2. Myles Turner
Myles Turner isn’t a star in the regular sense of the world. The Indiana Pacers starting center has never made an All-Star team, but he is a star on the defensive end of the court.
Turner is on pace to lead the NBA in blocks per game for the third time in four seasons. He is averaging 2.9 thus far per game this season and is averaging 2.3 per game in 28.7 minutes per game in his career.
That kind of elite rim protection is something that would help improve any team defensively, even a team such as the New York Knicks who deploy defensive-minded big men in Mitchell Robinson, Nerlens Noel and Taj Gibson. What separates Myles Turner from that trio is the impact he can have on the game offensively.
A lot of the reason that the Knicks struggle at times on offense is their personnel. Opponents are free to double team constantly because they know the centers aren’t a threat to score the ball.
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Robinson, Noel and Gibson aren’t going to consistently hurt teams in pick-and-roll situations or from the perimeter. Myles Turner would change that.
The Texas product has made 35.3 percent of his 3-point attempts in his career, improving his total number of makes every season in his career. Myles Turner’s presence would help modernize the Knicks’ offense, offering something more than just dunks from the 5-spot.
