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Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner is looking forward to building a strong bond with new teammate James Wiseman.

(via Indiana Pacers):

“I’ve always been a fan of James. I feel like he’s someone who passed the eye test. He’s huge. He’s all of 7-1, very long, very athletic, has all the intangibles. I have spent time with him. Him and Isaiah Jackson came to Dallas for a few days and we worked out together down there. James is just someone who needs an opportunity. I feel like once he gets the opportunity that he’s been looking for, he’s going to take it and run with it. He’s someone that I’m personally going to be around, I’m going to be in his ear, and it’s genuinely because I want to see him succeed.

“I feel like I’ve been in his shoes before in his position as far as his temperament as a person, not necessarily where he is in his career, but I understand him as a person in a sense and I feel like that’s going to help me understand him more on the court. So I’m still getting to learn him, still getting to know him more. Only known him for a couple months, but I really do feel like he’s someone that can help us, and once he puts it all together, he’s going to be dangerous.”