Age: 23
Years pro: 4
Status: Entering the first season under the contract extension he signed last October.
Key stats: Averaged 13.3 points and 7.2 rebounds in 28.6 minutes, along with league-best 2.7 blocks. Shot career-best 39 percent from 3-point range.
Superficially at least, the best of Myles Turner's four seasons with the Pacers has been his second. Back in the 2016-17 go-round, as a 20-year-old kid not yet able to drink like an adult, he played like one by averaging 14.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots. He also shot 51 percent from the field and 81 percent from the foul line and generally showed so much promise then-team president Larry Bird predicted he would become the…
