Ohio State’s Evan Turner Turns In His 2nd Triple-Double Of The Season

November 25, 2009

Ohio State’s Evan Turner continued his hot start last night by recording his 2nd triple-double of the young season in a win over Lipscomb.

The junior guard is now averaging 20.6 points to go along with 7 assist and just under 14 rebounds a game in the Buckeyes first five contests.

Turner, who has been forced into the point guard role this year due to the lack of ball handlers on the OSU squad, has done a great job distributing the ball and getting his teammates open looks thus far. This experience will greatly benefit his play-making ability at the next level when he will be moved off the ball.

I currently have Turner rated as the 4th best prospect in this years draft. His versatility will be a welcome addition to any team. With his skill-set he will be able to contribute right away in any system.

I also want to pass along a great piece that ESPN’s Dana O’Neil wrote about the tough times that Turner faced while growing up.

We know how great of a player that Turner is on the court but this article shed’s light on how terrific of a young man that he is off the court as well.

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Aran Smith’s Draft Stock Watch

November 20, 2009

Aran Smith from nbadraft.net fills us in with who he thinks has helped and hurt their draft stock in the early going of the season.

The players that he believes have helped their stock:

  • Wake Forest Sophomore SF/PF Al-Farouq Aminu
  • Syracuse Junior SF Wesley Johnson
  • Ohio State Junior SG Evan Turner
  • Kansas Freshman SG Xavier Henry
  • Oklahoma Junior SG James Anderson
  • Tennessee Sophomore SG Scotty Hopson

The players that he believes have hurt their stock:

  • Kentucky Freshman PF/C DeMarcus Cousins
  • North Carolina Sophomore PF Ed Davis
  • Georgetown Sophomore PF Greg Monroe
  • UCLA Sophomore PG/SG Malcolm Lee
  • Texas Freshman PG/SG Avery Bradley

I agree with Aran on just about everything that he says in the article, but I believe that it is still a tad early to say that someone has really helped or hurt their stock after roughly one week into the season. I’m not sure how much stock you can put into a few guys that are beating up on ‘cupcake’ teams. Once teams start to get about 10 or so games in, then I believe you can start to judge who’s helped or done damage to their draft stock.

Look for me to post scouting reports on all of the players listed above, along with many more over the next week or so.

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