Ten years of career, interpreting one person and one city! After changing five bosses, they actually rented a house for ten years

How many decades have there in life, especially for basketball players, it is even more precious. We habitually interpret the loyalty of a basketball player by one person, one city, but the protagonist today is different. In ten years of career, I have never been to the All-Star, won the best team, won the championship, and even won the division championship. I have always lived a frightened career in the team because he didn't know when the team would trade himself. Unexpectedly, ten years have passed, and the boss has changed five. Before I knew it, I became a veteran of the five dynasties. Even so, I still dare not buy a house and settle down here, because in his heart, I always feel that the team will trade himself.

Turner's ten-year persistence turned from trading chips to the team's spiritual leader. In 2015, when Turner first entered the league, the team's leader was George, who had scored good data from the first season as soon as possible, but he was not regarded as the core of the team to train. In the following decade, the Pacers experienced many reconstructions such as George's departure, Oladipo's rise and fall, Sabonis Jr.'s trade, Halliburton's joining, etc., but Turner has always been an unchanging figure in the locker room.

Almost every summer, Turner appears in trade rumors, but Turner has always used his own evolution to change the management's view of himself. If Turner, who is new to the league, can only be called an excellent blue-collar center, then Turner now must be a modern inside player that all teams compete for.

How Turner successfully stayed with the Pacers for 10 years, there is actually no trick. He only trained hard and followed the trend of the times. At the beginning, Turner's template was Aldridge until the arrival of Sabonis Jr. broke the original calm. Although the team finally chose to keep Turner, his tactical status changed. He often chose to defend and squat the bottom corner three-pointer. Although Turner was not an excellent three-pointer, he used more enthusiasm to participate in defense and protect rebounds.

The evolution of Turner has not ended. It is difficult for modern basketball to gain a foothold in the team by defending. Finally, Turner has developed a strong three-point shooting ability. In this era of three-pointers, Turner has become a qualified 3D center. Perhaps it is precisely because of such 3D attributes that he has become the target of competition for various teams in the offseason, but the players he has finally trained are not wanting to let go easily. In this way, the Pacers have been struggling for 10 years, and Turner has played for the team for ten years in a hurry.

This season's regular season, Turner averaged 15.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game, with a three-point shooting percentage of up to 39.6%. In the playoffs, he became a key figure in the team's return to the Eastern Conference Finals with a comprehensive performance of 16.5 points, 6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. Pacers fans joked: "Turner is like a 'tenant', rumored to move out every year, but in the end he became the most respected old resident in the community."

Turner's story gives new connotations to "one person, one city": it does not have to be exclusive to superstars, but can also be a legend created by character players through adaptability and professionalism. In the past ten years, he has never been selected as an All-Star, but has won more precious respect than honors with his three blocking kings, team history and key performances in the playoffs.