Myles Turner to join Bucks, who waive Damian Lillard, in NBA free agency surprise | NBA
Myles Turner is about to become a teammates with Giannis Antetokounmpo. Damian Lillard now has the chance to choose his next place.
And just like that, the first full day of the NBA free agency brought big surprises on Tuesday.
Turner – The longtime pillar of the Indiana Pacers – accepted a four -year agreement to join the Milwaukee Bucks, who gave up the nine star in Lillard for the acquisition, said a person who is aware of the movements of the Associated Press.
Turner accepts an agreement that ends with a player option, after having passed all of his first 10 seasons with the Pacers, who went to the NBA final last season. And the remaining $ 112.6 million due to Lillard will be paid in the next five seasons via the NBA stretching, according to the person who spoke by the cover of anonymity because none of the two moves was announced by the clubs involved.
ESPN, which first pointed out the plan by the Pacers and Bucks, said that Turner had accepted a contract worth 107 million dollars.
In both cases, Achilles tendon injuries played a role in the way things went.
The Indiana expects to be without the star goalkeeper Tyrese Haliburton for the entire season to come because he broke his Achilles tendon in match 7 of the Nbaffinal against Oklahoma City Thunder while playing through what was diagnosed as a calf tension. Earlier, Lillard broke his Achilles tendon while playing for Milwaukee in the first round against Indiana.
Lillard is likely to miss most, if not all, of the coming season. He will be free to sign with anyone he chooses, and the teams could simply sign him now, give him a chance to continue his recovery and do it with the hope that the selection of seven times All-NBA is fully ready from the start of the 2026-20 season.
“This is an opportunity for Damian to stay at home to continue his rehabilitation, take the time to decide where he wants to play next, while still being paid for his contract,” said Lillard agent Aaron Goodwin.
Turner has an average of 14.1 points and 6.8 rebounds during his 10 seasons with the Pacers, who had to make a decision this summer on the opportunity to exceed the luxury tax threshold knowing that Haliburton probably cannot play this coming season.
Lillard, who will be 35 years old this month, raised an average of 25.1 points and 6.7 assists in 900 regular season games out of 13 seasons – the first 11 with Portland, the last two with Milwaukee.
The Bucks lost Brook Lopez against the Los Angeles clippers when the free agency opened on Monday.
Shai Gilgeous-Aalexander and Oklahoma City Thunder agreed with an extension of $ 285 million of $ 285 million which would give it the average salary only one highest season in the history of the NBA, a person who is aware of the agreement on Tuesday.
It comes a year when he became the fourth player in the history of the NBA to win the MVP, the MVP of the finals and a score title and play for a champion during the same season. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it once, Michael Jordan then did it four times and Shaquille O’Neal was the last entering this fraternity-until last season, when Gilgeous-Alexander joined the club.
Duncan Robinson, the first three -point shooter in the story of Miami Heat, returned to Michigan for the next stage of his career.
A person knowing the agreement said that Detroit pistons will land Robinson on a $ 48 million contract over three years and that the heat will receive Wing Simone Fontecchio in what will be a sign and an exchange.
Robinson began his university career at the Williams of Division III in Massachusetts, before finishing in Michigan. It was a success that is not drafted with The Heat, which is one of the 2020 and 2023 teams that went to the NBA final.
The veteran playmaker and German Olympic team Dennis Schröder agreed to join the Kings of Sacramento for a three -year contract, the third of which is not entirely guaranteed, said a person who is aware of this agreement on Tuesday. ESPN said the total value of the agreement is $ 45 million.
Schröder, who entered his 13th NBA season, joined his 10th club – and ninth in the past seven years. He spent the first five seasons of his career with Atlanta, then was with Oklahoma City, Los Angeles Lakers (twice), Boston, Houston, Toronto, Brooklyn, Golden State and Detroit at various times in the last seven seasons.
He collected an average of 13.9 points and 4.9 assists in 849 regular season games.
The Tim Hardaway JR draw wing will sign a one -year contract with the Denver Nuggets, a person familiar with the player’s plans on Tuesday said.
Hardaway spent last season with Detroit – he has an average of 11 points in 77 games as a starter for pistons – and Denver becomes his fifth club. He was also with Dallas, New York and Atlanta.
The Jakob Poeltl Center obtains an increase and a certain employment security in an extension of the contract which maintains it with the Raptors of Toronto, a person familiar with this confirmed agreement on Tuesday. Poeltl will finalize an agreement of four years worth approximately $ 26 million a year, about $ 7 million more on average than it was in accordance with the coming season.
Poeltl – A 63% career shooter – has just released a season during which he reached an average of 14.5 points and 9.6 rebounds.
Philadelphia announced Tuesday evening that goalkeeper Eric Gordon had again signed with the team. Because it is a minimum veteran contract, it was not necessary for the 76ers to wait for the moratorium of the offseason to be lifted on Sunday to announce the agreement.
“Eric is a prolific shots manufacturer whose ability to space the soil will serve our rotation. He was very adjusted on and off the field with this organization and we are fortunate to find him,” said President Daryl Morey, the president of basketball operations of the 76ers.
Gordon collected an average of 6.8 points in 39 games for Philadelphia last season. He entered his 18th NBA season.
