The Indiana Pacers have started their season in what can only be described as a Sisyphian battle against the cruel nature of basketball and the seemingly impossible vendetta that the NBA gods have against this team.
There have been injuries galore – from Tyrese Haliburton to TJ McConnell to Aaron Nesmith to Ivica Zubac to whoever else has missed extended time – and the starting schedule that was thought to be soft has now yielded a miserable 3-7 record. Even worse, the schedule is set to get even harder.
All of that is to say there's probably not a lot of warmth left in the souls of Pacers fans everywhere who were expecting a comeback season only to be let down so viciously.
However, there is one thing that unites people even better than joy, and that, unfortunately, is hate.
So on this cruel occasion, we will indulge in a little bit of friendly hating. There are not many players who are deserving of this situation, as most of the Pacers' rivals do not have any particularly disgraceful individuals (although there are plenty of domestic abusers in the league who deserve all the hate in the world).
That is, with the exception of the long-time Pacers standout who went to a division rival and claimed to hate the 10 years he spent in Indiana.
Myles Turner is probably the worst contract in basketball
There was a time when Myles Turner was synonymous with the Indiana Pacers, when he was both the longest-tenured and most recognizable Pacer and when he was the only stable part of a team that was deeply in flux.
It's funny, over the years, Turner got to see so many different eras of Pacers basketball, starting with the tail end of the Paul George experience and ending after a Finals appearance with Tyrese Haliburton.
That's what made it so weird when he jumped ship to join the team the Pacers had the strongest rivalry with in the Milwaukee Bucks. Outside of the fact that the Bucks would be in cap hell after signing him (due to the necessary waiving of Damian Lillard to complete the cap math), it seemed so weird that he would go to a team that was a worse fit, had won fewer games, and wasn't anywhere close to contending in the way that the Pacers were.
Well, lucky for Indiana, that move hasn't worked out for their newfound heel. Turner looks to be one of the worst contracts in the NBA on one of the worst teams in the NBA, and he looks miserable while playing there.
Things are bad now for the Pacers, but they could always be worse. They could have signed Myles Turner to a big contract extension.
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