Winners, shocking Bucks losers who give up Damian Lillard, signing Myles Turner

Myles Turner had a lot of teams that craved him to head to the free agency – the five athletics that can make you a couple of blocks that protect the edge are difficult to find. However, none of these teams had the means to sign Turner and everyone assumed that the pars would finally be put up and would enter the tax to keep Turner alongside Tyrese Haliburton.

The Indian was not willing to pay. Therefore, in a cold and bold move, the Milwaukee Bucks intensified and gave up $ 112.6 million still due to Damian Lillard -The most or all the next season with an Achille Strata-e used that money to sign Turner at a four-year contract of $ 104 million.

Is it one of the wildest and most unexpected moves that we saw in the NBA by … Paul George and Kawhi Leonard at the Clippers (and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the Thunder)?

Who are the winners and losers of the wild action on Tuesday? Let’s break down.

Winner: Milwaukee Bucks (short term)

Every time that over the years in which Giannis Antetokounmpo has tried to put pressure on the dollars to update their list, mentioning that it could leave, they replied. This is how the Bucks ended with Damian Lillard. However, nobody thought he could do it again this summer, the Bucks had already exchanged most of their future drafts of drafts and the roster was not profound with commercial activities (there is no large Kyle Kuzma market).

Tuesday Milwaukee shocked the League by renouncing Lillard to create space to sign Turner. Combine it with them that report many of their main players, and this is a team that can be a threat to the East. How do you feel antetokounmpo about it?

Here is the rotation of Milwaukee:

• Kevin Porter and Gary Trent Jr. are the probable initial guards, with Aj Green behind them. The dollars could use another guard of handling of the balls and that creates shots if they are about to beat the knights and the Knicks in the playoffs (they have a choice of the first round and Kuzma to trade), but this is a good start.

• Kyle Kuzma starts from the three with Prince Taureo behind him.

• Giannis Antetokounmpo-Milwaukee needs MVP level Antetokounmpo. There are a good role that the players around him, but this is a list that will have to bring to the clutch.

• Myles Turner – An absolute update on Brook Lopez at this point in their respective careers – and Bobby Portis in the center. Turner is basically a younger Lopez in terms of playing style. Some fans have questioned the amount of a refresher Turner on Lopez, but they remember when the Pacers and Bucks faced each other in the first round of the playoffs and Turner passed Lopez – to the point that Doc Rivers had to rotate and start Bobby Portis. This is an update for Milwaukee.

Any team with antetokounmpo must be considered a threat to the playoffs in the East, but now there may be enough around him to return to the final, if things break. This is a good series of role players, whether they are good enough to arrive where the Bucks want to go is a fair question, but this is a team in the mix.

Loser: Milwaukee Bucks (long -term)

The greatest contract renounced and narrow in the history of the NBA before Tuesday was $ 31 million: waving Lillard is more than triple that number. Every year for the next five seasons, the Bucks will have $ 22.5 million in died money on books – an anchor on their plans.

The Milwaukee Bucks do not control their choice of the first round until 2031.

In the end, the wheels will fall from this bus to Milwaukee and when they do it – when Antetokounmpo in the end leaves the franchise (by retirement or another team) – things become ugly. Milwaukee is as if someone accumulates a lot and a lot of debt with credit card. That invoice will arrive and it will take a long time to repay. But if Antetokounmpo remains and the team returns to the finals, did it be worth it?

Winner: Myles Turner

Turner is a sweet and sour winner. He spent 10 years in Indiana – is the only team of the NBA for which he ever played – and it was only a part of the largest race in the history of the NBA of the franchise, until the game 7 of the NBA finals.

Turner wanted to be paid comparable to other big names in its range. The property of Pacers did not want to enter the luxury tax to do it. This is when Turner’s representatives became creative and found a team he did: Turner will do more than $ 25 million a year on average over the next four years. This is the early rate for a center of its caliber. It is a good deal.

And Turner jumps to another team with final aspirations next season: he will compete for something.

Winner: Damian Lillard

Damian Lillard was unhappy in Milwaukee, especially during his first year, when he was far from his family and did not win as much as he had hoped. Now? It could not be happier with this result. Take a look at this paragraph from Atletico:

Sources of the League say that Lillard is euphoric from this decision, as it puts it in the type of baskett-prime that few players at the Star level have experienced in the history of the League. In short, he will be able to join the contender team of his choice, soon or perhaps next summer, without the financial aspect of the decision that plays a significant role.

Wait that Lillard takes time to make a decision. The two teams that present themselves first in conversations with people throughout the League are Miami and Portland, but many other teams may be at stake. I do not rush this process.

Loser: fans of Indiana Pacers

I feel for the fans of Pacers. I wish I could buy them a beer.

What the point is that Turner wanted to stay, but the ownership of the pars hesitated to enter the luxury tax. That performance opened the door to Turner’s suitors – including Milwaukee – who were able to put their foot in the door. And here we are, with Turner disappeared and Tyrese Haliburton probably for the next season with a torn Achille.

The positive aspects? One, Haliburton will return, and while this season now it seems that someone will hit the pause button, in two years this team can (and should) return to the mix in the East.

Second: this was a brilliant playoff race. Savor it. There are not enough magical moments like this for fans in which – championship or not – everything joins the field, the team reflects and inspires the community (and the state of the Indiana) around it. It’s just a pure and fun basket. These pacer were a high -level basketball combination and fun in a way we see too rarely. Don’t let it be over.