Pacers' Myles Turner: Knicks Are 'America's Team'

The New York Knicks are America's team according to Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner.

Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner picked the New York Knicks when he was asked what franchise he thought was "America's Team."

"If I had to go America's team, probably the Knicks," Turner said on Run Your Race. "Everybody, especially (on the) East Coast, is going to talk about the Knicks and (stuff). Even if they make the playoffs or not, you're going to be talking about the Knicks, whether they get up there or they do not."

Run Your Pace hosts Theo Pinson and AJ Richardson offered some other teams up for debate like the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors, but Turner stuck with his original opinion.

"It's got to be the Knicks," Turner said. "You can't name another franchise."

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The 27-year-old big man has been with the Pacers for eight seasons since they drafted him No. 11 overall in the 2015 NBA Draft. Despite many trade rumors circulating around the center over the past few years, he has remained an integral piece of Indiana's roster. 

The Knicks have been around for 78 seasons, originally established in 1946 as members of the Basketball Association of America. As a franchise, they have amassed a 2,924-3,099 overall record in the regular season, good for a winning percentage of .485.

New York has earned 44 playoff appearances that have yielded two championships, besting the Lakers twice in four seasons (1970, 1973). Those teams were led by Hall of Fame point guard Walt "Clyde" Frazier, who now calls Knick games for MSG Network alongside play-by-play man Mike Breen, and the late Willis Reed.