Indiana Pacers president Kevin Pritchard told reporters on Tuesday that the organization was "fully prepared to go deep into the tax" to re-sign center Myles Turner and didn't directly answer whether it was ever given the chance to match Milwaukee's four-year,

The Indiana Pacers saw their decade-long center go to a division rival. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle explained a negotiating tactic NBA teams deploy.

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