Evan Marcel Turner (born October 27, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois),[one] nicknamed The Villain, is an American basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers. Turner was drafted 2nd over-all by the 76ers in the 2010 NBA draft. Turner plays the stage guard, shooting guard and little forward positions. Turner is a very first-crew 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American and 2010 National Player of the Yr. Turner is the incumbent two-time Large Ten Conference scoring champion and the reigning Major 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.Evan Marcel Turner
He has twice been the only player named as a unanimous initial-crew choice by the two the coaches and the media to the All-Massive Ten team (2008–09, 2009–10). By finishing initial in scoring and second in both rebounds and assists in the conference in the 2009–10 time, he is the initially men's basketball player to finish in the best two in just about every of these groups and in fact, the initial to finish in the top 5 in just about every group in the identical season.Evan Marcel Turner
Turner attended St. Joseph High College in Westchester.[2][3] By his senior period, he was 1 of the top higher college basketball gamers at his position in the nation.[4][five][6] As a genuine freshman, he helped lead the Buckeyes to the 2008 Nationwide Invitation Tournament championship. The following yr, he was the Big Ten Conference scoring champion for the 2008–09 season and was a very first-team 2009 All-Massive Ten variety.[seven][eight] That year, he was also an honorable mention All-American and was chosen as a member of the 2009 All-Huge 10 Conference Tournament staff,[9] and he became a single of 5 Large Ten gamers to have been between the top rated ten in the conference in typical points, rebounds, and assists in the exact same season.
He was selected to numerous 2009–10 preseason All-American groups including ESPN and FOX Sports. Turner was named amongst the 50 preseason 2010 Wooden Award watch listing nominees and the 50 preseason Naismith University Player of the 12 months watchlist nominees. He was chosen as a Midseason Top-thirty finalists for the Wooden Award. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers as the second choose in the 2010 NBA Draft.[ten] He is the conference document-holder for most profession Conference Player of the Week awards and despite missing about a month of his junior year for the 2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team he also set the single-time file for Player of the Week awards.
