{"id":708476,"date":"2017-06-26T09:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T13:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=708476"},"modified":"2017-06-26T09:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T13:15:21","slug":"myles-turner-opens-up-about-paul-george-wanting-to-leave-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/myles-turner-opens-up-about-paul-george-wanting-to-leave-pacers\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Turner opens up about Paul George wanting to leave Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Myles Turner is ready to be the new face of the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n
Turner looks like the last man standing ahead of Paul George’s leaving the team via trade, or at worst, free agency in 2018. George has made it clear to the front office he wants out so he can play for a contender, which he hopes will be his hometown Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n
As captured by HoopsHype<\/a>, Turner is more than willing to take over<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cThe first thing I thought was, \u2018Alright, well, what\u2019s next?\u2019 We have to start rebuilding and look at what we can do for our future. That was my initial thought. PG has to do what\u2019s best for him and his family. He\u2019s from L.A. so I feel like he\u2019s always wanted to play with them. I think it was a childhood dream of his and you can\u2019t take that personally. He\u2019s been here in Indy for eight or nine years and done a great job here. If he wants to move onto other endeavors, you have to let him do what he wants to do. I don\u2019t take it personally at all. He\u2019s done great things here and I wish him all the best and good luck going forward.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Turner is only 21, yet he’s a big reason Pacers fans shouldn’t despair over the loss of George.<\/p>\n After all, the former Texas star averaged 14.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocks a season ago while playing second fiddle to George on the offensive end of the court. He takes over the burden as soon as PG13 leaves, ensuring him a major jump in numbers.<\/p>\n Turner looks good as the centerpiece to a rebuild, especially if the front office can get back some quality assets for George via trade. And he’s clearly ready to take charge of the rebuild and put the Pacers on his shoulders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Myles Turner is ready to be the new face of the Indiana Pacers. Turner looks like the last man standing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":708477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703639074,103,231608556],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n