Myles Turner: Lakers should take 'hard look' at potential trade with Pacers

Although the Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers stepped away from trade talks shortly before training camp that involved Russell Westbrook and draft capital going to Indiana for Myles Turner and Buddy Hield, the Pacers center says it's a deal that could be worth revisiting.

"If I'm the Lakers, I take a very hard look at this with the position that you're in," Turner said, responding to a question about the potential swap as a guest on ESPN's "The Woj Pod" with Adrian Wojnarowski. "I know what I can provide for a team -- my leadership, my shot-blocking, my 3-point ability and just my ability to make plays out there on the floor.

"And I take a very long look at it. But as far as pulling the trigger, I get paid to shoot. I'm not paid to make these calls, so I couldn't answer that."

The Lakers have been reluctant to include both their future first-round picks in 2027 and 2029 to upgrade the current roster with the hope of putting LeBron James and Anthony Davis back in position to contend for a championship.

"We all know picks are so valuable in this league, and someone like myself, I'm heading into the last year of my deal and you want to make sure you're getting a return for your assets," Turner added.

Turner, a 26-year-old center in his eighth season with Indiana, has career averages of 12.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game, while shooting 34.9% from 3. Hield, a former client of Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka during Pelinka's days as a player agent, has connected on 43% of his outside shots in seven seasons with New Orleans, Sacramento and Indiana.

Even with a 13-for-30 showing from the outside in their first win of the season on Sunday, the Lakers still rank dead last in the league in 3-point shooting at 26.6% as a team. And with only role players available to play center, Damian Jones and Wenyen Gabriel, Davis has been tasked to play the starting 5, even though he is battling lower back pain and has historically preferred the 4.

Wojnarowski reported earlier this month that the Lakers plan to reassess the roster after approximately 20 games and could look to reengage in trade talks around Thanksgiving.

Turner, who has played his entire career in small-market Indianapolis, said joining a marquee team like the Lakers would be appealing.

"I just feel like here in the Midwest we don't get the love that I think we deserve. ... It doesn't get taken on the national level," Turner said. "You are under the microscope out there at the West. When you are doing bad, you're going to hear about it. When you are doing great, you are going to get a lot of love, especially with the love that the Lakers get.

"I think that another aspect that is [appealing is] playing with greatness and playing under LeBron. I feel like he demands a certain level of excellency, especially at this point of his career. It's just one of those things; when you are out there, you got to perform. People are going to expect you to go out there and hold on to that legacy that the Lakers have built over the years."

Indiana has started the season 3-4. The Lakers are 1-5.

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Twitter Polls For Musk: Bringing Back TikTok Precursor Vine

Elon Musk has started a poll on Twitter Inc. asking users whether he should bring back short-video app Vine, which was shut down by the social media platform in 2016. The CEO of Tesla Inc. had promised last week that he would do anything to save the app from extinction.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has run several polls on Twitter, including one that asked whether he should sell a portion of his stake in Tesla Inc. and another poll asking if the platform should include an edit button to allow users to edit their posts before they make them public. The polls, however, appeared to be too simplistic to accurately reflect the opinions of Tesla’s nearly 300 million unique monthly active users (MAUs).

Twitter bought Vine in 2012 and it helped a raft of internet stars get noticed by a wider audience. Those creators eventually left the platform over disagreements over compensation. It was then shut after Twitter was unwilling to continue investing in the app.

According to New York time report, the response has been overwhelming, with more than 700,000 users voting in the Vine poll. With more than 72% of votes coming in so far, it’s clear that people are welcoming access to their favorite Vines and other Shortform content in a powerful new way. According to New

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No matter what happens here, the people who are left on board with Musk will still get paid out. They’ll receive a large chunk of that money even if they had stayed on board under the new ownership – they and other shareholders will receive payouts from Musk after he bought their shares for $54.20 each.

Musk poured millions of his own money into the deal. Agrawal, who only assumed CEO title a little less than a year ago, had the smallest stock holdings of the three: 155,000 shares worth $8.4 million at the price Musk paid.

"Golden Parachute Compensation" is also part of the agreement, which was approved by shareholders when they merged their companies earlier this year. They include a year's base pay, worth between $1 million and $1.5 million each for Agrawal, Segal, and Gadde. Each of them also gets health insurance worth about $73,000 per person in total—just under the threshold where they're required to pay taxes on it.

An interesting feature of the settlement with Helios is the accelerated vesting of stock they stood to receive in the future but had not yet qualified for. That will end up being worth $56.4 million for Agrawal, $43.8 million for Segal, and $19.4 million for Gadde. Agrawal and Segal get the accelerated vesting of all of their shares while Gadde gets the accelerated vesting of only half of her shares.

DOGECOIN Now 6th Largest Cryptocurrency By Market Cap

DOGE’s market cap exceeds that of Cardano, a hedge fund focused on derivatives and insurance. DOGE also currently has more than 120 members of the S&P 500.

Dogecoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency that is based on the Litecoin protocol. Dogecoin is a fork of Luckycoin which itself is a fork of Litecoin. Dogecoin was created by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer.

Dogecoin was initially introduced as a "joke currency" but it quickly grew in popularity. Dogecoin has a large and active community and is frequently used for charitable purposes.

Dogecoin is the 6th largest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of $1.5 billion. CoinDesk data show.

Dogecoin is often compared to Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum.

Dogecoin has a supply of over 100 billion coins. There is no limit to the number of Dogecoins that can be mined.

Dogecoin is traded on many cryptocurrency exchanges including Binance, Kucoin, and Kraken. 

Dogecoin can be used to purchase goods and services. Dogecoin can also be used to tip content creators on social media platforms and purchase it on Twitter.

Dogecoin is a popular cryptocurrency with a large and active community. Dogecoin is frequently used for charitable purposes and has a supply of over 100 billion coins. Dogecoin is traded on many cryptocurrency exchanges and can be used to purchase goods and services.