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This perfectly encapsulates Evan Turner the basketball player - overpriced, yet still poor-mans, sportscar that doesn't even run:

 
I think a more likely scenario is CJ being traded and Turner looking slightly better as our starting 2G.
 
Turner isn't a PG. He isn't a SG (a SG can shoot). He is a SF who can handle the ball a little. He should only be playing SF (and not heavy minutes).
 
KeepOnRollin said:
Turner isn't a PG. He isn't a SG (a SG can shoot). He is a SF who can handle the ball a little. He should only be playing SF (and not heavy minutes).
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I like Brad Stevens' method of playing one PG, one Big and three wings. Turner would (and did) look good in that system.
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Jesus, i HATE players with ugly jumpshots.

I said it right when we signed him and i'll say it again: Turner is the worst! he makes me sick.
 
It is quite remarkable that he earns six times what Tyreke Evans got in free agency this year purely because his previous deal ran out a year earlier.

90% of 2016 FA deals is pure nonsense.
 
Has anyone heard Stotts say anything half as intelligent as this from Brad Stevens:

“Everybody is in the NBA for a reason,” he continued. “They have a special talent. They have a special ability. Sometimes people get put in a box of what they can’t do, instead of focusing on what they can. Our jobs are taking the 15 guys on the team, focusing on what they do best, and helping them soar with what they do best.”
 
Five Second Violation said:
Lakers do Deng for Turner.
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I could get behind that trade if they throw in a second rounder, just because it offsets a little Portland getting significantly older.

At worst, it's a lateral move. We swap a vastly overpaid $17m/year swingman for exactly the same thing.

However, it's the skill swap I like. We give up Turner's ball handling and post play, but we don't really need either anyway (with Dame, CJ and Napier all quite capable in that department). We get more size, experience and a much better perimeter shot. Probably an upgrade on defense too--at least with larger swingmen.

And perhaps best of all, we get a guy who is really hungry for a role. Deng has absolutely no purpose in LA and he knows it. Much like Nurkic in Denver, maybe there's a chance he resurrects his career on a well-coached, well-lead team.
 
mook said:
I could get behind that trade if they throw in a second rounder, just because it offsets a little Portland getting significantly older.

At worst, it's a lateral move. We swap a vastly overpaid $17m/year swingman for exactly the same thing.

However, it's the skill swap I like. We give up Turner's ball handling and post play, but we don't really need either anyway (with Dame, CJ and Napier all quite capable in that department). We get more size, experience and a much better perimeter shot. Probably an upgrade on defense too--at least with larger swingmen.

And perhaps best of all, we get a guy who is really hungry for a role. Deng has absolutely no purpose in LA and he knows it. Much like Nurkic in Denver, maybe there's a chance he resurrects his career on a well-coached, well-lead team.
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Doesn't matter because Lakers will be looking to dump Deng's contract, not take another one and they will be willing to offer significant value to the team that will agree knowing that it will create a max space for second free agent next year and possibility of signing not only Paul George, but also Cousins or James.

Ingram + Deng for cap space would be overkill but Randle + Deng + future pick could be on the cards and I genuinely won't be that shocked if they give someone Kuzma to take Deng's deal although I'd say that's maybe a 5% chance. Kuzma's value must be very, very high.
 
I think your trades work better for the Lakers with Turner instead of Deng. People trading with the Lakers can put a more positive spin on acquiring Turner than they can Deng--he's younger and hasn't been DNP for over a year.
 
Sarni said:
It is quite remarkable that he earns six times what Tyreke Evans got in free agency this year purely because his previous deal ran out a year earlier.

90% of 2016 FA deals is pure nonsense.
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It would be interesting to go back and figure out if deals could have been drawn up differently so that we had all that cap space in a different year. Was it bad planning or just damn bad luck?
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
It would be interesting to go back and figure out if deals could have been drawn up differently so that we had all that cap space in a different year. Was it bad planning or just damn bad luck?
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UKRAINEFAN said:
It would be interesting to go back and figure out if deals could have been drawn up differently so that we had all that cap space in a different year. Was it bad planning or just damn bad luck?
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It was fairly easily done. All they would have needed to do is wait on the CJ extension until he was a RFA.
 
tester551 said:
It was fairly easily done. All they would have needed to do is wait on the CJ extension until he was a RFA.
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On the other hand, maybe his aim all along was for that year. Our biggest needs were young active defensive center (Whiteside) and all around type SF (Parsons). He thought he had a reasonable chance at Whiteside and probably a sure thing on Parsons.
 
Sarni said:
It is quite remarkable that he earns six times what Tyreke Evans got in free agency this year purely because his previous deal ran out a year earlier.

90% of 2016 FA deals is pure nonsense.
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And we got 4 of them.
 
Evan Turnover shouldn't see any minute with the Blazers. He is horrible. Blazers should accept that his contract was a huge mistake, just like the Knicks with Noah, lakers with deng or Pelicans with asik. It's better to sit his contract out and bench him insted of let him play just because he earn 17 Million $. He is and will allways be a negative fit for the Blazers and napier should see all his minutes. Fuck evan turnover he is so bad
 
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