<!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?

<!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', '/sixers-news-evan-turner-bonkers-marcus-smart-joel-embiid-claim-potential-celtics-playoff-series');   ga('set', 'title', 'Evan Turner makes bonkers Marcus Smart-Joel Embiid claim for potential Sixers-Celtics playoff series');   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/2023/03/Sixers_news_Evan_Turner_makes_bonkers_Marcus_Smart-Joel_Embiid_claim_for_potential_Celtics_playoff_series.jpg"></figure><h1>Evan Turner makes bonkers Marcus Smart-Joel Embiid claim for potential Sixers-Celtics playoff series</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-03-22T15:07:02-07:00">March 22nd, 3:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-03-22T15:07:02-07:00">March 22nd, 3:07pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. 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

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren’s injury could be a blessing in disguise, per Evan Turner');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Thunder-news-Chet-Holmgren_s-injury-could-be-a-blessing-in-disguise-per-Evan-Turner.jpg"></figure><h1>Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren’s injury could be a blessing in disguise, per Evan Turner</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-09-04T22:58:52-07:00">September 4th, 10:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-09-04T22:59:26-07:00">September 4th, 10:59pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a basketball and soccer/football editor/writer. 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>

Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren’s injury could be a blessing in disguise, per Evan Turner

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Report: Evan Turner joining Celtics as assistant coach');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Celtics-news-Evan-Turner-joining-Boston-as-assistant-coach-Thumbnail.jpg"></figure><h1>Report: Evan Turner joining Celtics as assistant coach</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-30T09:55:11-08:00">November 30th, 9:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-30T09:55:11-08:00">November 30th, 9:55am</time><address><a>Immanuel Canicosa</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Evan Turner is set to rejoin the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/boston-celtics/">Boston Celtics</a>, where he played from 2014-2016 and helped the team to back-to-back playoff appearances. But instead of joining the team’s roster, he’ll now be a part of head coach Brad Stevens’ coaching staff.</p><p>Turner, a 10-year NBA veteran, is reportedly finalizing a deal to join the Celtics as an assistant coach who will focus on player development, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">10-year NBA veteran Evan Turner is finalizing a deal to join the Boston Celtics as an assistant coach, sources tell <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthleticNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@TheAthleticNBA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@Stadium</a>. Turner is expected to focus on player development.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1333457905765519363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 30, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Turner, who was taken with the second overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2010 NBA Draft, has played for five teams over his 10-year career. The former Ohio State Buckeye averaged 9.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.5 assists while shooting 43.4% from the field and 29.4% from beyond the arc.</p><p>The 32-year old played for the Sixers for four seasons before joining the Portland Trail Blazers, Indiana Pacers, Celtics, and the Atlanta Hawks before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in February, although he didn’t suit up for the Wolves.</p><p>Turner played 163 games in two seasons for the Celtics from 2014-2016, averaging 10 points, five rebounds, five assists, and one steal while shooting 42.8% from the field and 31.5% from downtown. During his time in Boston, he helped the Celtics make consecutive playoff appearances, which both ended in first-round losses to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks. He left the Celtics in the summer of 2016 when he signed a <a href="https://www.nba.com/blazers/trail-blazers-sign-evan-turner">four-year, $70 million deal</a> with the Trail Blazers.</p><p>Turner joins an improved Celtics team, one that has a couple of All-Stars in Kemba Walker and Jayson Tatum and is coming off a run to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost to the Miami Heat in six games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Report: Evan Turner joining Celtics as assistant coach

