Category: Evan Turner
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Evan Turner was a slow starter in college. It took him until his junior season with Ohio State to get acclimated but once he figured it out he became the National Player of the Year. His NBA path seems to be following the same blueprint for success. After being the second overall ...
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Evan Turner was the best player in college basketball a year ago and he was drafted second overall by the Philadelphia 76ers. Heading into his rookie season, there was a lot of pressure on Evan Turner and there were high expectations for him this year in Philly as well. He hasn't ...
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Thursday, October 28th, 2010
If we've learned one thing about Doug Collins, it's that he's not going to beat around the bush. He didn't as a commentator and he hasn't as a coach, which is what he's doing now -- or at least trying to do -- with the Philadelphia 76ers.
I say trying because ...
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
The first two picks of the NBA Draft have been decided for a long time. They just needed it to be made official by David Stern. Once the process got started, it was clear that the best two players in the draft were John Wall and Evan Turner. While John ...
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Evan Turner is going to Philadelphia - at least that's what he believes. The do-it-all, Brandon Roy-wannabe from Ohio State is only working out for the 76ers, who hold the number two pick. The 76ers, who may actually have more needs than the Nets, however, are bringing several other players ...
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Fourth time's a charm? After stints in Chicago (in the '80s in his 30s), Detroit (in the '90s in his 40s) and Washington (last decade in his 50s), Doug Collins has been hired as the new head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. He's a solid 23 games over .500 with ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
With it being almost a certainty that the Wizards will select John Wall with the first pick in the NBA Draft after winning the lottery, that would put the 76ers with the choice of Evan Turner, Wes Johnson, Derek Favors, or maybe someone else. After Wall gets taken first, I ...
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
He broke his back. On December 5, 2009, against Eastern Michigan, in a game the Ohio State Buckeyes won by 51 points, national Player of the Year candidate Evan Turner suffered transverse process fractures of the second and third lumbar vertebra in his back from a fall after a breakaway ...
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Get your dancing shoes out. It’s March Madness! When I started to fill out my bracket, I realized that the Midwest region is absolutely loaded. I know some people have talked about how hard of a road Kentucky has to the Final Four, but I think teams in the Midwest ...
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
If you don’t know the name Evan Turner by now, you better learn it. I’m sure you know all about John Wall from Kentucky, Scottie Reynolds from Villanova, Jon Scheyer from Duke and Damion James from Texas. Evan Turner might be the best of the bunch. Turner first started to ...
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