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Myles

Turner

PPG

15.0

RPG

6.3

APG

1.8

PIE

8.5

HEIGHT

6'11" (2.11m)

WEIGHT

250lb (113kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Texas

AGE

28 years

BIRTHDATE

March 24, 1996

DRAFT

2015 R1 Pick 11

EXPERIENCE

9 Years

6'11" | 250lb | 28 years

DRAFT

2015 R1 Pick 11

BIRTHDATE

March 24, 1996

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Texas

EXPERIENCE

9 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

The longest-tenured player on the Pacers’ roster after originally being selected with the 11th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, Turner has averaged 13.9 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 2.2 blocks per game over nine seasons and 570 games (537 starts) for Indiana…Holds career shooting percentages of .502 from the field, .354 from 3-point distance and .771 from the free throw line…Has posted 107 double-doubles over his career, including a high of 18 during the 2022-23 season…Enters the 2024-25 ranked first in Indiana franchise history, sixth among all active NBA players and 58th in career blocked shots…Has ranked in the NBA’s top 10 in blocks per game seven times over the last eight seasons (the only season he did not was the 2021-22 season in which he played only 42 games due to injury)…Was the NBA’s leader in blocks per game in both the 2018-19 and 2020-21 seasons…2022-23: Averaged career highs during the regular season with 18.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game on 54.8 percent shooting over 62 starts...He ranked fifth in the NBA in blocks with 2.3 per game... Tied his career high with 40 points and pulled down 10 rebounds against the Celtics, 2/23. He finished the night shooting 13-for-15 from the field overall (.867), marking the highest field goal percentage in a 40+ point outing in franchise history, and tying Reggie Miller (40 points on 12-for-15 shooting) for the fewest field goal attempts needed to reach 40 points. He became only the 10th player, and the first starting center, to record 40+ points, 10+ rebounds and 8+ 3-pointers in a game (joining Ray Allen, Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry, Paul George, James Harden, Kyrie Irving, Damian Lillard, Kevin Love and Jayson Tatum). He also posted his second career game with 40+ points and 10+ rebounds and the 10th in Pacers NBA history...Posted five games with 30+ points this season. He had only posted four over his previous seven NBA seasons…Finished with a career-high 18 double-doubles on the year…Missed 20 games due to injury…2021-22: Averaged 12.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game in 29.4 minutes per game over 42 starts…Shot 50.9 percent. from the field, 33 percent from 3-point range and 75.2 percent from the free throw line…In the second game of the season, Turner set a new career high with 40 points as he shot 15-for-22 from the field while tying his previous career high with five three pointers at Washington, 10/22. He also pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season. He recorded the ninth game in Pacers NBA franchise history with 40+ points and 10+ rebounds, and the first since Danny Granger finished with 41 points and 11 rebounds on Dec. 17, 2008...Reached 900 career blocks as he recorded seven at Denver, 11/10. He became the youngest (25) and fastest (401 games) player in franchise history to reach 900 career blocks...Passed Dale Davis (904 blocks) into fifth place in franchise history as he finished with three blocks in the road win at Utah, 11/11…Scored 25 points and made a career-high seven 3-pointers on 10 attempts in the win over New York, 11/3…Missed the Nov. 29 game at Minnesota with an illness and the final 39 games with a left foot stress reaction…2020-21: Started 47 games and averaged 12.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 3.4 blocks per game…Led the NBA in blocks for the second time in his career with 3.4 per game…Scored 20 or more points seven times…Set a season high with 25 points against Toronto, 1/24…Posted seven double-doubles on the season…Finished with five or more blocked shots 12 times…Tied his career high with eight blocks to go with 10 points and eight rebounds in the Opening Night win over New York, 12/23…Finished with eight blocks in the win over Houston, 1/6…Missed 25 games due to injury: Two with an avulsion fracture in his right hand (1/17-20), seven with a left ankle sprain (3/22; 4/7-16) and 16 due to a partial tear in the plantar plate in his right toe (4/19-5/16)…2019-20: Averaged 12.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 2.1 blocks over 28.3 minutes per game in 62 starts…Shot 48.8 percent from the field, 35.7 percent from 3-point range and 75.1 percent from the free throw line…Made a career-high 86 3-pointers during the regular season, fifth amongst starting centers in the NBA…Finished fourth in the NBA with 2.1 blocks per game, his fourth consecutive season ranked in the NBA’s top five in blocks per game…Scored 20 or more points five times and posted nine double-doubles…Set season highs with 27 points and 14 rebounds to lift Indiana to a win at Chicago, 1/10…Missed 11 games during the regular season due to injury: Eight with a sprained right ankle (Nov. 1-15), two (Jan. 26-29) due to illness and one (Aug. 14) with a right wrist sprain…2018-19: Averaged 13.