The National Basketball Players Association announced in a press release that Bucks big man Myles Turner has been elected vice president on the NBPA Executive Committee. Turner will begin his three-year term immediately, replacing Garrett Temple, who retired at the end of last season. Temple has joined the Mavericks’ coaching staff.

“I am thrilled to join the executive committee at such a pivotal time for our league and am prepared to take on this leadership role within the PA,” Turner said. “It’s an honor to be voted in by my peers, and I am committed to advancing the priorities that matter most to the players across the league.” 

Temple was first elected as a vice president on the NBPA Executive Committee in 2017 and was subsequently reelected in 2021 and 2024.

Here’s more from around the NBA:

• The NBA and the NBPA has joined all the other major sports leagues in the country to urge state gambling regulators to combat escalating harassment and violent threats from sports bettors, ESPN’s David Purdum reports. That group sent a letter to gambling regulators in 35 states and the District of Columbia, proposing a lifetime ban from legal sportsbooks for individuals who harass or threaten professional or amateur athletes, coaches, officials, team personnel or their families. Five states — Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, West Virginia and Wyoming — already have similar policies in place, and some of the largest sportsbooks have taken steps to combat the issue.
• The Thunder, Spurs and Celtics rank 1-2-3 on ESPN’s Future Power Rankings, based upon the three-year outlook for all clubs. Insider Zach Kram notes Oklahoma City has a championship core that’s still young, plus plenty of extra picks over the next few years and arguably the most respected lead decision-maker in the league in Sam Presti. The Kings rank at the bottom with the recently-penalized Clippers just ahead of them.
• Teams traded a total of eight unprotected picks this offseason and that’s a major development, Chris Dempsey of DempsAndCircumstances.com writes. Dempsey notes that a lot of high-profile players were dealt and those trades usually involve major draft capital. However, the revamped lottery system designed to discourage tanking also played a major role. While those unprotected picks are still valuable, that value has taken a sizeable hit.