Indiana hasn't made a single signing in free agency so far. They have the giant loss of Turner, which only means they can be named a loser in the first week of free agency. They can still fix the mess that they have made for themselves by letting Turner walk for nothing. They have some cap space and the non-taxpayer mid-level exception.

This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! We hope you executed a sign-and-trade to acquire some hot dogs. NBA free agency is more or less over.

The dust has settled on the first wave of NBA free agency, giving us a good feel for how every team has performed so far.

Rich Paul added fuel to this fire with comments about LeBron wanting to compete for a championship in this late stage of his career. This discourse has also stemmed from the fact that LA has a new young superstar to build around for the future in Luka Doncic.