Bucks give up Damian Lillard after agreed to deal with Miles Turner
Miles Turner agreed to a four-year contract to join Milwaukee Buckswho gave up nine times all the stars Damian Lillard In order to gain acquisitions happened, the person with the knowledge of the moves said on Tuesday Associated Press.
Turner agrees to an agreement that ends with the player option, after spending the entire of its first 10 seasons with Indiana Pacerswho went to NBA Finals this last season. And the remaining USD $ 112.6 million is that Lillard pays off during the next five seasons through the NBA provision of stretching, according to the person who talked to the AP based, because no move announced clubs.
ESPN, who first reported the plan of Savenj and Dollar, said Turner agreed a $ 107 million agreement.
In both cases, Achilles of tendon injuries played a role in surprising moves.
Indiana expects to be without stars Tires Haliburton For the entire season because he has matched his Achilles tendon in the game 7 NBA finals against Oklahoma City Thunder While playing through what was diagnosed as a salt of calf. Both earlier in the playoffs, Lillard interrupted his Achilles tendon as he played for Milwaukee at 1. Aug against Indiana.
Lillard is also likely to miss the most, if not everything, the coming season. It will be free to sign with anyone who would choose, and the teams would now simply sign him, give him a chance to continue its recovery that the seven-week-nba choice is completely ready to pass until the beginning of the season 2026-27.
On average, Turner was 14.1 points and 6.8 jumps in his 10 seasoned seasons, who made a decision that this summer cancells whether he will surpass a luxury tax threshold that Haliburton probably cannot play this next season.
Lillard, who is 35 years of this month, is an average of 25.1 points and 6.7 assists in 900 regular seasons during 13 seasons – the first 11 with Portland, the last two with Portland, the last two with Milvaukee.
Bucks lost Brook Lopez in Los Angeles Clippers when a free agency was opened on Monday.
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2025-07-01 16:58:00
