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Myles Turner is easily the most attractive player mentioned here. Not only by the fact he is a long, rim protecting big who can shoot the 3, but the fact he's 23.  

If we could manage to snap up Myles Turner, that would a fantastic get IMO. If you could do it while somehow keeping Maxi (probably unlikely), you have by far and away the best rim protection in the league, while maintaining the incredible 5 out spacing that is a key factor in our current historic level offense.

I think your evaluation of Turner here is spot on.  We already have the best "O" in the league, so the path to improvement isn't another 20 point scorer.  It is Defense and Turner brings that.  He's essentially a younger more expensive and better version of Maxi.  Is the incremental improvement he brings worth the extra $10 million?  Probably.  The question is what does it take in terms of outgoing talent.

I struggle to see a direct match with Indiana.  Like Dallas, they need to upgrade their starters and would expect a better fitting high level guy in return.  The only reason there is even a consideration of moving Turner is his fit with Sabonis and the fact his numbers are down a bit this season.  I suspect Maxi would need to be part of the outgoing salary just to keep them whole at the position.  But they would want more and I don't see anything they need on our roster.

I thought the Gallinari idea in the other thread made some sense, but Indy isn't taking expiring Gallinari for 23 year old locked up Turner without compensation.  So, OKC pays a first for Turner and then sends him to us for some non-starters and a high second?  I'm a fan, but it ain't happening.  They'd be better off keeping him and SGA as their building blocks and getting a return for Adams.  I just don't see a path to this level player (Turner or Jrue Holiday) at the TDL.  Come June when we can include our first in a deal at the draft maybe.  But right now our assets are financial and people here are way overvaluing the Brunson's, Jackson's and Curry's of the world (and not even bothering to construct legal trades in some of these 3 for 1 and 4 for 1 ideas).  Smart basketball fans can do better.

 I think on defense Turners best comparisation is KP. He is not on Klebers level as a perimeter defender but has been among the best rim protectors in the last few years. He also is a mediocre rebounder. On offense he is similar to KP as well. Prefers to shoot from the perimeter. Indiana forced him to change his shot selection this year. Less midrange jumpshots and more 3s. That´s probably the reason why he is struggling right now. Overall it is probably not a good fit. Both him and KP are below average pick and roll players and struggle to score in the paint.