Toronto Raptors Receive: C Myles Turner, G Buddy Hield
Indiana Pacers Receive: Goran Dragic, Chris Boucher, Khem Birch, Malachi Flynn, 2022 first-round pick, 2024 first-round pick
Note: This deal would need to be split into two separate transactions due to the Pacers recently acquiring Hield via trade.
In a proposed NBA trade scenario from ESPN’s Andre Snellings, the Indiana Pacers would be sending both Myles Turner and Buddy Hield to the Toronto Raptors with the focus of a return being draft capital.
The Toronto Raptors would send a 2022 first-round pick and 2024 first-round pick to the Pacers as the centerpieces of the deal. Goran Dragic’s expiring $19.4 million salary would be used primarily as a salary matching mechanism.
Chris Boucher would offer a stopgap option for more frontcourt depth but the Pacers would clear more minutes for rookie big man Isaiah Jackson, a player many in Indiana are excited to see develop.
The Pacers already moved Domantas Sabonis in a trade to the Sacramento Kings—landing them Tyrese Haliburton and Buddy Hield in return. Indiana would go from having a logjam at the center spot to no longer having either of those two bigs.
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The Raptors could theoretically get an extension done with Turner after a trade but the offer would be limited to 120% of his current $18 million salary for the first-year of the new deal. He may want to hold off on taking that offer, but the risk wouldn’t be hefty for Toronto in this scenario.
How would this NBA trade scenario revolving around Myles Turner impact both sides? Let’s dive into that, starting first with the perspective of the Toronto Raptors.
