That's how coach Rick Carlisle and team president Kevin Pritchard explained the free agency departure of Myles Turner to the Milwaukee Bucks coming off the franchise's NBA Finals appearance. Turner's four-year,

The Indiana Pacers saw their decade-long center go to a division rival. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle explained a negotiating tactic NBA teams deploy.

Indiana Pacers president Kevin Pritchard told reporters on Tuesday that the organization was "fully prepared to go deep into the tax" to re-sign center Myles Turner and didn't directly answer whether it was ever given the chance to match Milwaukee's four-year,