Myles Turner was the Milwaukee Bucks’ big bet in the summer of 2025, but a year later he already looks like one of the most out-of-place players on the roster. After a disappointing season that led to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s departure, the center now stands as the most veteran presence on a young, rebuild-focused squad, which on paper makes him a prime candidate to be moved. But there’s a problem: right now there isn’t a market for him.
That’s the takeaway from Ben Golliver in his ESPN piece, where he notes the Bucks have yet to find a single team showing interest in the center. And it isn’t hard to guess the main reason: the $83.5 million he is signed for over the next three seasons (the last year with a player option) makes him one of the league’s least attractive contracts, rendering him a fairly tough asset to move until he rediscovers his best form.
Right now he’s averaging 11.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, Turner came off what may have been one of the worst seasons of his career, if not the worst, causing his market value to crater just after a standout year in Indiana. With Doc Rivers limiting his usage to mostly spotting up in the corner for threes and the Bucks flailing, it was impossible for him to approach his best self, leaving a sense of disappointment that, even if not entirely his fault, has kept him from generating interest.
So, that must be one of Milwaukee’s objectives this season: raise his value. The center has proven to be a very useful asset for a team in contention, and the Bucks are in need of solid draft capital to keep pushing their rebuild forward, so Taylor Jenkins should do everything in his power to bring back the best version of Myles Turner. Because, for a player who has spent almost his entire career at the center of trade rumors, there’s still a fairly sizable market out there.
