<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-evan-turner-claims-he-was-supposed-to-lebron-james');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why 76ers’ Evan Turner claims he was ‘supposed to be like LeBron James’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/76ers-news-Why-Evan-Turner-claims-he-was-supposed-to-be-like-LeBron-James.jpg"></figure><h1>Why 76ers’ Evan Turner claims he was ‘supposed to be like LeBron James’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-06T07:36:35-07:00">September 6th, 7:36am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-06T07:36:35-07:00">September 6th, 7:36am</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When you’re a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-5-biggest-nba-draft-busts-in-philadelphia-sixers-history">top-five pick in the NBA Draft</a>, the team that picks you is bound to have high expectations. However, things were probably at their highest regarding the Philadelphia 76ers and Evan Turner. During <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv5A-jAyywg&amp;t=40s" rel="noopener">an appearance with</a> Jeff Teague on the <i>Club 520 Podcast</i>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-ex-boston-players-savage-answer-to-what-lebron-james-trophy-should-be-pisses-off-fans">Turner shared that the team hoped</a> to be the next LeBron James.</p><p>“‘When number two dropped, it’s like, oh, I guess I’ll be a Philadelphian or whatever,” said Turner. “So luckily, that was the case, and we went and did a workout, and you know, everything worked well until the first game. And then, you know, life changed.</p><p>“What happened after the first game,” asked Teague.</p><p>“Sh*t was real like sh*t like I was supposed to come in and be LeBron James,” exclaimed Turner. “I had to talk to my sponsors. I got partners but didn’t have them by the second year.”</p><p>“Why did they think you were going to be the man in Philly,” asked one of the <i>Club 520</i> hosts.</p><p>“Because I was cold,” said Turner. “But to be honest with you, I’m just joking. I got drafted to a really good team and a really good situation. When I thought, at Philly, I thought, ‘No, I want to go to Golden State at No. 7.’ Because I wanted to play with Steph and it wasn’t just because of fit.</p><p>“I’m not saying ‘Dre was a slouch, but back in the day, people forgot we were going into this style of team ball. … So when it came down to it when I showed up, it was ‘Dre’s team, and it was kind of like, ‘Get in where you fit in.'”</p><h2><b>What was Evan Turner’s time with the 76ers like?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/LeBron-James-vs-Evan-Turner.jpg"><figcaption>Howard Smith-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While Turner admitted the expectation was never that he would be the next LeBron James, his time in Philadelphia was interesting. Turner got better with time, averaging a career-high 17.4 points, six rebounds, and a steal a game in 2013-14. But the writing was still on the wall. The 76ers had little interest in extending a supersized point guard who couldn’t consistently knock down a three-pointer.</p><p>At the trade deadline, while putting up career numbers, Philadelphia traded Turner to the Indiana Pacers. Initially viewed as a changing-of-guard selection, Turner failed to develop into Allen Iverson’s heir. The Sixers, moving on from him, began the infamous Process, which landed them Joel Embiid. After Indiana, Turner played for the Boston Celtics, the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Atlanta Hawks. He was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves early in the 2019-20 season but did not suit up for them.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why 76ers’ Evan Turner claims he was ‘supposed to be like LeBron James’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/raptors-news-evan-turner-roasted-making-fun-darko-rajakovic-accent-after-ref-rant');   ga('set', 'title', 'Evan Turner roasted for making fun of Darko Rajakovic’s accent after Raptors ref rant');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Evan_Turner_roasted_for_making_fun_of_Darko_Rajakovic_s_accent_after_ref_rant.webp"></figure><h1>Evan Turner roasted for making fun of Darko Rajakovic’s accent after Raptors ref rant</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-10T18:03:42-08:00">January 10th, 6:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-10T18:05:55-08:00">January 10th, 6:05pm</time><address><a>Jay Postrado</a>Jay is a lifelong motorsports and tennis fan. His need for speed may no longer be on the grid or courts but has stayed with him through writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakersnews-nba-l2m-report-will-make-darko-rajakovic-more-furious" rel="noopener">Darko Rajakovic made a lot</a> of headlines after he called out the officiating after the Toronto Raptors narrowly lost to the Los Angeles Lakers. Some of the criticism was targetting discourse about the rules of the game while others had their eyebrows raised after a ‘face-of-the-league’ declaration about Scottie Barnes. It gained a lot of traction with some former stars supporting the statement. However, one person in particular gave an unsavory take on the ordeal. He goes by the name of Evan Turner and got blasted by a lot of fans.</p><p>“You gotta let your assistant coaches do the rant when ‘you have accent,” was the now-deleted comment that Evan Turner wrote<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-drake-gives-darko-rajakovic-stamp-approval-ref-obliteration-lakers-loss" rel="noopener"> about the Raptors head coach.