The Celtics, who have been doing little in the free market, have finally ushered in a blockbuster signing. According to Shams, free agent Evan Turner will join the Green Army coaching staff as the team's assistant coach. He will focus on the development of players.
This means that Evan Turner, who is only 32 years old this year, has officially retired. In the 2010 NBA Draft, Turner was selected by the BLUE team with the second pick and played in the NBA for only 10 years. Looking at his rookies in the same year, Hayward and George won hundreds of millions of big contracts, and even Cousins, who was seriously injured many times, found a job.
I have to lament that sometimes age is really not the determining factor in whether a player retires or not. In the 2019-20 season, Turner played for the Hawks, playing only 19 games, averaging 13.2 minutes per game, and receiving 3.3 points, 2 boards and 2 assists, shooting 37.3%. It's worth mentioning that he barely made a three-point shot throughout the season.
In a four-way trade in the second half of the season, Turner was sent to the Timberwolves and has not played since. At one point, he was close to reaching a buyout with the team, and the Green Army and heat also expressed a clear interest in it. But the Timberwolves asked him to give up part of his salary, and the two sides were unable to reach an agreement, and Turner stayed with the Timberwolves until the end of the contract.
Since he can become a leader, it shows that Turner is not incapable. He was a star player in college, averaging 20.4 points and 9.2 boards per game in 2009-10. He not only won all the individual awards that college players can win, achieved a Grand Slam, but also was selected for the Best U.S. College Team, and Wall was temporarily bright.
It can be said that there was nothing wrong with the BLUE team choosing him at that time. After two years of training, Turner has secured the position of the main force of the team. In 2013-14, he played his career best, averaging 17.4 points, 6 boards, 3.7 assists and 1 goal per game, shooting 42.8%, but in this season, the team selected guard Michael Carter Williams.
The rookie, who made his debut with a quasi-4-double, managed to steal Turner's place. The latter was sent to the Pacers in exchange for Granger. The Pacers also did not choose to keep him, Turner went to Boston for two more seasons, even if he said after the end of the contract, no matter how low the price will stay in the team, but the Green Army still chose to give up.
In 2016, the Trail Blazers brought Turner to Portland on a four-year, $70 million contract. He gets a steady playing time here, but his performance is getting worse and worse. In the season when he first signed, Turner averaged 9 points, 3.8 boards and 3.2 assists per game; in the final season of the Blazers, Turner averaged only 6.8 points, 4.5 boards and 3.9 assists per game.
Turner's entire NBA career has averaged just 29.4 percent from three-point range, which is a fail for a frontback swingman. Turner himself once joked: "My middle name has an 'M', which is actually an abbreviation for mid-range." ”
Although Turner didn't have a very bright performance, he also accomplished many things that players could not do throughout their careers. Since the 1970-71 season, Turner is the only player to have played multiple times as a substitute to score a triple-double. At the same time, he also signed an endorsement contract with Li Ning and has his own signature shoe series.
Lillard once said of him: "Turner is the funniest teammate I've ever worked with. After becoming a teaching assistant for the Green Army, Turner updated the social media and wrote: "This is life. ”