Myles Christian Turner is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. He played one season for the Texas Longhorns before declaring for the 2015 NBA draft and being selected by the Pacers with the 11th overall pick. Turner was rated a five-star prospect by many sites including Rivals.com and several more college basketball analysts as well as being considered the No. 2 center in the nation behind Jahlil Okafor.
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Myles Christian Turner is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. He played one season for the Texas Longhorns before declaring for the 2015 NBA draft and being selected by the Pacers with the 11th overall pick. Turner was born in Bedford, Texas, to parents David and Mary Turner, and started playing basketball as a six-year-old. He was rated a five-star prospect by many sites including Rivals.com and several more college basketball analysts as well as being considered the No. 2 center in the nation behind Jahlil Okafor. Turner took part in the 2014 McDonald’s All-American Boys Game, in which he recorded seven points and seven rebounds.
He also represented the United States in the2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship, helping the country win a gold medal. He missed 21 games between November 13 and December 28 of his rookie season after undergoing surgery to repair a fracture in his left thumb. On January 22, 2016, he scored a career-high 31 points in a 122–110 loss to the Golden State Warriors. On March 3, he was named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for February after ranking third among East first-year players in scoring, rebounding and minutes during the month. At the end of the season, he earned All-Rookie Team honors.
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