Representatives of NBA One Person and One City: They are traded every year, but they become famous as a team leader

Active NBA League, it is too difficult for one person to one city, because everyone wants to pursue championships and higher maximum salary, so winning the championship is becoming more and more popular. Curry, Dream Green, Antetokounmpo, and Jokic, the Nuggets, are all star representatives of one person and one city. During this summer's offseason, Antetokounmpo is expected to apply for a trade and leave the team. He wants to go to big cities to form a better and more promising lineup. The Bucks have indeed reached a period of "out of oil and exhaustion". Without future assets and no salary space, how can they sign and win the championship? Moreover, Lillard suffered a tear in the Achilles tendon and was getting older. Where will Antetokounmpo choose to win this summer?

Generally speaking, there are few role players who can become representatives of one person and one city, because role players are either easily traded or lose their strength and eliminated. But, there are exceptions, such as Turner. Pacers center, Miles Turner, has played for 10 seasons with the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers eliminated the Cavaliers 4-1 and reached the division final. Turner personally wrote a long article to commemorate his decade of his career with the Indiana Pacers, a decade full of gratitude, memories and love.

Turner was the No. 11 pick in 2015. After joining the Pacers, he has been playing for the Pacers. Almost every offseason, we hear rumors about Turner's trading. However, after so many years, Turner still stays with the Pacers to play. He gradually becomes a starting core and has gradually become the player who has played for the Pacers for the longest time. Therefore, many fans say that they want to trade Turner every year, but Turner becomes the representative of the Pacers' "famous" of one person and one city. Turner performed quite well this season. He averaged 15.6 points + 6.5 rebounds + 1.5 assists + 0.8 steals + 2.0 blocks (third in the league), with a shooting percentage of 48.1% and a three-point shooting percentage of 39.6%. In this playoffs, Turner was the Pacers' third scoring point: he averaged 16.5 points + 6.0 rebounds + 1.3 assists + 0.7 steals + 2.5 blocks (first in the league), with a shooting percentage of 50.9% and a three-point shooting percentage of 45.0%. Turner has a very good blocking ability, high scoring and three-point ability.

Before, Turner was just a role player, a blue-collar center, and he had no ability to shoot three-pointers. However, in order to adapt to the active league small ball tactics, Turner specially practiced three-pointers. Turner's three-point shooting percentage has been close to 40% over the past few seasons. In this playoffs, Turner averaged 1.8 three-pointers and a 45% three-point shooting percentage, ranking among the top in the league in both statistics. Who said that three-pointers can’t be trained? Ben Simmons is a No. 1 pick and cannot make mid-range shots and three-pointers. It's so embarrassing that he is not even as good as Turner. In the 2024-25 season, the Pacers ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference in the regular season, and their lineup and strength are not particularly strong. However, this year's playoffs, the Pacers played very well, eliminating the Bucks 4-1 in the first round and eliminating the Cavaliers 4-1 in the second round (first in the East). Now the Pacers, Halliburton, Siakam, Turner, Nembhard, Mathering, Nesmith and McConaughey, performed quite well in the playoffs. Six of them averaged double-point scores per game in the playoffs, and five of them shot more than 50%, and the lowest shooting percentage of the shooting percentage of the one with 47.5%. The Pacers are really efficient. According to NBA statistics, this year's playoffs, the Pacers' overall shooting percentage was 51.0% and three-point shooting percentage was 40.6%, both of which were the first in the league. What level do you think Turner is a player? Can he be considered a Pacers?