Nike is betting on Myles Turner is one of the NBA’s star players going forward as Tuesday’s news of his endorsement deal was announced by the Athletic’s Shams Charania. In Shams’ tweet, however, there was some interesting wording considering we are still waiting to hear about a possible contract extension with Indiana Pacers.
Shams added “Turner is an emerging cornerstone for Pacers.” to his tweet, and while that’s mostly true, J. Michael of the Indy Star reported Monday that there is no indication Turner or Thaddeus Young are getting their contracts extended.
There are obviously some differences in the situations of the veteran power forward and young center, but the fact remains that if the Pacers don’t pick up Turner’s rookie extension by October 15th, he’ll head into the offseason as a restricted free agent.