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', '3 ideal landing spots for Evan Turner in NBA free agency');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/3-ideal-landing-spots-for-Evan-Turner-in-NBA-free-agency-Thumbnail.jpg"></figure><h1>3 ideal landing spots for Evan Turner in NBA free agency</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-10-28T12:37:14-07:00">October 28th, 12:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-10-28T12:37:14-07:00">October 28th, 12:37pm</time><address><a>Christopher Denson</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>At 31, Evan Turner is still a standout ball-handler and playmaker in today’s NBA. From the time he spent with the Philadelphia 76ers after getting drafted, to improving his stock with the Boston Celtics, Turner has shown that while he may not be the No. 1 option on the wing anymore, he’s still a capable option off the bench.</p><p>His last contract is surely a thing of the past, with the Portland Trail Blazers clearly overspending on Turner due to his production in Boston. It’s unlikely that he’ll see any offers remotely in the range of his insane <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-news-evan-turner-discussing-buyout-with-minnesota-wants-to-sign-with-a-contender/">four-year, $70 million</a> contract of which he’s coming off. He finished the 2019-20 season <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/turneev01.html">averaging</a> 3.3 points and two assists through 19 games with the Atlanta Hawks after the Trail Blazers elected to trade the 10-year veteran in a salary-dumping move.</p><p>Given his recent production with both the Hawks and the Trail Blazers, it’s expected that most of the offers Turner fields will be in the veteran’s minimum range. Even so, there’ll be many teams anxious to jump at Turner, knowing full well his capabilities on both offense and defense are well beyond what they’ll end up paying for them.</p><p>While he’ll likely receive offers from multiple squads, here’s a few teams that could be ideal for Turner in free agency.</p><h2><b>3. Golden State Warriors</b></h2><p>The Warriors will be a No. 1 buyer on cheap bargains for veterans once free agency begins. The Bay Area doesn’t get to enjoy the leisure of spending well off into the luxury tax due to the three max contracts they possess composed of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Andrew Wiggins. This will also be a test run this season in terms of Wiggins’ fit with both Curry and Thompson on the floor, meaning they could use some go-to veteran experience in the event that things go south.</p><p>While Evan Turner isn’t a threat from deep, as he’s averaged 29 percent from 3-point range in his career, he does possess a deadly mid-range game complemented by his playmaking abilities. While playing 73 games during the 2018-19 season, he knocked down 46 percent of his shots while dishing out 3.9 assists per game. The Warriors, meanwhile, would repeat a tactic they explored during their many championship runs in utilizing undervalued veterans in an open range system under head coach Steve Kerr.</p><p>This move would also put Turner in immediate contention with the Warriors, his first chance at truly competing for a title and making a deep run in the playoffs.</p><h2><b>2. Boston Celtics</b></h2><p>Whether Gordon Hayward re-signs or not, the Celtics still have a wing problem that needs addressing believe it or not. With Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Hayward all taking the floor with the starting unit, that leaves little talent in the forward department on the bench. Even so, what’s better than returning to a team that helped you ascend to temporary stardom and cash in on a big payday?</p><p>The best playmaker off the bench for the Celtics is undoubtedly Marcus Smart, who would surely appreciate some additional generating on offense when the starters take a seat. During his time with the Celtics, Turner averaged 10 points, five rebounds and five assists per game on roughly 27.8 minutes a night. Due to the lack of talent that the Celtics had at the time, it led to Turner becoming a go-to option, resulting in him often flirting with triple-doubles on a nightly occasion.</p><p>While the Celtics usually haven’t entertained the notion of bringing back former players often, their deck of cards may be a little short this offseason. They recently signed Brown to a near-max rookie extension that’ll kick in this season, while Hayward’s player option will still be in play as well. In short, Evan Turner then becomes a viable option to sign.</p><h2><b>1. Denver Nuggets</b></h2><p>The Nuggets are always happy to drain the market of veteran free agents looking to earn what they can on a contending team. With Paul Millsap possibly on the move, the Nuggets could find themselves once more looking to restock on valued veterans at a rather low price.</p><p>Jamal Murray’s rookie max deal is set to start in the 2020-21 season,  meaning the money gets a little stiff for the Nuggets front office and their ability to sign big name free agents. They’ll also be tasked with retaining prized free agent Jerami Grant, who’ll likely receive multiple offers in the $15-18 million range.</p><p>If some (or none) of their plans go exactly right, expect Turner to be a last-minute resort for the Nuggets as they look to get their depth at the wing spot secured. 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3 ideal landing spots for Evan Turner in NBA free agency

