One person, one city! Myerstner tells his ten years at the Pacers

It took me ten years to write this article. My name is Myles Turner, a Pacer veteran who was forced to be one by one. Last year, my family and friends held a Western Conference themed surprise party for me in my hometown to celebrate my 10th anniversary in the NBA. More than 40 relatives and friends took my mother's cowboy hat and held up my favorite whiskey-making cocktail to celebrate. The feeling I will never forget, but to be honest, it felt bittersweet. As night fell, I gradually pulled out of the cheerful atmosphere and turned to look at my girlfriend

shouted: This is great, but...what are we celebrating? Looking back on the ten years of playing for the Pacers, I have never been to the All-Star, never selected for the Best Team, never won the championship ring, and even won the division championship. As a result, more than 40 people were wearing cowboy hats to celebrate my achievements? From the glory of Paul George's era to the confusion of reconstruction period, I experienced the trouble of trading rumors and self-doubt during the trough period

In my diary in 2021, I wrote about the struggle of "the lowest point in life". All adversities seemed to be loosely linked. They accumulated and formed a darkness that was once difficult to get rid of. The turning point occurred when Coach Carlisle's arrival, his passion for basketball hit it off with me. Halliburton's addition allowed me to usher in a career breakthrough

2023-24 seasons , we took "running" as the motto, and shocked the league with team basketball, transformed from an underrated reconstruction team to a playoffs powerhouse. Although we stopped in the Eastern Conference Finals, we made me fall in love with the purity of basketball again. 48 minutes of game and 82 games are all art worth crafting

Now 29 years old, I finally understand the significance of that party: ten years are not only the league qualifications, but also the mutual achievements with the city of Indiana, just as the answer I wrote in my diary: everything is worth it, because basketball has long surpassed honor and became the faith that saved me