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and a career-high 2.7 blocks over 28.6 minutes per game in 74 starts…Shot 48.7 percent from the field, a career-best 38.8 percent from 3-point range and 73.6 percent from the free throw line…Led the NBA with 199 blocked shots, which is tied for third in Pacers franchise history for blocks in a season. He also became the first Pacers player since Jermaine O’Neal in 2000-01 to lead the NBA in blocks. Turner recorded at least one block in all but five games and five or more blocks in 11 contests…Scored 20 or more points eight times and set a new career high with 17 double-doubles…Set new career highs in 3-pointers made (76) and 3-point percentage (.388) and ranked second in the NBA among starting centers in 3-point accuracy…Scored a season-high 28 points and pulled down 10 rebounds at Portland, 3/18…Set a new career high with 17 rebounds to go with 18 points against Washington, 2/23. Matched that total as he scored 22 points and grabbed 17 rebounds at Milwaukee, 3/7…Missed eight games during the regular season: One (Nov. 23) with a sprained left ankle, four (Jan. 6-11) with a sore right shoulder, two (Feb. 22-23) with a bruised left hip and one (April 10) with a sore right ankle…2017-18: Averaged 12.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.8 blocks over 28.3 minutes per game in 65 appearances and 62 starts…Shot 47.8 percent from the field, 35.7 percent from three-point range and 77.7 percent from the free throw line…Ranked third in the NBA with an average of 1.82 blocks per game, and despite missing 17 games due to injury, he finished seventh in the league with 118 total blocks… Scored in double figures in 41 games with 13 games of 20 or more. The Pacers went 9-4 in games in which Turner scored 20 or more points…Set a season high with 25 points as he shot 11-for-14 from the field to go with seven rebounds and four blocks in the win at Miami, 11/19…Matched his high scoring mark for the season with 25 points on 9-for-12 shooting in the win at Philadelphia, 3/13…Grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 12 games with 11 double-doubles…Finished with 21 points and a season-high 14 rebounds in the team’s Opening Night win over Brooklyn, 10/18…Missed the next seven games (Oct. 20-Nov. 1) while completing the NBA’s concussion protocol…Missed nine games (Jan. 10-26) with a right elbow injury, and one (March 17) with a left ankle sprain…2016-17: Started all 81 games in which he appeared during the regular season while posting averages of 14.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 2.1 blocks per game…Shot 51.1 percent from the field, 34.8 percent from three-point range and 80.9 percent from the free throw line…Scored in double figures 60 times with 15 games with 20 or more…He recorded 10 or more rebounds 16 times with 15 double-doubles…Finished third in the NBA in blocked shots with 2.1 blocks per game. He rejected at least four shots 18 times during the regular season as the Pacers posted a 14-4 record in those games…Ranked 33rd in the NBA in rebounding, 22nd in field goal percentage and 36th in double-doubles…His .809 free throw percentage ranked fifth among qualified centers in the NBA, while his 40 three-point field goals ranked 10th among all NBA centers…Scored a season-high 30 points and tied his career high with 16 rebounds in the team’s Opening Night overtime victory over Dallas, 10/26. Turner joined Shaquille O’Neal and Anthony Davis as the third player in NBA history under the age of 21 to record at least 30 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks in a game…Posted his 12th double-double of the year as he scored 17 points and tied his career high with 16 rebounds in the win over Philadelphia, 3/26…Finished with 25 points and 15 rebounds in the win over Brooklyn, 1/5, and teamed with Jeff Teague (21 points, 15 assists) to become only the third pair of Pacers teammates in NBA history in which one player finished with 20+ points and 15+ rebounds and another recorded 20+ points and 15+ assists in the same regular season game…Scored 18 points, grabbed eight rebounds and tied his career high with six blocked shots to help Indiana secure a playoff spot in the season finale against Atlanta, 4/12…Became the seventh player in Pacers NBA history and the first since Paul George in 2012 to participate in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge. He finished with 12 points, four rebounds and a block in 18 minutes during All-Star Weekend in New Orleans…Missed one game (Nov. 21) with a sprained right ankle…2015-16: Played in 60 games and made 30 starts during his rookie season, posting averages of 10.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 22.8 minutes per game…Shot 49.8 percent from the field and 72.7 percent from the free throw line…Named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team…Among NBA rookies, Turner ranked seventh in scoring, fifth in rebounding, sixth in field goal percentage and third in blocked shots…Scored in double figures 28 times with six games of 20 or more points…Recorded 10 or more rebounds seven times with four double-doubles…Broke out with 25 points on 11-for-13 shooting from the field to go with a team-high seven rebounds in 29 minutes off the bench at Denver, 1/17…Added 15 points and four blocks in 31 minutes the following game at Phoenix, 1/19, before pouring in a career-high 31 points on 12-17 shooting at Golden State, 1/22…Turner became the first Pacers rookie to score 30 or more points since March 5, 2002, when Jamaal Tinsley finished with 30…Made his first-career start against Atlanta, 1/28, as he finished with 20 points on 9-for-17 shooting in the win over the Hawks…Finished with 16 points and six blocked shots – the most by any Pacers player during the season – in the road win at Oklahoma City, 2/19…Recorded 24 points and a career-high 16 rebounds on the day of his 20th birthday in the win over New Orleans, 3/24…Became the fourth Pacers rookie in franchise history and the first since Jamaal Tinsley in 2002-03 to be named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month as he averaged 13.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 51.0 percent from the field during the month of February…Averaged 11.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game in 30 starts compared to 9.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game in 30 appearances off the bench…Missed 20 games (11/13-12/26) with a chip fracture in his left thumb…Recorded two DNP-CD’s.

