Evan Marcel Turner was born on October 27,1988 and is an American professional basketball coach and former player.
55 Facts About Evan Turner
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Evan Turner was most recently an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association.
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Evan Turner was drafted second overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2010 NBA draft.
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In 2010, Turner was a first-team All-American and the John R Wooden Award National Player of the Year while playing at Ohio State University; he became a two-time scoring champion and the Player of the Year for the Big Ten Conference.
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Evan Turner holds the conference record for most Conference Player of the Week awards, both in a career and in a single season.
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In March 2022, Evan Turner started a podcast with his former teammate from the 76ers, Andre Iguodala.
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Evan Turner encountered severe breathing problems that required the removal of his adenoids and tonsils.
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Evan Turner played in the Summer 2004 AAU Boys 15-under Basketball National Championship Tournament for the Illinois Knights.
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Evan Turner started getting major Division I offers early in his junior year, At the beginning of his junior season, Chicago Tribune named him to its annual top Chicago metropolitan area basketball players list.
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Evan Turner's team went to the state sectional final before losing to Proviso East High School in the sectional final.
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Evan Turner received scholarship offers from five Big Ten Conference basketball programs, as well as Wake Forest, DePaul and Notre Dame.
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Evan Turner had scored in double digits in the quarterfinal round.
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Evan Turner was in the starting lineup for the other two NIT games.
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Evan Turner contributed at least 24 minutes as a starter in each of the five tournament games.
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Evan Turner was selected as a 2009 All-American honorable mention by the Associated Press.
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Evan Turner played for the 2009 Junior USA World University Championships team, along with conference foes Robbie Hummel of Purdue and Talor Battle of Penn State.
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Evan Turner was named among the 50 preseason Wooden Award watch list nominees and the 50 preseason Naismith College Player of the Year watchlist nominees.
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Evan Turner, nicknamed "The Villain", opened the season by recording the first triple double by a Big Ten player since January 13,2001, and the second in school history during the Coaches vs Cancer classic against Alcorn State University.
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Evan Turner returned early from his injury on January 6,2010.
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Evan Turner helped lead the Buckeyes to the regular-season co-championship of the Big Ten Conference and helped them earn the number one seed in the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.
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On March 12,2010, in their first game in the tournament, Evan Turner helped the Buckeyes get a win over their arch-rival Michigan Wolverines with a last-second 37-foot three-pointer.
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Evan Turner then led Ohio State to victory in the championship game against Minnesota with another 31 points.
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Evan Turner was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player and part of the All-Tournament team.
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Evan Turner repeated as the Big Ten scoring champion, and although he lost the rebounding championship to Mike Davis, he led the conference in defensive rebounds.
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Evan Turner ranked second in assists and third in steals.
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Evan Turner improved upon his sophomore showing by becoming the first player to finish in the top two in average points, rebounds and assists, becoming the first men's basketball player to do so and the first to finish in the top five in all three categories.
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Evan Turner was selected as a Midseason Top-30 finalist for the 2010 John Wooden Award in January.
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Evan Turner won the USBWA's Robertson Trophy as the consensus choice by voters in all nine geographical districts.
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Evan Turner earned 54 of the 65 Associated Press panel members' votes.
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Evan Turner was recognized the National Association of Basketball Coaches' Division I Player of the Year.
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Evan Turner was again the only person chosen as a unanimous first-team All Big Ten selection by both the coaches and the media at the end of the regular season and was selected as the 2010 Big Ten Men's Basketball Player of the Year.
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Evan Turner was selected as the Big Ten Conference male Athlete of the Year for all sports.
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Evan Turner was selected with the 2nd overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the draft, and signed a 2-year deal with a third-year option worth an estimated $12 million.
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Evan Turner ended the season with fourteen starts and two double-doubles.
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On February 8,2012, Evan Turner was selected to play in the 2012 Rising Stars competition.
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On March 7,2012, in only his second start of the season, Evan Turner recorded a career-high 26 points against the Boston Celtics.
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Evan Turner again scored 26 points on April 3,2012, against the Miami Heat.
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Evan Turner posted his first postseason double double on May 12,2012, against the Boston Celtics in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals of the 2012 NBA Playoffs, with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
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Evan Turner started 12 of Philadelphia's 13 playoff games, but the team was eliminated in the second round of the playoffs.
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On November 9,2013, Evan Turner established a new career high with 31 points, including the game-tying basket with 8.7 seconds remaining in the first overtime against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Evan Turner hit the game-winning buzzer beater on January 29,2014 against the Boston Celtics.
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Evan Turner scored 13 points and added 6 rebounds as part of the Pacers bench that scored a season-high 50 points against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Evan Turner officially signed with the Celtics on September 29,2014.
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Evan Turner began the season as a reserve, but when Marcus Smart and Rajon Rondo endured concurrent injuries, Turner scored a team-high 19 points in a starting role in a win against the Chicago Bulls.
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On December 8,2014, against the Washington Wizards, Evan Turner forced overtime by sinking a three-point shot with 0.9 seconds left in regulation, but missed a 20-foot jump shot with 0.9 seconds remaining in the second overtime which would have given the Celtics the lead.
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Evan Turner posted his first career triple double on February 25,2015, against the New York Knicks with 10 points, 10 assists and 12 rebounds.
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On March 13,2015, Evan Turner scored 24 of his season-high 30 points in the second half, including 16 in the fourth quarter to help the Celtics rally past the Orlando Magic.
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On July 6,2016, Evan Turner signed a four-year, $70 million contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Evan Turner battled Maurice Harkless for the starting small forward role through the preseason, but in the end he lost out.
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Evan Turner opened the 2017 NBA playoffs with a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double in a 12-point loss to the Golden State Warriors.
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Evan Turner was a perfect 5 of 5 from the floor, making his triple-double just the seventh in NBA history to happen on five or fewer field goal attempts.
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On June 24,2019, Evan Turner was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Kent Bazemore.
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On February 5,2020, Evan Turner was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of a four-team trade, but didn't play a game for them.
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On November 30,2020, Evan Turner announced his retirement from professional basketball.
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Evan Turner's mother is Iris James, and he has two older brothers named Darius and Richard.