Pacers will make Evan Turner reach his potential

February 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

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Evan Turner’s rookie year with the Philadelphia 76ers has been anything but normal; and not in a good way. The Chicago native who took home all the major national player of the year awards in college basketball during his final season of “amateur” status at Ohio State. His NBA career get off to a very rough start. He looked terrible in summer league; had an atrocious first couple months and when he returned to play in his hometown versus the Bulls for the first time, his numbers read like this: 6.3 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 40.6 FG%, 1.8 Asst. The Sixers demanded better ROI on their 3 year, $12 million investment.

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Will Evan Turner Play in his Return Home to Chicago vs. Bulls?

December 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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It wasn’t supposed to be like this. No, not at all.

After Ohio State University superstar Evan Turner was taken by the Philadelphia 76ers second overall in last June’s NBA Draft,  and the NBA schedule came out, I circled December 21st on the calendar, the date ET came home to face the Chicago Bulls. The Southside native who prepped with Illini point guard Demetri McCamey at St. Joseph in suburban Westchester, was going to start a professional game in his home town for the first time.

After sweeping all the national player of the year awards in college basketball, Turner looked to be on his way to becoming Philly’s franchise centerpiece. But after struggling in summer league, and getting off to a rough start in his rookie season, Turner now finds himself on the bench and hardly playing at all.

By Paul M. Banks

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Evan Turner named Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year

June 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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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, Associated Press and NABC POY awards. The junior guard also was the Big Ten Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player at the annual Big Ten Tournament, which the Buckeyes captured with a win over Minnesota.

He’s also passed up Erin Andrews, Adam Burish, Tom Izzo, Bruce Weber and Ozzie Guillen to easily become the most written about individual in The Sports Bank history.

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The Villain Evan Turner declares for NBA Draft

April 7, 2010 By 3 Comments

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No big shocker here. The most written about single athlete in The Sports Bank’s history will forgo his senior season at Ohio State to declare for the NBA Draft.

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Live Blogging his Royal Smoothness Ohio St.’s Evan Turner

March 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Evan Turner Headlines my USBWA Ballot

March 8, 2010 By 1 Comment

By Paul M. Banks

My first ever United States Basketball Writers Association ballot! Which includes voting for an all-district team (the Upper Midwest of course!), All-American team, national freshman of the year, coach of the year, and player of the year. In addition, the ballot includes player and coach of the year, for the district. Remember college basketball is bigger than Jesus to me, so here’s the list of who I tried to help canonize this winter.

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Evan Turner Closes In on the Naismith

February 28, 2010 By 3 Comments

By: Hans Hetrick

It’s the end of February. Time to start polishing off the shiny trophies and big awards. And everyone’s favorite Buckeye these days, “His Royal Smoothness” Evan Turner, is up for college basketball’s player of the year award.

Barring any surprises, it’s a two-man race between Turner and Kentucky’s John Wall.

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St. Joseph’s BFFs McCamey & Turner Share Big 10 POW Award

February 8, 2010 By 5 Comments

This week’s Big 10 player of the week award is a co-honor. And the two men sharing it were teammates in high school, at St. Josephs (same place where Isaiah Thomas prepped) in Chicago.

Ilinois’ Demetri McCamey earned a share of the weekly award along with Ohio State’s Evan Turner. The award marks the eighth of Turner’s career, surpassing Glenn Robinson (Purdue) and Jim Jackson’s career-record seven Player of the Week honors.

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Evan Turner Should Win the Silver Basketball

January 26, 2010 By 3 Comments

By Paul M. Banks

Forget Kalin Lucas, Ohio State’s Evan Turner is the point guard who should be hoisting the Silver Basketball award when the season is over. Read on and get to know the future league MVP.

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Evan Turner and Demetri McCamey: BFFs and Team MVPs

January 26, 2010 By 13 Comments

By Paul M. Banks

Evan Turner attended St. Joseph high school in Chicago, along with another Big Ten point guard who’s been his team’s MVP- Illinois’ Demetri McCamey.

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Talor Battle and Evan Turner: BFFs

January 13, 2010 By 4 Comments

By Paul M. Banks

The Big Ten’s talent is concentrated at the point guard position, junior class. And two of the most talented guys who fit in at both categories (Ohio State’s Evan Turner and Penn State’s Talor Battle) also happen to be very good friends. [Read more…]

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Evan Turner’s The Next Big Ten Thing

August 4, 2009 By 2 Comments

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By: David Kay

From the first day I saw Tyreke Evans play in the McDonald’s All-American game, I knew he was going to be a special player.  (This is only about the 982,074th time I’ve said this.)  Now that Evans is in the NBA, I need to find a new college hoops player to whore over.  Enter Evan Turner.

The Ohio State junior has the complete game and is the leading to candidate to have my utmost approval as the next star to be entering the association.  His is a stat sheet stuffer who averaged 17.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 1.8 steals per game.  Plus he shot 50% from the field, 79% from the free thrown line, and 44% from three.  In other words, he is pretty good.

Click here for more why I am in love with Turner’s game.

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