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

[BlufftonBuckeye]

One of the sickest plays by ET this year. Facial on Hummel:

Not only was that a total badass play, but he did it by going right around the DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR SKINBURN BLUE COLLAR ZOMG HARDCORE WORKS SOOOO HARD Kris Kramer.

Forgive the sarcasm, but I live here in Indiana and had to/have to listen to neverending streams of bullshit about how GREAT Kramer is...and jesus christ, during the game Sunday you would think he had 40 points, 11 steals and 32 rebounds. Fucker just flops like a piece of shit EVERY goddamn time someone drives on him.

Ahem.

Back to the point, ET has consistently made good defenders look bad, and is doing so in this tournament. He had a subpar game against UC Santa Barbara, but a subpar game from ET is better than most peoples average/good games. People forget that part of the reason guys like William and Diebs did so well was the incredible amount of space being given. Because...the defense was focusing on ET.

I for one will be sad to see him go, whether its this year or next. He epitomizes what it means to be a great college athlete.

 

[UpNorth_Buckeye]

Thought you may enjoy this story that aired on CBS Chicago today about Evan Turner and his Mom. Great baby pictures of him, as well! Click on the link below to see it or go to the sports page of cbs2chicago.com.

http://cbs2chicago.com/video/[email protected]

Thanks for posting that. I've read most of the info in miscellaneous articles, but the photos were classic. I thought he was his dad for a split second in their family picture :p. It's crazy how much they look alike.

 

[Buckskin86]

Turner emerged vs. Vols
His performance during 2008 game provided a glimpse of things to come
Thursday, March 25, 2010
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Evan Turner charges into Tennessee's Wayne Chism during the first-half of a 2008 game won by the Vols 74-69.

The Evan Turner who might be the national player of the year was just another freshman when he played Tennessee two years ago.

But that was the day he began to bloom.

"That's where we started to see the playmaking ability for an extended period of time," Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. "He always had some moments, but in that game, he had a double-double, he was rebounding, he was hard to (defend). He did a nice job."

Turner had 21 points and 10 rebounds in the Buckeyes' five-point loss in Knoxville, Tenn. It was their third meeting with the Volunteers in about a year, and the third in which the outcome was not decided until the final seconds, leaving indelible memories of the final moments of each game.

The teams play for the fourth time in as many seasons Friday night in an NCAA regional semifinal in St. Louis. Turner will enter that game nearly averaging what were career highs for him in January 2008.

Turner said the break that weekend from Big Ten basketball, "where you have to think so much and be so prepared," was a factor in his breakout game.

The Big Ten "is more of a mental game," Turner said yesterday before the Buckeyes left for St. Louis, "as opposed to going to playing (Southeastern Conference) ball where you're just trying to make plays. They're pressing you and you're pretty much just running a transition game. You didn't really have time to think. You just had to worry about making plays and attacking. Going from the slow tempo we were playing at the time, it was way different."

Turner emerged vs. Vols | BuckeyeXtra

Buckeyes' Evan Turner is a star on and off the court
BY TOM TIMMERMANN
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
03/25/2010

When she doesn't expect it, someone will come up to Iris James, the mother of Ohio State basketball star Evan Turner, and compliment her about her son. Only it has nothing to do with basketball.

"I just met a lady here on Friday," James said Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee, after Ohio State had beaten Georgia Tech to advance to the Midwest Regional that starts in St. Louis on Friday.

"Her son had broken his back on the school playground. They reached out to the school and Evan had called her to talk to her son. I thought that was so great. I didn't know. I never find out until parents come up to me and tell me, 'You have such a great young man; he's done this, he's done that.' He's done a lot of different things. Evan can sympathize with that young man."

Actions like that by Turner are typical. He wears No. 21 to honor a high school teammate, John Moll, who wore that number when they played together and who committed suicide when they were 16.

Buckeyes' Evan Turner is a star on and off the court - STLtoday.com

 

[Buckskin86]

Pearl Views Turner as Larger Threat than Conley
By Brandon Castel

ST. LOUIS?Bruce Pearl knows all too well how dangerous a talented point guard can be in Thad Matta's ball-screen offense.

Back in 2007, Pearl's Tennessee team met Matta and Ohio State in the NCAA Regional Semifinal in San Antonio. The Buckeyes overcame a 17-point halftime deficit to 25 points from Ron Lewis and 17 from point guard Mike Conley Jr., who also added seven rebounds, six assists and two steals.

"Conley hurt us, Conley hurt us turning corners and getting to the basket and getting to the foul line," Pearl said Thursday as his team prepares for another matchup with Ohio State in the Sweet 16.

The second-seeded Buckeyes (29-7, 14-4 Big Ten) will face the sixth-seeded Volunteers (27-8, 11-5 SEC) Friday (7:07 p.m. ET, CBS) at the Edward Jones Dome, home of the St. Louis Rams. While Conley is no longer wearing the Scarlet and Gray, Pearl is already having nightmares about Ohio State's current point guard.

"Those are things that Evan Turner does very well," he said of the 6-foot-7 converted forward.

"So some of the same challenges we had guarding Ohio State in their ball screen spread stuff will be some of the same challenges that we have tomorrow night."

It doesn't take a basketball aficionado to recognize that Conley and Turner are very different players. The former was a scrappy, pass-first point guard who played his way into the No. 4 pick in the NBA Draft thanks to a fantastic NCAA Tournament run that included the win over Tennessee.

Despite all that Conley accomplished during his one season in Columbus, and despite what he did first-hand in front Pearl on the big stage, Tennessee's coach has become an even bigger admirer of what Turner can bring to the position.

"Offensively, I think Turner is a better point guard than Michael Conley," Pearl gushed.

