A league source said the Pacers’ offer to Turner topped out at around $23
million per year, short of what he got from Milwaukee. Turner essentially
wanted what he got from the Bucks, something closer to $27 million a year.
With the compounding luxury tax, had Indiana given Turner what he wanted, it
would have paid around $11 million in taxes on top of his salary. In
addition, by being a taxpayer, the Pacers would have lost the refund money
that teams staying out of the tax receive annually from taxpaying teams,
which is usually between $5 and $10 million per year.
Pacers ownership was less willing to pay tax for a team that was less likely
to contend next season without Haliburton. It was still willing to pay it —
to a point. The most generous prediction, though, even within the building,
is that Indy could be a middle-of-the-pack team next year. Realistically,
just as with Boston and other teams that lost their star player, the more
likely result is that Indiana takes a step back.
有消息来源透露溜马开给Tuner的报价是年均23M左右的合约，这比公鹿还要少，Turner
最后拿到的年均27M的报价比较符合他心目中预期的数字
但如果溜马跟进了公鹿这笔报价，需要多付11M的税，而溜马则会失去每年从豪华税球队
中拿到的分红大概是5-10M左右
在哈利报销后，溜马管理层对于缴税的欲望就没有那么强烈了，他们仍愿意花钱，但
有底线，因为现况是，就连球队内部以最乐观的方式评估溜马，都认为他们明年会是
中后段的球队
更现实地说，就像塞尔提克或其他失去球星的球队一样，溜马必须向后退一步
另外有一段提到亲近Ayton的消息来源透露他有把溜马列入考虑的加入球队名单中
A source close to Ayton said Tuesday that the Pacers would be “considered”
as a potential landing spot.
https://reurl.cc/vL3K6e
不过记者个人观点认为加入溜马对Ayton来说会是一种挑战，因为卡帅不会纵容这种不成
熟的球员，其他的队友例如Siakam TJM Nembhard等人也不会
就是加入要有被教练跟队友紧紧盯着的心理准备就是，就算没了哈利，溜马还是不会轻易
放弃比赛
而他们会继续寻找新的禁区补强
其实还有补充说Turner的效率严重取决于哈利是否在场上，在哈利报销后也凸显Turner
的短版等....但最根本的原因还是税就是了
溜马认为自己下一季没机会 因此就决定从税线上撤退了
公鹿则是因为手握字母哥 还决定再拼一把 就是路线选择的不同