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G/F Evan "The Villain" Turner (2010 Naismith Winner)

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I haven't read too much on Turner this season, but after that Notre Dame game I asked myself the question if he would leave after this season. Not sure, but if he keeps playing like this, this sky is the limit. I have to admit, he is one of my favorites to watch play in a long time.......reminds me a bit of Michael Redd in the sense that he has "it". He can't hit the long balls like him, but he has the ability to dribble drive whenever he chooses to do so.
 
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Illini look to bounce back against Ohio State
By John Supinie
GateHouse News Service
Mon Jan 19, 2009

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -
When Evan Turner and Demetri McCamey left St. Joseph High School in suburban Chicago, they felt it was time to make their own way. A couple months into his basketball career at Ohio State, Turner was homesick and ready to transfer.

Turner wanted more playing time. There were options to transfer, Turner said, such as Bradley. He was also lonely without McCamey, the Illinois guard.

"Demetri and I had almost every single class together in high school,'' Turner said. "We played for the same AAU team. We were together from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day, then all day on weekends and all summer. I was around Demetri more than my brothers.

"We felt we needed time away from each other. Once I got away, I really missed the kid. It was really a big part (of transfer thoughts). I'd never went places by myself. When I left the court (at Ohio State), there wasn't much. I didn't know anybody. I would just go to my room and sit there by myself.''

Ohio State plays at No. 25 Illinois on Tuesday in the Illini's first game with a national ranking since the 2005-06 season. While Illinois attempts to bounce back from a heartbreaking loss at league-leading Michigan State on Saturday, the Buckeyes carry a three-game winning streak behind Turner and a youthful lineup.

A recruiting target of Illinois coach Bruce Weber, Turner leads the Buckeyes in scoring (15.9 points per game), rebounding (7.0) and steals (2.2). The versatile 6-foot-7 Turner can play guard or forward.

"Evan is having a tremendous year,'' Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. "We saw signs of it last year of him having the capability to do a lot of things. That's what we like about Evan, from his ability to score in a lot of ways, his ballhandling and his passing. He does a good job of rebounding.''

Turner said he came "really close'' to transferring last year. Among those who were counseling him last season, McCamey told Turner to listen to Matta.

"Sometimes he probably thought he should have been playing more,'' McCamey said. "I told him to listen to coach. He thought he should be starting. I thought I should be starting. We have to listen to our coaches. Now he's doing a hell of a job with Ohio State.''

McCamey had dinner with Turner during Ohio State's trip here last winter, but McCamey wasn't sure about that this week.

"It all depends on where he's at,'' McCamey said. "It's cold outside.''
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Illini look to bounce back against Ohio State - Freeport, IL - The Journal-Standard
 
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Congrats to Evan on earning another Big Ten Player of the Week award.

26.5 points, 7.5 boards, 70% from the floor and over 90% from the line - that'll work.

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Turner Earns Big Ten's Player of the Week

Ohio State's [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87813&SPID=10421&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1293033"]Evan Turner[/URL] garners his second weekly accolade of the season after leading the Buckeyes to a pair of conference victories last week. The Chicago, Ill., native netted a career-high 29 points to go along with 10 rebounds in Saturday's 93-81 win over the Hoosiers, earning his fifth double-double of the season and seventh of his career at Ohio State. Earlier in the week, Turner recorded 24 points on 6-of-9 (.667) shooting from the field and went 12-of-13 (.923) from the charity stripe to lead his team over the Wolverines. Overall, the Buckeye sophomore is shooting 52 percent (109-of-211) from the field this season, improving from last year?s tally when he connected on 109-of-232 (.470) in 37 games. Turner averaged 26.5 points and 7.5 rebounds over the last two outings in 78 minutes of action. He connected on 70 percent of his field goals (16-of-23) and 91 percent of his foul shots (21-of-23). This is the second weekly laurel for Turner, who earned his first on Dec. 8, 2008.

Last Ohio State POW: [URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87813&SPID=10421&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1568522"]William Buford[/URL] (January 19, 2009)
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Turner's Back-Alley Dribbling Paving His Way to Stardom
By John Porentas

There's nothing worse than a bratty kid in the neighborhood that does stuff to keep his neighbors up at all hours. Current Buckeye forward Evan Turner was one of those kids. That's the bad news, sort of .

The good news is that Turner didn't annoy people with any kind of malicious mischief at odd hours. Turner did something else. He dribbled a basketball...all the time.

"When I was a kid I used to dribble the ball in my alley all day. I would just keep dribbling," said Turner.

Turner's dribbling was borderline compulsive, and since he didn't really have a lot of places to do his bouncing, he just went outside into the paved back alley behind his house and dribbled and dribbled and dribbled.

"I would wake up and before I went to school and I'd dribble and work on stuff. At night I'd do it too," said Turner.
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Why do we think ET ran the point so much tonight?

-To give teams another look?

-Thad see something in the Turdoo D that he wanted to exploit?

-Put the ball in the hands of your playmaker?


I really, REALLY, liked this. Let's hope we keep it up!!
 
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leroyjenkins;1398734; said:
Why do we think ET ran the point so much tonight?

-To give teams another look?

-Thad see something in the Turdoo D that he wanted to exploit?

-Put the ball in the hands of your playmaker?


I really, REALLY, liked this. Let's hope we keep it up!!
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He can get us into our offense quicker. Our wings have to work their ass off to get open with Jeremie and PJ at the point b/c teams overplay the pass, and those guys aren't quick/skilled enough to get breathing room past the time line. I think it opens the court for everyone, and depending on the match-ups come tournament time, we may need Evan to assume that role even more. I just can't picture Jeremie or PJ handling the ball against a team like Duke....teams that overplay so much, it forces the PG to be extremely aggressive off the dribble.

Enjoy Evan now, b/c I doubt he's back for another year. I'd imagine GM's are drooling at his midrange game. He's been our only consistent weapon all year, and he still gets his shot off whenever he wants. We never get to see him play man defense, but I'd imagine its also a plus. He can defend multiple positions.
 
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leroyjenkins;1398741; said:
Would it be safe to say that we would be the only team in America to have a 6'7" PG?
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I don't think so. Point-forwards are very common. Guys like LeBron, Scottie Pippen, Lamar Odom are/were NBA guys who do it.

I can't name any guys off the top of my head in college currently doing it, but I'd imagine there are some examples.
 
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billmac91;1398743; said:
I don't think so. Point-forwards are very common. Guys like LeBron, Scottie Pippen, Lamar Odom are/were NBA guys who do it.

I can't name any guys off the top of my head in college currently doing it, but I'd imagine there are some examples.
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IF we keep this up, it would have to make him even more appealing to the NBA.
 
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E.T. was darn near unstoppable in the first-half tonight against Purdue. He was able to get into the lane, make the easy bucket, or dish to a wide open teammate. Heck of a game.

I like the extra look at PG too. Gives the opposition just one more thing to think about. He's JUST got to get those TO's taken care of at some point.
 
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