Details Emerge On Myles Turner's Future With Pacers Amid Summer Free Agency

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Ashish Mathur | Last updated May 16, 2025 1:39 PM ET

The Indiana Pacers are in the Eastern Conference Finals for the second year in a row after beating the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round in five games and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round in five games.

The Pacers will face the Boston Celtics or New York Knicks in the conference finals. Boston swept Indiana in the 2024 conference finals.

With All-Stars Pascal Siakam and Tyrese Haliburton leading the way, the Pacers are four wins away from reaching the NBA Finals for the first time since 2000. The 1999-00 Indiana squad lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2000 Finals in six games.

While Siakam and Haliburton are the headliners for the Pacers, Myles Turner is the defensive anchor who has spent his entire career in Indiana. The center becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer, but he's not expected to leave the Pacers, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line.

"The rising expectation, league sources say, is that Turner will be extending his stay in the Hoosier State," Fischer wrote.

The Pacers drafted Turner with the 11th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft out of Texas. The veteran has career averages of 14.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.7 steals and 2.2 blocks.

A two-time blocks champion, Turner averaged 15.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.8 steals and 2.0 blocks for the Pacers during the 2024-25 regular season while making $19.9 million. The 29-year-old signed a two-year, $58 million extension with Indiana in January 2023. It was a renegotiation-and-extend deal.

Turner is averaging 16.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.7 steals and 2.5 blocks in the 2025 playoffs. He's never reached the NBA Finals, so it will be fascinating to see if the Pacers can win four more games and win the East.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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