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

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Watch the Wooden Award presentation

Evan Turner is among five finalists for the Wooden Award, which will be presented at 10:30 tonight in Los Angeles. You can watch the presentation live.

Two of the other four finalists -- Wesley Johnson of Syracuse and John Wall of Kentucky -- showed up in LA for the awards show at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Sherron Collins of Kansas and Da'Sean Butler of West Virginia were no-shows. Butler had an excuse. He had knee surgery yesterday.
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Watch the Wooden Award presentation (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)

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Updated: April 9, 2010
Turner would love to play for Bulls
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Chicago.com

The Chicago Bulls won't give up on the fight for the final playoff spot in the East, but should they falter and land in the NBA draft lottery, Ohio State's Evan Turner will be watching with interest.

On ESPN 1000's "The Waddle & Silvy Show," Turner responded enthusiastically when the hosts said they hoped to see him return home to Chicago.

"I'm hoping so too, to tell you the truth," Turner said from Los Angeles, where he's on hand as a finalist for the Wooden Award, handed out to the nation's best player.

The former Westchester (Ill.) St. Joseph's star wouldn't mind playing with another Chicago native -- Derrick Rose, but the city itself is the real draw.

"He's a great player, but just always playing in Chicago -- that'd be fun," Turner said. "I think the Bulls have a great team, and I think if I were to play for them I could help out a little bit."

Leaving Ohio State a year early was a difficult decision, but Turner already is anticipating commissioner David Stern announcing his selection at the draft.

"I'm extremely excited," he said. "It's like a dream come true. I'm definitely going to look forward to May when I'm putting on my suit. That's going to be a fun night."
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http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=5071226

Turner, not Wall, could end up as Draft's top pick
Posted Apr 9 2010

The consensus No. 1 Draft pick just got a little not-so-consensus.

An entire college season of Kentucky's electric point guard John Wall being the presumed first selection, and by an easy margin according to some accounts, has given way to the post-tournament read by one NBA executive that Ohio State's ultra-versatile Evan Turner could be the top choice on June 24. Not only that, the front-office veteran said, but colleagues with other teams are privately making the same observation.

This is far from an opinion sweeping the league. The belief by most was that Wall was the No. 1 pick from the instant his freshman season began with great hype and he held the ranking through his announcement Wednesday that he was one-and-done. But it does suggest the issue could turn out to be a much more interesting race than anyone would have imagined a month ago, and increases the intrigue of the next 2 ? months.

"I wouldn't say it's necessarily like Blake Griffin last year, where 30 teams would have taken him No. 1," the executive said of Griffin, last season's No. 1 overall pick. "Evan Turner is a hell of a player. You could certainly say he'd be a better pro right away [than Wall]."
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http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/04/09/john.wall/

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Congratulations on winning the Wooden Award!

Ohio St’s Evan Turner wins Wooden Award

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Ohio State’s Evan Turner won the John R. Wooden Award, claiming yet another trophy as the nation’s top basketball player.

Turner was chosen Friday night over Kentucky freshman John Wall, Syracuse’s Wesley Johnson, West Virginia forward Da’Sean Butler and Kansas guard Sherron Collins for the 34th Wooden Award at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

Turner already won The Associated Press player of the year award and the Naismith Award. The Big Ten’s player of the year averaged 20.4 points, 9.2 rebounds and 6.0 assists while making more than 52 percent of his shots and leading the Buckeyes to the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament.

The 6-foot-7 ball-handling swingman announced Tuesday he’s skipping his senior season to enter the NBA draft.

“It’s definitely a great honor,” Turner said. “The other nominees are great players and great people. Thank God for basketball, and thank God for everybody else.”

Connecticut’s Tina Charles won the women’s Wooden Award. Florida’s Billy Donovan received a Legends of Coaching award, with the 44-year-old becoming the youngest coach to win the honor.

Turner received 3,715 points in the voting by more than 1,000 media members and college basketball experts. Wall, the Wildcats’ NBA-bound point guard, finished a close second with 3,331 points, while Johnson was third with 1,871.

Turner joins a list of winners including Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Elton Brand, Kevin Durant and 2009 winner Blake Griffin. The former Oklahoma star, who missed the entire NBA season with the Los Angeles Clippers with a knee injury, presented the trophy to Turner.

Turner has won an armful of player-of-the-year trophies despite missing 4 1/2 weeks of the regular season with broken bones in his back. After Ohio State rallied from a 1-3 Big Ten start to win a share of the conference title, Turner won the Big Ten tournament’s most outstanding player award while leading the Buckeyes to the title.

Ohio State then reached the third round the NCAA tournament before falling to Tennessee.

Turner was selected to the All-America team last month, receiving all but one possible first-team vote. He’s the first Ohio State player to win the award.
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Congratulations to Evan on winning the award.

On an off note, nice suit for the awards ceremony (I believe the nicer one of the two award presentations).

Kind of puts a smile on your face that a kid works after arriving in Columbus and leaves with all of these awards.
 
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