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Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner is set to be one of the better free agents available this offseason. If Indiana has their way, Turner won't be available for long. That's even if the Pacers have to dip into the luxury tax to keep their starting center.

Indiana hasn't been a tax team since 2005. In all, the Pacers have paid less than $10 million in tax penalties in team history. To re-sign Turner, while keeping the rest of the team together, Indiana could go more than $10 million into the tax for next season alone.

At the start of the offseason, with Turner an unrestricted free agent and at least three open roster spots, the Pacers project to be $14 to $16 million under the tax line. Turner alone should command a starting salary north of $20 to $25 million.

Via Brian Windhorst/ESPN

This should always have been the plan!

good. put an end to all stupid discussions early. Myles wants to stay, the team wants Myles to stay, he is not going anyhwere. just get it done as early as possible.

He could get way more then 25m

Ironic considering the multiple attempts they tried to trade him.

Mathurin is done in Indy. If they can send him into someone else’s cap space, the tax concerns should largely disappear.

If they make the Finals, regardless of the outcome, I would expect the Pacers to pay the tax for a year or two.