BEFORE NBA

College: Earned Big-12 Freshman of the Year and All-Big 12 Third Team honors after appearing in all 34 games (making seven starts) during his only season at the University of Texas in 2014-15…Averaged 10.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game in 22.2 minutes per game…Shot 45.5 percent from the field, 27.4 percent from three-point range and 83.9 percent from the free throw line…Led the Big 12 Conference by a wide margin with 89 blocked shots – 31 more than the next player on the list (teammate Cameron Ridley, 57) …Finished third in the conference in free throw percentage and sixth in rebounding…In just his fifth-career game during a win over St. Francis (PA) on Nov. 25, Turner matched a school record for single-game field goal percentage that had stood since 1962 as he made 11-of-12 shots in a 25-point effort…Scored in double figures 13 times, including three games with 20 or more points…Pulled down 10 or more rebounds seven times while posting four double-doubles…Scored a career-high 26 points to go with nine rebounds against Lipscomb on Dec. 16…Finished with 25 points and a season-high 12 rebounds in the win over Texas Tech on Feb. 14.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Myles Christian Turner…Son of David and Mary Turner…Has one younger sister, Mya…Born March 24, 1996 in Bedford, Texas…Wore jersey No. 52 at Texas to honor Habram Rosario, a close friend and middle school teammate who passed from leukemia when Myles was in ninth grade (Rosario wore No. 52 on the middle school team) …Studied psychology at the University of Texas…Played in the McDonald’s All-American Game, Jordan Brand Classic and was a member of the U.S. National Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in the spring following his senior season at Euless Trinity High School in Bedford, Texas…Averaged 18.1 points, 12.2 rebounds and 6.8 blocks per game as a senior while leading Trinity to a 24-7 overall record.