Pacers sign top pick Turner


Jun 25, 2015; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Myles Turner (Texas) greets NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected as the number eleven overall pick to the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 25, 2015; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Myles Turner (Texas) greets NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected as the number eleven overall pick to the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

The Indiana Pacers on Monday signed first-round draft pick Myles Turner. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Turner, a 6-11, 240-pound forward/center, played at Texas, averaging 10.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots per game. He was the 11th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft

Turner recently played for the Pacers’ summer league team in Orlando where in three games he was the team’s second-leading scorer at 18.7 points per game.