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Basketball Insiders: Turner "A Potential Franchise-Changing Player"

Pacers rookie Myles Turner is already feeling right at home in Indiana. The 11th overall pick in this year's NBA Draft recently caught up with Basketball Insiders' Alex Kennedy to discuss his offseason workouts and getting ready for his first season in Indiana.

The 6-11 forward/center out of the University of Texas, said he sees a lot of similarities between Indianapolis and Austin, Tex., where he spent the past season starring for the Longhorns men's basketball team.

"It’s really a lot like Austin, my college town," Turner said in the piece. "There's kind of a lively, good vibe to it.