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Leaving just after entering the finals, 107 million in 4 years is so tempting! Auxiliary letters, it’s clear that I don’t talk about loyalty.

3:25pm, 2 July 2025Basketball

According to the famous ESPN reporter Shams, center Turner chose to join the Bucks with a four-year contract of 107 million, officially becoming a super giant. Antetokounmpo's right-hand man. Many fans will definitely feel very sorry for this, after all, the Pacers he played for only reached the finals last season; furthermore, he has played for this team for 10 years, and more or less affection will arise.

Looking back 10 years ago in 2015, Turner was selected by the Pacers with the 15th pick in the first round, and became the blocking king of the two leagues. In the past decade, Turner has averaged 14.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 2.2 blocks in the regular season. He is a very outstanding inside player in the small ball era. He can not only shoot 3 points outside to open up space, but also play suffocating defense in the inside. In the playoffs, he averaged 13.8 points, 6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.9 blocks per game, which is very close to his regular season performance.

This is an absolute top-level player. After all, he did not fail in the playoffs. The Bucks won him at the right time and stabilized Antetokounmpo's heart well.

Logically speaking, it was only the lineup that reached the finals, and the management could not easily break the team; but Turner's departure broke the fans' consistent perception. Why is this? Shams added that although Turner once publicly expressed his desire to stay with the Pacers and his agent was working hard to renew the contract with the team, the team's management's resistance to paying luxury taxes after the star Harry Potterton tore his Achilles tendon; therefore, the Bucks had an opportunity to successfully win the center.

After all, the Pacers management is reluctant to spend money. After all, after the star was seriously injured and the strength of the league's opponents was also improving, the prospect of winning the championship became increasingly slim.

This means that it is not that Turner is disloyal, but that the team management has had to let him go after thinking about it for the sake of maximizing his own interests.

But even if Turner doesn't talk about loyalty and leaves the Pacers and accepts the Bucks' contract of 107 million for four years, it is really very clear. Why? The NBA is a field of interest after all. Looking at the Bucks' approach to Lillard, I believe you and I can understand the logic. As a player in the league's year of playing, Turner is naturally well aware of this principle. It is understandable to maximize personal interests in the best golden years. Because if you are injured in the future, you will lose the bargaining chips for negotiation and may be abandoned by the team. Such examples are everywhere in the NBA.

We fans appreciate loyalty and advocacy of heroism, and hope that Turner can achieve greater achievements, but all of this must be in good health and excellent performance in the parties involved. Without these, everything is just empty talk and is more likely to evolve into a bloody lesson.

Today's Bucks have the big boss Antetokounmpo, the second boss Turner, as well as a number of role players such as Prince, Portis, Trent, and Porter. It's not a big problem to make the playoffs in the new season; but if you really want to return to the championship ranks, you have to introduce a third boss with balanced offense and defense. The crux of all this lies in striker Kuzma. If it can be sent away and replaced with an excellent 3D, the Bucks' hopes for the championship are still there.

But according to reporter Davis, the Bucks discussed trading with the Bulls, Pelicans and Nets, but these teams did not show interest. This season, Kuzma averaged 14.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game; but in the playoffs, his personal data has been shrinking, and he only averaged 8.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, completely losing the aggressiveness of playing, and we don’t know why.

From this point of view, Kuzma is at the freezing point of trading value. If the Bucks want to send it away, they may have to take the draft pick to complete it. But there are not many excellent 3Ds suitable for the Bucks. Perhaps the Pelicans' Jones and Murphy are the target candidates, but the Bucks must pay the corresponding price, which depends on whether the management has courage. Since there are already a lot of operations, the Bucks management is obviously the same as the Nuggets management, and it must show enough sincerity to the leading stars.

Otherwise, the record and box office revenue of the new season will be a big problem.

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