Indiana Pacers: Myles Turner trade ideas to consider

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Pacers trades involving Myles Turner: Charlotte Hornets

This move admittedly makes more sense for the Charlotte Hornets than for the Pacers, but that is what will get one of the first calls in the queue. Charlotte is reportedly in the market for a starting center that brings a defensive presence, so much so that they may use the No. 3 pick in this draft to take a chance. Instead, they can make things work with the Pacers.

The center of this deal is swapping Terry Rozier for Myles Turner and using T.J. Leaf and Malik Monk to add some minor intrigue. Rozier would bring back a productive guard to allow the Pacers to imitate some of the offensive principles that were so successfully for the OKC Thunder this season if they could unleash Rozier, Victor Oladipo and Malcolm Brogdon in a similar fashion.

Rozier even softens the blow should Indiana need to move on from Oladipo at some point. In his first year in Charlotte, he averaged 18.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 42.3 percent from the floor and 40.7 percent from 3-point range. Malik Monk gives the team a chance on former lottery pick who may just need a change of scenery to pop off.

For Charlotte, this gives them their center of the future they have been looking for to anchor them on the defensive end and would open them up to take one of the dynamic point guards at the top of the draft to run the offense for Turner and Devonte’ Graham.

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