The Sixer Sense » Basketball http://thesixersense.com A Philadelphia 76ers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 PR2011: Evan Turner http://thesixersense.com/2011/03/14/pr2011-evan-turner/ http://thesixersense.com/2011/03/14/pr2011-evan-turner/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:35:10 +0000 http://thesixersense.com/?p=582 Evan Turner. Someone I was so optimistic about before the draft. Someone I thought could be a Brandon Roy kind of player, one who can score some but could impact the game through playmaking and rebounding. A more scoring, less defense and athletic Iguodala. Alas, the draft came and went, then summer league and the [...]

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Evan Turner, shooting a free throw at OSU. While now in the NBA, that quirky shooting motion remains the same. Credit: inphillywetrust.com

Evan Turner. Someone I was so optimistic about before the draft. Someone I thought could be a Brandon Roy kind of player, one who can score some but could impact the game through playmaking and rebounding. A more scoring, less defense and athletic Iguodala. Alas, the draft came and went, then summer league and the season, and Evan Turner has not lived up to any of that hype. Was it too much? Probably.

However, it’s definitely too early to call him a bust, since it looks like he’ll be a very valuable contributor in time. He already contributes to a playoff team, without the use of a consistent jump shot. He seems confident in his abilities and show only get better over time.

Looking at his history, it looks like fans like myself expected too much from Turner in his rookie year. In high school and college, he started slow but picked up his game at both stops. Here in the NBA, though, he has some things working against him. Lacking elite athleticism, Turner has to compete against some of the best athletes in the world. As a swingman, he has to learn how to play off the ball. Neither was an obstacle in previous stops, and that’s why I doubt that Even will reach the platform I though he would 9 months ago.

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]]> So the everyone else post has to do with the guys on the end of the bench: Songaila, Battie, and Nocioni. I’ve seen enough of them to know their strengths and weaknesses, what they like to do and what they try to do on the court. The other two guys that won’t be covered, Kapono and Brackins, are for good reason. Brackins has played in 2 games so far this year for the team, so obviously I haven’t seen him play enough. Kapono’s scouting report: “white guy that stands in the corner”. Okay, now onto the other 3.

Of the other three guys, I can only hope that one, maybe two of them see significant time in significant games. That would be Tony Battie, the closest thing we have to a guy who could defend a dominant center, like Dwight Howard, without completely failing. The other would be Andres Nocioni in very limited situations. I’m not sure why Darius Songaila exists (on this team, that is).

The main point of this article would be to look at each player, and show what they bring to the team and why what they bring can be valuable. (more…)

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