"Michael Conley was a great player as a freshman, but Turner, as a junior, playing the same position, I think he's harder to match up with."

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[Buckskin86]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zotPS3geJYc"]YouTube- Evan Turner and DJ Bennett[/ame]

 

[PacerBucks67]

I just want to clear some things up from that article "Evan Turner wasn't always so friendly" in which Mark Titus talks about Evan as, quite frankly, an asshole.

I grew up with Evan playing basketball until he went to St. Joe's for High School and I stayed in Oak Park. (Evan lived most of his life in Oak Park, not the west side, something not many people know.) Evan was always a dude of extremes. He could be intense and goofy in the same minute, in fact my only actual physical fight I've been in was in the locker room after practice with Evan. Evan was merciless in teasing people and we definitely went through our stretches where we'd be at each others throats. I can see that in his freshman year at OSU, he still had that edge.

However, the part about him being selfish is bogus and wrong. Jon Diebler was given the red carpet to succeed at OSU and Evan was completely disrespected by the entire program. He was not given a fair shot his freshman year, and if Diebler hadn't been so awful that year, Evan would be playing basketball for Bradley right now, because he was so close to transferring. Ohio State should be thankful they were lucky enough to keep Evan this long, because they practically tried to run him out when he got there.

 

[buckeyescott11]

Evan had a great game tonight. It's a shame we had to lose, especially to that school. Let's hope ET is disappointed with how it ended and decides to come back.

 

[PtownBuckeye]

I just want to clear some things up from that article "Evan Turner wasn't always so friendly" in which Mark Titus talks about Evan as, quite frankly, an asshole.

.....

However, the part about him being selfish is bogus and wrong. Jon Diebler was given the red carpet to succeed at OSU and Evan was completely disrespected by the entire program. He was not given a fair shot his freshman year, and if Diebler hadn't been so awful that year, Evan would be playing basketball for Bradley right now, because he was so close to transferring. Ohio State should be thankful they were lucky enough to keep Evan this long, because they practically tried to run him out when he got there.

Do you know who Mark Titus is sir?

Evan played about 30 minutes a game his freshman season, and played a major role on the team. They didn't practically try to run him out; a turnover prone freshman playing 30 minutes a game is a pretty good deal.

Evan has been a tremendous Buckeye and he just had a tremendous game. I'm so glad he came to OSU, and he will be one of my favorite players of all time.

 

[3074326]

I just want to clear some things up from that article "Evan Turner wasn't always so friendly" in which Mark Titus talks about Evan as, quite frankly, an asshole.

I grew up with Evan playing basketball until he went to St. Joe's for High School and I stayed in Oak Park. (Evan lived most of his life in Oak Park, not the west side, something not many people know.) Evan was always a dude of extremes. He could be intense and goofy in the same minute, in fact my only actual physical fight I've been in was in the locker room after practice with Evan. Evan was merciless in teasing people and we definitely went through our stretches where we'd be at each others throats. I can see that in his freshman year at OSU, he still had that edge.

However, the part about him being selfish is bogus and wrong. Jon Diebler was given the red carpet to succeed at OSU and Evan was completely disrespected by the entire program. He was not given a fair shot his freshman year, and if Diebler hadn't been so awful that year, Evan would be playing basketball for Bradley right now, because he was so close to transferring. Ohio State should be thankful they were lucky enough to keep Evan this long, because they practically tried to run him out when he got there.

Which article are you talking about? I bet you missed some sarcasm.

 

[Meyer]

I just want to clear some things up from that article "Evan Turner wasn't always so friendly" in which Mark Titus talks about Evan as, quite frankly, an asshole.

I grew up with Evan playing basketball until he went to St. Joe's for High School and I stayed in Oak Park. (Evan lived most of his life in Oak Park, not the west side, something not many people know.) Evan was always a dude of extremes. He could be intense and goofy in the same minute, in fact my only actual physical fight I've been in was in the locker room after practice with Evan. Evan was merciless in teasing people and we definitely went through our stretches where we'd be at each others throats. I can see that in his freshman year at OSU, he still had that edge.

However, the part about him being selfish is bogus and wrong. Jon Diebler was given the red carpet to succeed at OSU and Evan was completely disrespected by the entire program. He was not given a fair shot his freshman year, and if Diebler hadn't been so awful that year, Evan would be playing basketball for Bradley right now, because he was so close to transferring. Ohio State should be thankful they were lucky enough to keep Evan this long, because they practically tried to run him out when he got there.

wtf????

 

[LightningRod]

...Jon Diebler was given the red carpet to succeed at OSU and Evan was completely disrespected by the entire program. He was not given a fair shot his freshman year, and if Diebler hadn't been so awful that year, Evan would be playing basketball for Bradley right now, because he was so close to transferring. Ohio State should be thankful they were lucky enough to keep Evan this long, because they practically tried to run him out when he got there.

During Turner's freshman year he started 30 games, played in 37 games averaging 27 minutes/game and played a total of 1,004 minutes. In that same year Diebler started 8 games, played in 37 games averaging 21 minutes/game, and played a total of 781 minutes. Please explain how Turner was disrespected and Diebler was shown favoritism?

 

[OhioState001]

The real POTY

 

[OhioState001]

Posted on another board but apparently Turner said this in the post game press conference:

When asked if he'll make good on achieving his goal of making the Final 4, Evan said (paraphrasing) "I can't give a percentage, but I really can't go out like this".

A little bit of hope?

 

[3074326]

The same kind of hope that every player gives before leaving early.

He needs to go. He has a chance to be the number one overall pick.

 

[LightningRod]

Listen up Evan - you graduated in 3 years and it is time to take care of yourself and your family.