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Damian Lillard’s hilarious exchange with Evan Turner during workout');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Damian-Lillard_s-hilarious-exchange-with-Evan-Turner-during-workout.jpg"></figure><h1>Damian Lillard’s hilarious exchange with Evan Turner during workout</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-10-16T21:27:15-07:00">October 16th, 9:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-10-16T21:27:15-07:00">October 16th, 9:27pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Free agent Evan Turner recently put in a quick workout with Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard, and they decided to take a group photo afterwards to document the encounter. Little did Turner know that he was going to be absolutely burned by Lillard as they snapped the photo.</p><p>Turner took to Instagram to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGavMhmHPmD/?utm_source=ig_embed">share the hilarious exchange</a> he had with Lillard as they were posing for the picture:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGavMhmHPmD/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGavMhmHPmD/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; 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transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div style=" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"></div><div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"></div><div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"></div></div></div><p></p></a> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGavMhmHPmD/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;">Dame: let’s work like we don’t have a job Tim and I: 😬😡 MF WE REALLY DONT! Dame: I know, that’s what I’m saying! Besides that…today was a good day😌</a></p><p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/evanturner/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;"> evan turner</a> (@evanturner) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-10-16T20:26:29+00:00">Oct 16, 2020 at 1:26pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>That’s Lillard – 1, Turner – 0. Dame definitely knows how to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-damian-lillards-retort-to-fan-suggesting-he-joins-the-suns/">hit them where it hurts</a>.</p><p>Jokes aside, though, this was just playful banter between the two buddies. Lillard probably knows that Turner, who himself is going to be a free agent in the offseason once his current deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves comes to an end, should have no problems finding a new team for next term.</p><p>Tim Frazier is also in the photo, and he too will be a free agent during the offseason.</p><p>This offseason’s free agency class is not exactly the deepest we’ve seen, so a veteran like Turner should still be able to find a squad that’s willing to bring him on board next season. He will likely need to take a significant salary cut, as we just don’t see him earning $18.6 million per year (the amount he earned last season) moving forward.</p><p>Evan Turner and Damian Lillard crossed paths when the former joined the Blazers in 2016. Turner spent three seasons in Portland before the team traded him to the Atlanta Hawks last summer. Turner was not able to make his mark with the Hawks, and the team offloaded him to the Wolves in February as part of a blockbuster four-team trade centered around Robert Covington (went to the Houston Rockets) and Clint Capela (traded to Atlanta).</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><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', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Damian Lillard’s hilarious exchange with Evan Turner during workout

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nets’ Kevin Durant gets trolled by Evan Turner after upset loss to Derrick Jones Jr. in NBA 2K20 tourney');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Nets-news-Kevin-Durant-gets-trolled-by-Evan-Turner-after-upset-loss-to-Derrick-Jones-Jr.-in-NBA-2K20-tourney.jpg"></figure><h1>Nets’ Kevin Durant gets trolled by Evan Turner after upset loss to Derrick Jones Jr. in NBA 2K20 tourney</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-04-03T20:33:58-07:00">April 3rd, 8:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-04-03T20:33:58-07:00">April 3rd, 8:33pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant was the betting favorite to win the NBA 2K20 players tournament, but he lost in the first round to Miami Heat high-flyer Derrick Jones Jr. and Minnesota Timberwolves veteran Evan Turner made sure he was there to let KD know he lost.</p><p>Apparently, all 90’s babies are really good at 2K. Turner believes Durant never stood a chance against Jones:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/KDTrey5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KDTrey5</a> you know damn well you can’t play these 90s babies in video games. Every kid born after 95 is a top chef</p><p>— Evan Turner (@thekidet) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/thekidet/status/1246232772068265984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Derrick Jones Jr. is only 23, while Kevin Durant is 31.</p><p>It’s safe to say Jones has logged more hours of 2K than Durant, which begs the question of why the Nets star was considered the betting favorite in the first place.</p><p>Nets fans weren’t able to watch Durant hoop this season because of his Achilles tear. Whenever the 2020-21 season starts, the Nets will be title contenders since they’ll have both Durant and Kyrie Irving in the lineup.</p><p>KD has career NBA averages of 27.0 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists. 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Nets’ Kevin Durant gets trolled by Evan Turner after upset loss to Derrick Jones Jr. in NBA 2K20 tourney

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rumor: Evan Turner would welcome a return to Celtics if he gets Timberwolves buyout');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Thumbnail_14-2.jpg"></figure><h1>Rumor: Evan Turner would welcome a return to Celtics if he gets Timberwolves buyout</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-25T08:06:20-08:00">February 25th, 8:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-25T08:06:20-08:00">February 25th, 8:06am</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The career of 31-year-old swingman Evan Turner is in a state of limbo right now. Turner was recently traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of the blockbuster <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-news-rockets-hawks-timberwolves-nuggets-agree-to-4-team-trade/" rel="noopener noreferrer">four-team trade</a> that centered around Clint Capela (now with the Atlanta Hawks) and Robert Covington (now with the Houston Rockets).</p><p>Turner was one of the many pieces moved to make this complex deal push through, but he is currently not part of the Timberwolves’ plans moving forward. As such, the 6-foot-6 swingman is still trying to determine what the future holds for him. According to <a href="https://heavy.com/sports/2020/02/boston-celtics-bench-buyout-isaiah-thomas-evan-turner/">Sean Deveney of Heavy.com</a>, Turner is very much open to a reunion with his former team, the Boston Celtics, if he gets bought out by Minnesota:</p><blockquote>Turner is still a member of the Timberwolves, trying to determine what’s next. Turner worked out for the Clippers last week, before L.A. signed Reggie Jackson from the Pistons. Turner is still weighing the prospect of a buyout from Minnesota, according to a source, and would also welcome a return to the Celtics.</blockquote><p>Turner made 19 appearances for Atlanta during the first half of this 2019-20 campaign, averaging just <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/turneev01.html#all_per_game">13.2 minutes</a> per game in a minor bench role. Since being shipped off to Minnesota, he has yet to make an appearance for the Wolves, and it looks like his future lies elsewhere.</p><p>Evan Turner played two seasons with the Celtics between 2014 and 2016. During this stint, he averaged 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists in 163 appearances for Boston.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><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', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rumor: Evan Turner would welcome a return to Celtics if he gets Timberwolves buyout

