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“I want to speak on that, actually,” Turner says as an irritated smirk creeps across his face. “People say, ‘You can’t shoot the three.’ But I can defend, I can pass, rebound, score. You got guys that all they can do is shoot and nothing else. Like, how a– backwards is that? Only in America can you be a lacrosse player and judge basketball. Or you’ve never played basketball and say, ‘Yeah, I was working on the stock market—[stuff] wasn’t working so now I’m in the NBA judging talent.’ [The media] can write stuff on something they have no clue about.
“The future is in the mid-range. The mid-range is where the money’s at, man. I think the three-point shot opens up the court and everything like that, but MJ and all those great players made all of their money out of the mid-range. So I’m not sorry for that at all. Evan M. Turner. For sure, ‘M’ stands for mid-range. Anywhere within 15 feet is cash. I’ll try to get better at threes, but that’s my game.”
Knock the mid-range game all you want, but without Shaun Livingston the Warriors might not have won Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
While I don’t quite grasp the lacrosse player analogy, Evan Turner is right. He can defend, pass, rebound and score. He rehabilitated his reputation over the last two years in Boston and might just triple his salary this off-season.
I still think he’s best suited as a role player on a championship caliber team, but it appears one of the league’s worst teams (and franchises) is going to make a play for ET:
League rumblings: The Knicks are rumored to be interested in soon-to-be unrestricted free agent Evan Turner. The interest may be mutual.
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) June 7, 2016
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I’m not ready to write him off in Boston. Who knows how this roster is going to shake-out.
On Page 2, Jared Dudley responds to speculation about him coming to Boston.
I love my Boston people but that 1 yr 5 mil not goin to get it done lol https://t.co/pSQ0sju741
— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) June 6, 2016
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Haha… I love it when players play along on Twitter.
Dudley is right. $5 million isn’t going to cut it. Especially when there’s speculation that Courtney Lee might be worth upwards of $14 million per year.
The rest of the links
Herald – Stevens welcomes former Butler players | Celtics consider lots while evaluating prospects | USA Today – Intrigue begins with Celts at 3 |
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