There were rumors of Giannis Antetokounmpo requesting a trade<\/a>, having grown frustrated with the franchise\u2019s inability to build a contender around him since their 2021 NBA championship win.<\/p>\n Instead, the Bucks made some bold moves, waiving Damian Lillard to sign Myles Turner in free agency<\/a>. Turner, who just came off an NBA Finals run with the Indiana Pacers<\/a>, is a big get for them.<\/p>\n Heading into the new season for the Milwaukee Bucks, it will be up to Turner to make a difference and reach All-Star status.<\/p>\n Myles Turner<\/a> is going to be the second option for the Milwaukee Bucks next season. With Damian Lillard<\/a> now gone, he is the Bucks\u2019 second-best player behind Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>.<\/p>\n Last season, Turner\u2019s scoring output continued to decline since a career-high 18 points per game in 2022-23, as he averaged just 15.6 points per game.<\/p>\n The same went for his rebounding, as he averaged just 6.5 rebounds. On the Indiana Pacers, Turner was the third option behind Pascal Siakam<\/a> and Tyrese Haliburton<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, with added responsibility as a scorer and a rebounder, expect Turner to take things to another level. We saw in the playoffs that Turner is capable of levelling up, as he played a big role for the Pacers.<\/p>\n The benefit of pairing Turner with Giannis is that the former is a very good three-point shooter, providing Giannis with the sharpshooter at center he sorely needs.<\/p>\n Milwaukee Bucks have no choice but to be successful next season<\/p>\n The Milwaukee Bucks are going to have to fight to keep pace in the Eastern Conference. With the New York Knicks<\/a>, Atlanta Hawks<\/a>, and Orlando Magic<\/a> all strengthening their rosters, the Bucks aren\u2019t going to have it easy.<\/p>\n But what they\u2019re fighting for isn\u2019t just an NBA championship. For the Bucks, finding success next season is pivotal to keeping Giannis Antetokounmpo happy.<\/p>\n Giannis has made it clear that he will pursue other opportunities to compete for a championship if the Bucks can\u2019t put a winning roster together.<\/p>\n Perhaps the addition of Turner can be the boost the Bucks needed to make them title contenders once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Milwaukee Bucks have a new roster heading into the 2025-26 NBA season, and one player will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,7321,7228,4620,5648,590,85],"class_list":["post-93304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-eastern-conference","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-myles-turner","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Myles](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2212979753-940x627.jpg\")
Photo by Justin Casterline\/Getty ImagesMyles Turner must be the championship-level center who unlocks Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n