally is a youthful, extra athletic model of Lopez, the Bucks ought to return to title rivalry as soon as once more.
That is additionally an amazing match for Turner, as enjoying alongside Antetokounmpo will shore up a few of the holes in Turner’s recreation, most significantly offensive rebounding.
It is powerful to see Lillard’s time in Milwaukee come to such an unceremonious ending, however the Bucks are making the precise choices to return to title rivalry.
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