http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i...ng_report_evan_turner.html#incart_river_index Some interesting tiddlybits: He defends the pick and roll very well. Defends spot up shooters well (thinking Warriors here.) On offense he's a good ball hander. He gets a high percentage of assists. Takes some pressure off Dame and CJ. Can finish at the rim, doesn't force threes. Our threes come mostly off motion, not from an inside/out game with spot-ups. Don't think he'll be forced to take threes. If he can get to the hole and finish that's big. And he can post up, word! These things fill some holes we have. Neil might know what he's doing here.
I definitely see him missing 10 3 pointers in a row while Stotts yells from the sideline "shoot it!" and then missing his place in the rotation for Pat
You can see why some called him Roy lite. Seriously one of the fugliest shot forms ever though. I wanted Turner a while back, so I'm not disappointed. My only "disappointment" is the amount of cap space we used on him.
He seems like a defensive specialist. Because his offensive numbers look pretty bad. He ranks 56 off 76 among sgs in TS%. Just above Tony Allen. And that is as a relatively low volume shooter.
In general I like this signing. (Not for the money, of course, but there have been worse contracts so far.) My only regret is that I always dreamed of getting Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and you can't really have him and Turner playing together. (But then, the Hornets probably weren't going to give up MKG anyway.)
He was averaging less than 1 attempt per game, small sample size. Then he shot 3-14 for 3s in the playoffs.
he's been workin with a shooting coach in Cali so hopefully we'll see some improvement, he can certainly afford the best with his new contract!
Aminu went from terrible to at least relevant as a three point shooter in Stotts' system. Meyers had no three point game when drafted, and now it's the only thing he does. Harkless started the season terribly from three, but was hitting them at 34% in the playoffs. Turner is older than all those guys at 27, but maybe being in a culture dominated by the three point shooting of Lillard and CJ will rub off on him. I hope, anyway. Otherwise he's kind of like Batum but without range--an ok bench player.
I like him and I think Stotts will use him effectively. I can see Turner being on the floor at the same time as Dame, CJ, Aminu, and Plums. He will be asked to be the primary perimeter defender along with Aminu and there will be times when he will be asked to play point SF as Dame and CJ play off the ball. This gives Stotts a lot more flexibility within his motion offense and P&R defense.
I believe Turner will be use like Batum was but the difference will Turner will attack the basket. If Turner can get shot going from outside he will more dangerous.
Hey MM, have you studied the five year projection of the cap? I wasnt fully aware until the other day when I read up on a few articles and the projection is its going to go up to $102 or so next year and then another $108 after that. And then from there who knows? But even at $105ish, this will seem like a very good contract. No?