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Evan Turner working out for Clippers, buyout with Timberwolves still pending');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/3F639A23-D8F8-4BD5-9D80-E85A7EC431FB.png"></figure><h1>Evan Turner working out for Clippers, buyout with Timberwolves still pending</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-15T12:16:30-08:00">February 15th, 12:16pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-15T12:16:30-08:00">February 15th, 12:16pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Veteran small forward Evan Turner will work out with the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports.</p><p>Turner, currently a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, has received permission from the team with a buyout pending:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Turner has received permission with a buyout pending. <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/baHGQ4ykzF">https://t.co/baHGQ4ykzF</a></p><p>— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1228738781026639872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Turner has only appeared in 19 games this season. He’s averaged <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/turneev01.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">3.3 points</a>, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists with the Atlanta Hawks while shooting 37.3 percent from the field and 85.7 percent from the free-throw line. Atlanta acquired Turner this past summer from the Portland Trail Blazers. The Hawks traded him to the Timberwolves at the trade deadline.</p><p>Turner is making $18,606,557 this season, the final year of his contract. He has career NBA averages of 9.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 705 games with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/philadelphia-76ers/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Philadelphia 76ers</a>, Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics, Blazers and Hawks.</p><p>Turner played his college ball at Ohio State. He was the second overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft.</p><p>The Clippers went 37-18 during the first half of the season. They are in third place in the Western Conference standings.</p><p>—</p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, and like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> for more news on Evan Turner, the Clippers and NBA. We can also be found on Flipboard where you can subscribe and follow us.</i></p><p><i>All of our NBA content can be found on the NBA section of the ClutchPoints home page <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba-news" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. 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Evan Turner working out for Clippers, buyout with Timberwolves still pending

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Evan Turner explains why Celtics don’t need a center upgrade');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Evan_Turner_takes_friendly_jab_at_Celtics__Marcus_Smart_after_Steelers-Browns_fight_2.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Hawks’ Evan Turner explains why Celtics don’t need a center upgrade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-03T16:16:14-08:00">January 3rd, 4:16pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-03T16:18:14-08:00">January 3rd, 4:18pm</time><address><a href="https://theknickswall.com">Reid Goldsmith</a>Managing Editor, The Knicks Wall. Cornell University grad, writer and editor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/atlanta-hawks/">Atlanta Hawks</a> in town, former <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/boston-celtics/">Boston Celtics</a> shooting guard Evan Turner offered some insights on why his former team doesn’t need an upgrade at the center position.</p><p>Turner, who spent two seasons with the Celtics in 2014-16, complimented <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-enes-kanter-signed-with-boston-to-win-a-championship/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Boston’s offseason acquisition</a> Enes Kanter. The veteran big man has been impactful for the team since signing a two-year deal with the Beantown team in the summer after a Western Conference Finals run with the Blazers.</p><p>Moreover, Turner — in his first season with the Hawks after three stable years with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/portland-trail-blazers/">Portland Trail Blazers</a> –also mentioned German center Daniel Theis as a counter to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/philadelphia-76ers/">Philadelphia 76ers</a> All-Star center <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/joel-embiid/bafc0a09/">Joel Embiid</a>.</p><blockquote>https://twitter.com/ByJayKing/status/1213239245122473985</blockquote><p>Although Turner has been relegated to a bench role with the young Hawks in 2019-20, he is still speaking his two cents for other teams to listen.</p><p>The Celtics were mentioned on Friday in a rumor about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-rumors-celtics-mavs-raptors-have-interest-in-trading-for-pistons-andre-drummond/">possible trade destinations</a> for two-time All-Star center <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/andre-drummond/a8910947/">Andre Drummond</a>, who could be dealt imminently by the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/detroit-pistons/">Detroit Pistons</a>.</p><p>Evan Turner is <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/turneev01.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">averaging 3.3 points</a> and 2.0 rebounds in 12.8 minutes a game for Atlanta, and the veteran wing is in danger of losing his spot in the rotation as head coach Lloyd Pierce prioritizes the young, developing pieces on the Hawks roster.</p><p>The Celtics traded big man Aron Baynes in the offseason, and he is now flourishing for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/phoenix-suns/">Phoenix Suns</a>. Boston also has the up-and-coming sophomore center Robert Williams on the team, although he’s currently sidelined with a hip injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><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', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Evan Turner explains why Celtics don’t need a center upgrade

