This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/pacers as Pacers Insider Says Myles Turner Joining Bucks Isn't That 'Stunning'. The Indiana Pacers made the choice to not re-sign Myles Turner. Instead of offering their longest-tenured player and franchise leader in blocks a good deal, they lowballed him.

Myles Turner shocked the NBA world by ditching the Indiana Pacers and joining the Milwaukee Bucks on a four-year, $107 million deal. But what makes this signing even wilder is how the Bucks pulled it off by waiving Damian Lillard and stretching his $113 million contract over five years just to create the cap space.

The Pacers also reportedly declined to offer the 29-year-old center a player option in the final year of his contract — something the Bucks were able to include. Instead of taking the surprisingly low offer from Indiana, Turner signed a long-term deal with one of the team’s fiercest rivals in Milwaukee.