Myles Turner made a long-term commitment to Indiana on Monday, signing an extension that will keep him with the franchise for the foreseeable future.
On Wednesday, Turner opened up about how much the state means to him in a moving essay in the Players' Tribune.
Turner wrote about holding his annual auditions for his fan zone section, Turner's Block Charged by Mtn Dew, on Sunday. Calling it "one of the best days I have each year," Turner recalled some of his favorite auditions - from a woman who wore a wedding dress and "proposed" to him with a Ring Pop to another fan who remixed Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow" to a more Pacers-centric "Blue and Yellow.