NBA Draft #2 overall pick Evan Turner got off to a great start in NBA Summer League. However, after his first game things went down hill. In the opener of the NBA summer league in Orlando, Turner had 12 points and eight rebounds to help the Philadelphia 76ers beat Derrick Favors and the New Jersey Nets 84-74. Turner got the better of a match-up between the #2 and #3 picks in … [Read more...] about Evan Turner Struggled in NBA Summer League
Evan Turner scouting report
Evan Turnover? TOs and Strength Turner’s Weaknesses
I truly was blessed this past season and post-season to have had the opportunity to closely cover college basketball's most decorated player in Ohio State's Evan Turner. "His Royal Smoothness" as we like to call him, won the Wooden, the Naismith and pretty much every other national college basketball player of the year award. We all know how good he is; he'll be the second guy … [Read more...] about Evan Turnover? TOs and Strength Turner’s Weaknesses
Evan Turner named Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year
No big surprise here- Evan Turner, the consensus national player of the year in men’s basketball, has been named the 2009-10 Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year, the department of athletics announced Thursday. Turner swept the 2010 college basketball season player of the year awards after claiming the Naismith Trophy and John R. Wooden Award, as well as the USBWA, … [Read more...] about Evan Turner named Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year
Flaws in Evan Turner’s Game
By Paul M. Banks I truly was blessed this past season and post-season to have had the opportunity to closely cover college basketball's most decorated player in Ohio State's Evan Turner. "His Royal Smoothness" as we like to call him, won the Wooden, the Naismith and pretty much every other national college basketball player of the year award. We all know how good he is; … [Read more...] about Flaws in Evan Turner’s Game
Jim Jackson on the Big Ten’s Strengths & Weaknesses
By Paul M. Banks At Big Ten Media Day, Ohio State alum Jim Jackson was just like the rest of us journalists, he participated in the college hoops version of speed dating that is Media Day, as he went from table to table interviewing players and coaches. At the same time, the NBA veteran of 14 seasons, 1992 #4 overall draft pick and current Big Ten Network analyst was … [Read more...] about Jim Jackson on the Big Ten’s Strengths & Weaknesses