</a></p><p>Understandably, a lot of people got upset with how the former player gave his take on the matter. None of it was targeting the issue of the officiating during the Raptors-Lakers game nor about Scottie Barnes. Instead, he focused on being xenophobic about Darko Rajakovic’s manner of speaking. Fans were quick to roast him <a href="https://twitter.com/SravanNBA/status/1745093329623081105" rel="noopener">for his statement</a>.</p><h2><b>NBA fans livid after Evan Turner’s comments on Darko Rajakovic</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Darko-Rajakovic-lays-into-refs-with-NSFW-tirade-after-controversial-loss-to-Lakers_50.webp"></figure><p> </p><p>“I don’t get what Evan Turner’s doing. Why are you tanking your popularity on purpose? People used to like you,” a fan wrote.</p><p>Others were more disgusted by the fact that it was Turner of all people who <a href="https://twitter.com/Swarlayzers/status/1744991836035338606?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" rel="noopener">made this remark</a>. He was apparently undergoing speech therapy for a period of time. This was largely because of a developed speech impediment when he was a child.</p><p>“Evan Turner got a family of frogs living in his throat talking about how someone else sounds,” was the reaction another member of the Raptors faithful dropped.</p><p>There was a fine line that the discourse was abundantly clear about. It was conversations and heated debates about the league’s officiating problem that the Raptors have been experiencing. None of it merited the comments that Turner made nor was it supposed to be part of the conversation.</p><p>No comments have since been made by Turner to address the situation. The Raptors also have not released a statement. But, the backlash to the former NBA player may have been enough for him to be cautious of what he says.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Evan Turner roasted for making fun of Darko Rajakovic’s accent after Raptors ref rant

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bucks-news-did-evan-turner-diss-giannis-antetokounmpo-over-workout-comments');   ga('set', 'title', 'Did Evan Turner diss Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks over workout comments?');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Bucks-news-Did-Evan-Turner-diss-Giannis-Antetokounmpo-over-workout-comments.jpg"></figure><h1>Did Evan Turner diss Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks over workout comments?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-13T18:09:55-07:00">September 13th, 6:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-13T18:09:55-07:00">September 13th, 6:09pm</time><address><a>Jack Winter</a>Jack Winter is a veteran NBA writer and editor based on the West Coast. He currently lives in Oakland, covering the last legs of the Golden State Warriors' dynasty.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>No retired NBA player turned podcaster trolls better than Evan Turner. The former Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers guard issued a <a href="https://twitter.com/thekidet/status/1701981943057797545" rel="noopener">thinly veiled jab</a> toward Giannis Antetokounmpo on social media Wednesday, responding to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-working-out-nba-players-offseason" rel="noopener">Milwaukee Bucks superstar’s contention</a> that he refuses to train with competing players during the offseason because he’s too competitive.</p><p>“Ain’t nobody coming to Milwaukee to work out wit you and your brother,” Turner tweeted Wednesday morning.</p><p>NBA fans quickly caught onto Turner’s jest, calling him out for seemingly subtweeting Antetokounmpo, who’s older brother, Thanasis, has been a deep bench player for the Bucks since 2019-20. The two-time MVP made the <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1702042097648382124" rel="noopener">comments that caught Turner’s attention</a> on the most recent episode of the <i>48 Minutes </i>podcast.</p><p>“I don’t know how to be phony. I don’t know how to be fake,” he said. “That’s why I kind of keep my distance, because I know that if I work out with people, it takes active players, it takes off my edge when I play against them.”</p><p>Turner denied he was referencing Antetokounmpo a few hours after his initial tweet, claiming he “know[s] a lot of people in Milwaukee who I think nobody will go train with.” He later <a href="https://twitter.com/thekidet/status/1702043326810054787" rel="noopener">rankled feathers</a> of Milwaukee and Antetokounmpo fans even further, tweeting “I hoop like Giannis for real.”</p><p>The cherry on top of Turner’s playful rousing? When the former Boston Celtics guard brought Jayson Tatum into the mix.</p><p>“Just got off the phone with my man <a href="https://twitter.com/jaytatum0">@jaytatum0 </a>and he said he would pull up to Columbus to workout with me and my brother 🙌🏽 <a href="https://twitter.com/CariT773">@CariT773</a> get ready, we bout to do an hour worth of pull ups!”</p><p>Don’t bother going back at Turner, Bucks nation. He knows exactly what he’s doing, and is all too comfortable reveling in the outrage he helped manufacture.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Did Evan Turner diss Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks over workout comments?

