It's one playoff game that shows some of his offensive skills against a good defensive team... He started the series on the bench, and Boston got their asses handed to them. Brad Stevens started turner the next four games, Boston won the next two, and ATL didn't have an answer for him until game 6
LOL Anyone trying to spin this as anything but negative for the health of the franchise is delusional. Yeah Turner is cute and may help us win one or two more games, but so what? We're still gonna get bounced in the second round at best. Think about the principal. They got spurned by every big free agent they talked to. They had to pay Evan Turner 18 million a year to come. Evan. Turner. This just perpetuates the fact that no one wants to fucking play here. There's no chance of ever getting a top tier guy.
Not really spinning anything. If that's the best we can get, that's the best we can get. Best to accept that reality and hope we can turn the FA into a trade asset or a valuable contributor. It's better than doing nothing and being shell shocked like Dallas is now, no? BTW, who was Dallas' best FA signing? I don't recall them getting anybody of importance. Wesley?
2nd round if the team in the 1st round loses their top 2 players again maybe. Yay for 7th or 8th seed!
Yeah. Pay the lux tax and fuck any sort of future flexibility for Evan Turner, Mo Harkless, Allen Crabbe and Meyers Leonard. Go fuck yourself Olshey.
Here's a fun comparison . Turner last year: 28 mpg, 10.5 pts, 4.9 rebs, 4.4 asts, 46% FG, 24% 3pt, 83% FT, 1 stl, 2.1 TOV Iggy his year in DEN before going to GS: 35 mpg, 13.0 pts, 5.4 rebs, 5.4 asts, 45% FG, 32% 3pt, 57% FT, 1.7 stl, 2.6 TOV You normalize those minutes, and the stats look pretty damn identical
Olshey will be fired in the next 2 years. And we will still have the giant turd evan turned stinking up the place 2 more years after he is gone
Come on, man. That's overreacting a bit. We'll never be that bad with 2 top 20 players on the roster. We keep forgetting that Dame and CJ are going to be Blazers for a long time. We need complementary pieces around them. One more star would have been great, but unless we landed Horford this summer, that wasn't going to happen.
My hope on winning a championship lies on Lillard turning into Curry and CJ turning into Roy. Just fucking end me.
5 years. Then dame is out as soon as that contract is over if this is the shit olshey is gonna give him to work with. Setting him up with evan fucking turner to a deal thats 17% of the cap the next 4 years
We desperately need a third option on offense. Turner ain't it. So unless Neil has something else in mind....
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Last year was fun because we had the lowest payroll in the league and a butt ton of flexibility to improve upon a winning year. We blew that flexibility on Turner and are now going to have one of the highest payrolls in the league despite not fielding a significantly more competitive team. Context and expectations is everything. A 48 win season and 7th seed isn't acceptable this year, but is what will probably happen. Are you okay with that?
