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Despite the years of trade rumors, Myles Turner and the Indiana Pacers made it to their 10th anniversary. In today's NBA, such an occurrence is rare. Turner enters a legendary group with players like Reggie Miller and Rik Smits.
The Pacers look forward to a productive season from their current highest-tenured player. Turner ranks ninth in Pacers history in terms of games played at 570. Indiana's starting center, barring injury, will ascend to sixth as only 15 games separate his current standings.
Although Turner hasn't produced an All-Star game, his defense earned Defensive Player of the Year votes for the 2018-19 and 2020-21 seasons. Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Nowadays, the Pacers aren't known for defense, but Turner is a primary reason why they don't rank worse than 24th in defensive rating. However, despite his iron-like reputation on defense, the advanced metrics indicate Turned needs to get back to his old ways.
According to Synergy Sports, Turner is a below-average defender of the pick-and-roll ball-handler and suffers in isolation sequences. Such rankings slide Turner to an average defender. Perhaps for his 10th anniversary, he'll gift the Pacers with better production on defense.
Nonetheless, Turner represents the Pacers as a veteran presence and at least an adequate defender in the current era. Related: T.J.
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