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He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Evan Turner is not in the NBA anymore, but he came out with a take about <a href="https://twitter.com/FanDuelTV/status/1638646740948754433?s=20" rel="noopener">what would happen</a> if the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-allen-iverson-life-update-every-76ers-fan-love-hear" rel="noopener">Philadelphia 76ers</a> and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jayson-tatum-matches-wild-larry-bird-scoring-record-set-35-years-ago" rel="noopener">Boston Celtics</a> match up in the NBA Playoffs.</p><p>“I’m taking Celtics every single day, and twice on Sundays,” Evan Turner said. “I think, with this history I just think Boston Celtics have their number. I think they just have their number. Besides the fact that I the Celtics top eight better than the Sixers top eight. The way Embiid’s been playing this year you have to take into consideration something occurring, but Jayson Tatum he’s been through this a lot. That team’s been playing hella defense. At the same time, Marcus Smart, if he has to shut down Embiid maybe he can do it, he’s done it before.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“I’m taking Celtics every single day… Marcus Smart – if he has to shut down Embiid, maybe he can do it… he’s done it before” 👀<a href="https://twitter.com/thekidet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thekidet</a> on which team he’d take in a series – <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Celtics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Celtics</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/76ers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#76ers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RunItBack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RunItBack</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/ChandlerParsons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChandlerParsons</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/bansky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bansky</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ShamsCharania</a> <a href="https://t.co/g2gxkzrurI">pic.twitter.com/g2gxkzrurI</a></p><p>— FanDuel TV (@FanDuelTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/FanDuelTV/status/1638646740948754433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The 76ers and Celtics have played three times this season, with Boston winning all three of them. However, they were all relatively close games. The first game took place on Oct. 18 in Boston, with the Celtics winning 126-117. The second was on Feb. 8 in Boston, with the Celtics winning 106-99. The third was on Feb. 25 in Philadelphia with Boston winning 110-107.</p><p>Turner believes Marcus Smart can shut down, or at least play good enough defense on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wrapped-up-sixers-star-joel-embiids-mvp-candidacy-gets-major-endorsement-from-zach-lavine" rel="noopener">Joel Embiid</a> for the Celtics to win. Joel Embiid <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/joel-embiid-vs-celtics-this-season" rel="noopener">scored</a> 26, 28 and 41 points respectively in the three games they have played this year, averaging 31.7 points, 11.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists, according to Statmuse.</p><p>Evan Turner played for both of these teams, spending four seasons with the 76ers and two seasons with the Celtics. He believes that Jayson Tatum and Smart can take down Embiid.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Evan Turner makes bonkers Marcus Smart-Joel Embiid claim for potential Sixers-Celtics playoff series

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He uses his background in digital marketing to make sure you get to read his work. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren is out for the 2022-23 season due to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-out-for-2022-23-season-with-right-foot-injury/" rel="noopener">Lisfranc injury</a>, but former NBA lottery pick Evan Turner thinks it could benefit him.</p><p>Holmgren sustained the foot injury while facing LeBron James during a CrawsOver game in Seattle. While it didn’t seem like a big deal initially, the injury took a turn for the worse when it was revealed he had to sit out the whole campaign before it even started.</p><p>Of course it was a massive blow to the Thunder who had high expectations on the second overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft. However, according to Turner, it could be a blessing in disguise for Holmgren since a redshirt year will give him one year of NBA-level training to help him improve his frame and overall game.</p><p>“I think it’s a big difference because he’s only 19 and like we said earlier, his body is still developing. Think about how much of an advantage is going to get like having NBA training, having, you know, NBA workouts, you know, getting his body back healthy and coming back hopefully next year maybe 20 or 25 pounds heavier and fully ready for the NBA,” Turner explained on the Point Forward podcast, via <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/they-re-building-future-based-him-nba-analyst-asserts-athletes-come-back-stronger-season-ending-injury-says-chet-holmgren-focus-training" rel="noopener">Sportskeeda</a>.</p><p>“The NBA game along with like a red shirt year I mean Blake Griffin did it. … That’s what I’m saying and to go through a redshirt year in a league where you have no problem and you just keep working out and if they’re prepping for you. Man, he’s in a great situation because they’re building a future based on him.”</p><p>True enough, getting injured in your first year isn’t the end for Chet Holmgren. If anything, as Turner said, it could help better prepare him for the physicality of the NBA.</p><p>But then again, Holmgren needs to focus first on his recovery before thinking of gearing up for the 2023-24 NBA season. Foot injuries are always tricky to deal with, so there’s a need to proceed with caution.</p><p>Hopefully though, Chet gets healthy sooner rather than later and bounce back with a better game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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