The Pacers didn’t extend Myles Turner in order to trade him, coach Rick Carlisle told Marc Stein (Twitter link) and other media members.
“Yes, he’s off the trade block,” Carlisle said.
There were some questions initially whether the extension, which Turner signed on Monday, would still allow Indiana to deal with the big man. While it turns out that Turner is trade-eligible, Carlisle’s comment made it clear that’s not going to happen.
President of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard reiterated that Turner will be staying put, Dustin Dopirak of the Indianapolis Star tweets.
“One of the things we’ve always believed in is we sign a player to sign a player. We don’t sign a player to trade a player. … We signed Myles to be here,” he said.
As for how Indiana will approach the trade deadline and this offseason, Pritchard spoke in vague terms, Dopirak adds in a separate tweet. Pritchard likes the way the team has progressed and grown but adds they’ll be opportunistic if the right offer comes along.
Turner is enjoying a career year, averaging 17.5 points and 7.8 rebounds. He received a $17.1M renegotiation on his salary for the current season. He’ll make approximately $21M for 2023/24 and $20M for the following season.
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