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Watch Myles Turner erase the Lakers' Tarik Black with a devastating block

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:49 p.m. ET

Andrew Lynch

Small-ball is so last year.

The NBA has an incredible group of young big men on the rise, which includes Indiana Pacers second-year player Myles Turner. Before it's all said and done, Turner could end up as the second- or third-best player from last year's draft class — and on Tuesday night, Los Angeles Lakers big man Tarik Black learned the hard way just how good Turner already is:

Yeah, Black will probably think twice about challenging Turner at the rim again. It's not quite a LaPhonso Ellis-style rejection ...

... but it's close. And for good measure, Turner delivered an assist for a wide-open 3-pointer on the other end on the subsequent Pacers possession: