Exit the trading market! The "data brush" that has been sold for 4 years is now becoming the cornerstone of the team building

After dropping the league's No. 1 Cavaliers, the young Indiana Pacers have become the most popular team in the NBA.

Many programs have begun to discuss why the Pacers can beat the ground. Almost everyone awarded their first merit to the Eastern Conference Finals to the inner general Myers Turner.

Former NBA legend Teague compared Turner to James in 15 years, who led the team to defeat the Eastern No. 1 Hawks in the division final. After the second round, the Pacers have confirmed that Turner is the future of their inside line and is one of the absolute cores. Reporter Jake Fischer reported that the Pacers will renew their contract with Turner in the offseason. It is worth mentioning that in the past four seasons, Turner has always been regarded as a trading target by Incheon, constantly appearing in trading rumors and has never been truly regarded as the main force.

As the No. 11 show in 2015, the Pacers have always been determined to cultivate Turner and have secured their starts in the second season. However, with the addition and rise of Sa, especially after the failure of the double tower combination, Turner was gradually abandoned. He was labeled as a "data brush". In order to eat cakes under the basket, he often sprinted to the basket before the cover was completed. The defensive end also deliberately defended half of the body, allowing the opponent to break through to the penalty area, and then jumped high to interfere. There were many blocks, but it also allowed the opponent to easily get a lot of points.

Sakusa and Turner, the Pacers originally planned to keep the former, but due to poor reputation, they sold Turner for a season, and the Pacers did not find a buyer. At that time, they had already made up their minds to rebuild, and had no choice but to let Xiao Sa go. Of course, when the contract was renewed later, the Pacers also lowered the price and only allowed Turner to get a four-year, $72 million contract.

For the next four years, the Pacers were not idle and continued to sell Turner, who also became the veritable "king of rumors".

2021-2022 season, the Lakers proposed to use Westbrook + draft picks to package the trade of Turner and Hilder, and the Warriors also joined the discussion and tried to take Turner away from the Pacers;

2022-2023 season, the Pacers found the Lakers to restart negotiations, but they were still stranded due to the draft pick issue. After that, the Pacers found the Nets and Mavericks, but neither could sell Turner;

2023-2024 season, because Turner performed well, he once attracted the interest of the Warriors, but because the Pacers insisted on asking for Kumingga, they were rejected by the Warriors. In addition, there was the Knicks, but in the end, the New Yorker chose to introduce the Raptors' forward OG-Aninobi.

And so, amidst constant trading rumors, Turner began his 10th season with the Pacers.

This season, they first suppressed and then rose. They lost 11 of them in the first 20 games, and they did not slowly show their power until they entered 2025. Many people say that it was because Halliburton's state recovered, but in fact, Turner's dominance on both offense and defense was the beginning of the Pacers' evolution. Take January and February for example. Turner's three-point shooting percentage exceeded 40%. He sent 20 steals and 29 blocks in 19 games, with a total of 23.8 points on the plus and minus of the game, far surpassing Halliburton's 14.9.

And in the playoffs, Turner's performance was also stable enough, especially in the semi-finals. Facing the Cavaliers' two All-Stars inside players Allen and Mobley, Turner still handed over a record average of 16 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1 steal, and 3 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 50.9% and a three-point shooting percentage of 56.2%.

You should know that the Cavaliers are the first in the regular season, with the strongest offensive firepower in the league. With the support of the double towers, they also rank eighth in the league.

KoTener, a rough man with a career three-point shooting percentage of only 36%, shot 56% of the three-point shooting percentage in this round of the series. In the 4th game, he made 4 of 4 shots and scored 20 points. He was ambushed in the bottom corner and top arc for a long time, forcing the Double Towers to walk out of the penalty area, making the Cavaliers' best joint defense unable to exert their power;

defensive end, Turner is more pragmatic. His defensive efficiency is as high as 106.3, and his opponent's shooting percentage will be limited to below 40%. When he is on the court, the Pacers can win 8.7 points per 100 rounds, and the defensive positive and negative values ​​rank third in the same position in the entire playoffs.

Turner is like a nail. Although it is inconspicuous, it pierces into the opponent's heart, breaks the opponent's defensive system, and then on the defensive end, it forms a huge deterrent against the opponent, assists in defense, and protects the frame everywhere, forcing the opponent to hesitate to attack, reduces efficiency, and increases mistakes. He is not only the Pacers' defensive core, but also the spatial fulcrum in the offensive system. His efficient three-pointers and frame protection ability perfectly meet the needs of the small ball era.

No matter how far the walker can go in the end, Turner proves himself and proves that he should become a "not-selling product".