MILWAUKEE (AP) — Myles Turner says coming so close to a championship last year made him that much hungrier to win it all.

In that regard, Turner made an interesting decision when he left the Indiana Pacers in free agency to sign a four-year, $108.9 million contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. His former team beat his new team in the first round of the playoffs each of the last two seasons.

His change of address isn’t changing his expectations.

“There’s so many years you felt like that was such a long shot, to get there,” the 6-foot-11 center said. “Now that I’ve actually experienced it and know what it’s like to be in that room, be so close, it’s something that drives me more now.”

Turner cites the Bucks’ championship background from winning the 2021 title. The only current Bucks players

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