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks spoke to Evan Turner, Chandler Parsons about being inactive for foreseeable future');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Hawks-news-Atlanta-spoke-to-Evan-Turner-Chandler-Parsons-about-being-inactive-for-foreseeable-future.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks spoke to Evan Turner, Chandler Parsons about being inactive for foreseeable future</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-03T15:56:40-08:00">January 3rd, 3:56pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-03T15:57:11-08:00">January 3rd, 3:57pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Atlanta Hawks veteran small forward Evan Turner says the Hawks spoke to him and Chandler Parsons about being inactive for the foreseeable future.</p><p>Atlanta wants to play its young guys more moving forward:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Evan Turner is not active tonight for the <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hawks</a> and said the team talked to him and Chandler Parsons, who has played in six games this season, about being inactive for the foreseeable future as ATL goes with younger players. Turner is a definitely buyout candidate.</p><p>— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/GwashburnGlobe/status/1213236696696991745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>The Hawks acquired Turner this past summer from the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/portland-trail-blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> in the Kent Bazemore trade. The Chicago native has appeared in 18 games this season for the Hawks and is averaging <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/turneev01.html">3.3 points</a>, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting 38.1 percent from the field and 85.7 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>Turner is making $18,606,557 this season, the final year of his contract. Parsons meanwhile, is making $25,102,511, also the final season of his deal. Atlanta can’t wait to get Parsons’ contract off its books.</p><p>A report from ESPN on Friday said the Hawks have had talks with the Detroit Pistons about possibly acquiring All-Star center Andre Drummond. Atlanta could build a trade package around Turner and Parsons for Drummond since the Pistons would love to get expiring contracts in return for their All-Star big man.</p><p>Turner, the second overall pick in the 2010 draft, has career NBA averages of 9.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 704 games with the Philadelphia 76ers, Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics, Blazers and Hawks.</p><p>Parsons, 31, has played in just five games this season for the Hawks. He’s been a shell of himself over the past few seasons because of knee injuries. 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Hawks spoke to Evan Turner, Chandler Parsons about being inactive for foreseeable future

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charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure data-feedback="fb:likes"><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/turner.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Evan Turner names his all-time Celtics starting five</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-08-28T19:31:55-07:00">August 28th, 7:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-08-28T19:31:55-07:00">August 28th, 7:31pm</time><address><a>Virgil Villanueva</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/atlanta-hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Evan-Turner/aeba08d1">Evan Turner</a> shared his all-time <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/boston-celtics">Boston Celtics</a> starting five.</p><p>Via Twitter, Turner named Larry Bird, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Rajon-Rondo/a67109c6">Rajon Rondo</a>, and Ray Allen as his all-time Celtics first five.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Larry, paul, kg, rondo, and Walter Ray Allen <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/5kvUam5Tpv">https://t.co/5kvUam5Tpv</a></p><p>— Evan Turner (@thekidet) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/thekidet/status/1166788893733249032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Turner actually donned the legendary Celtics jersey for two seasons. He just missed the opportunity of being teammates with the aforementioned.</p><p>Despite this, we call can agree that Turner’s list is pretty good. Bird himself is not just Celtic icon but every soul who knows a thing or two about basketball see him as one of the greatest of all time. Despite his seemingly unathletic built, Bird maximized his skills and made up for it by sheer tenacity and will power.</p><p>Garnett, Allen, Pierce, and Rondo, for their part, formed the championship squad of 2008. The big three were at the tail end of their career at that point and were desperate to win their first title. Some say that their team-up paved the way for the formation of superteams in this milieu.</p><p>Rondo, meanwhile, was just a young guard trying to establish himself in the league. He didn’t seem fazed that he was sharing the floor with three Hall-of-Fame legends. Instead, despite his youth, he stepped up to the plate and displayed veteran savviness and composure. 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2019-20 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
3.3	2.0	2.0	0.4	0.5

2019-20 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
3.3	2.0	2.0	0.4	0.5

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