This perfectly encapsulates Evan Turner the basketball player - overpriced, yet still poor-mans, sportscar that doesn't even run:
I think a more likely scenario is CJ being traded and Turner looking slightly better as our starting 2G.
Turner isn't a PG. He isn't a SG (a SG can shoot). He is a SF who can handle the ball a little. He should only be playing SF (and not heavy minutes).
I like Brad Stevens' method of playing one PG, one Big and three wings. Turner would (and did) look good in that system. Lillard Turner Aminu ? Nurk
https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2017/12/02/brad-stevens-evan-turner-media-fake-news ...and everyone in Portland.
From that article, Stevens on Turner: "he was great with the ball,” Stevens explained. “So we gave him the ball." Maybe that's the problem here.
Jesus, i HATE players with ugly jumpshots. I said it right when we signed him and i'll say it again: Turner is the worst! he makes me sick.
It is quite remarkable that he earns six times what Tyreke Evans got in free agency this year purely because his previous deal ran out a year earlier. 90% of 2016 FA deals is pure nonsense.
Has anyone heard Stotts say anything half as intelligent as this from Brad Stevens: “Everybody is in the NBA for a reason,” he continued. “They have a special talent. They have a special ability. Sometimes people get put in a box of what they can’t do, instead of focusing on what they can. Our jobs are taking the 15 guys on the team, focusing on what they do best, and helping them soar with what they do best.”
I could get behind that trade if they throw in a second rounder, just because it offsets a little Portland getting significantly older. At worst, it's a lateral move. We swap a vastly overpaid $17m/year swingman for exactly the same thing. However, it's the skill swap I like. We give up Turner's ball handling and post play, but we don't really need either anyway (with Dame, CJ and Napier all quite capable in that department). We get more size, experience and a much better perimeter shot. Probably an upgrade on defense too--at least with larger swingmen. And perhaps best of all, we get a guy who is really hungry for a role. Deng has absolutely no purpose in LA and he knows it. Much like Nurkic in Denver, maybe there's a chance he resurrects his career on a well-coached, well-lead team.
