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Bob Cooney: Turner can't seem to find a home in Sixers' lineup
POSTED: December 21, 2010
By Bob Cooney
Daily News Sports Columnist
CHICAGO - At this time of the year, homecomings are about as customary as live, decorated Christmas trees filling front windows.
Getting to reunite with some family and friends is coming at the perfect time for 76ers rookie Evan Turner. The Chicago native, who grew up only 5 miles from the home of the Chicago Bulls and his idol, Michael Jordan, will play his first game as a pro at the United Center tonight at 8 as the hot Sixers (11-16) take on Turner's favorite childhood team.
If you talk history of the game with Turner, it pretty much begins and ends with Jordan. Like many others of his generation, Turner said he patterned his game after Jordan's, though his game became more comparable to that of Jordan's sidekick, Scottie Pippen.
He attended St. Joseph High School, the same school that produced Isiah Thomas and was chronicled in the movie "Hoop Dreams." What makes this homecoming even more special is that Turner will face Bulls point guard Derrick Rose, who also hails from Chicago and whose Simeon High School team beat Turner's in the state playoffs their senior years. Rose was named Illinois' Mr. Basketball, while Turner came in third.
Turner, of course, took his basketball talents to Ohio State, where he was named the national college player of the year after his junior season, while Rose played 1 year at Memphis with coach John Calipari, then bolted for the NBA, where he was the first overall pick in 2008. Last year, he was named to his first All-Star team.
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Read more: http://www.philly.com/dailynews/spo...d_a_home_in_Sixers__lineup.html#ixzz18kUg8OfX
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTrMuVyQjcQ"]YouTube - Evan Turner[/ame]
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buckeyesin07
Veni. Vidi. Vici.
I don't follow the 76ers much, so does anyone know why Turner was getting a lot of minutes (and producing) early in the season, but is getting virtually no minutes now?
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naptownbuck
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buckeyesin07;1837378; said:
Coach Collins experimented with several lineups (None of which included Turner as the primary ball handler of course) in the first month of the season. Andre Iguodala was also injured for a little bit as well, which allowed ET to play more, even start some games. They initially wanted Turner & PG Holiday to share the ball in the back court. ET was getting time (and showing flashes), but that wasn't really doing anything for Holiday. Jrue is a decent young PG..he needs the ball..Andre Iguodala is a ball dominant wing who thinks he is a point forward extraordinaire like Lebron..he (unfortunately) needs the ball.
Turner did not become the best player in college basketball from playing off the ball. So there is obviously going to be a big adjustment with that, plus the normal rookie peaks & valleys. His minutes diminished in December due to the rise of Jodie Meeks. Jodie is a great long range threat who already has a year of experience against NBA competition. His shooting ability just makes him a better off the ball option right now. However, now teams are actually scouting for Meeks, and he has not hit much of anything in the last week (and when he's not hitting, it is just not a good look with ET on the bench). But it's worth noting that Philly did a good job to get some wins after the bad start, they are actually only one game out of the 8th playoff spot!
In Evan's case, imo he's not playing any worse in this stint than his first month of play, they are just playing him less. But he is going to be fine of course. I look at how comfortable Mullens & Koufos are today after 1 & 2 years in the league, and then I look at Evan's early rookie highlight reel..ET is going to be very good for a long time.
A clip from his first career start, which happened to be at MSG. One of his best NBA moments so far, a nice steal & layup vs the Knicks late in the 4th. Play a talented rookie for a stretch of games and this is what you will get, sometimes he a may wilt under pressure like the game in D.C (missed free throws late), other times he will come up with a special play when it counts like this one.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QMfqPwgOXk"]YouTube - Evan Turner Seals the Deal in MSG 11.7.2010[/ame]
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HoopsHype.com NBA Blogs - Peter May
Turner can?t find his game
December 27, 2010
The game was over, his team had lost, and Evan Turner, the Philadelphia 76ers? rookie swingman, was dressing quietly in the locker room. A reporter asked him for his thoughts on the game. Turner said he liked the way the Sixers had played the defending conference champion Boston Celtics right down to the wire before eventually succumbing, 84-80.
He had had a very good vantage point, for Turner had watched the entire 48 minutes from the Philadelphia bench. As the Sixers? coach, Doug Collins, explained afterwards, ?we went with the guys we thought gave us the best chance to win.?
Lately, Turner does not fall into that group.
The player everyone loved coming out of Ohio State, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2010 draft, the player who drew comparisons to Dwyane Wade and Oscar Robertson, can?t seem to find his way into the rotation of a club that is laboring well below .500 in the top-heavy Eastern Conference.
The Celtics game was his second DNP in five days; he also had not played when the Sixers hosted the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. Those are the only two games in which he has not played this season. Among rookies, Turner ranks 11th in scoring at 6.3 points a game (only four are averaging more than 10 a game) and 37th in field goal percentage at a disappointing 39.2 percent.
And therein lies the rub. On a team with more than its share of wing players, Turner?s inability to put the ball in the basket has him playing behind Jrue Holiday, Jodie Meeks, Lou Williams, Andres Nocioni and Andre Iguodala.
?He hasn?t made enough shots for us for him to play,?? Sixers president Rod Thorn said matter-of-factly.
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Read more: http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/may/2010/12/27/turner-cant-find-his-game/#ixzz19Lz7bVZS
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Buckeye Nut
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I wouldn't say Turner was producing early in the year. He had a couple decent games, but mostly has had a rough go of it trying to adjust to the pro game.
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Turner was the player of the game against the Suns tonight with 23 points, including a clutch 3 down the stretch to put the game pretty much out of reach.
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y0yoyoin
That is a serious injury for Willis McGahee
sounds like Igudola could be out for a few more games so turner could see plenty of minutes coming up...i hope he can start stringing together games like this to shut alot of people up...he will be able to show alot of people what he is really made of when he faces the lakers next, especially if kobe is guarding him
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