.jpg) Turner with thePortland Trail Blazers in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1988-10-27)October 27, 1988 (age 36) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | St. Joseph (Westchester, Illinois) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Ohio State (2007–2010) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2010: 1st round, 2nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by thePhiladelphia 76ers | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2010–2020 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward /guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 12, 11, 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2020–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2014 | Philadelphia 76ers | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Atlanta Hawks | ||||||||||||||
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| 2020–2021 | Boston Celtics (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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| Points | 6,824 (9.7 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 3,278 (4.6 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 2,462 (3.5 apg) | ||||||||||||||
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Evan Marcel Turner (born October 27, 1988) is an American professionalbasketball coach and former player. He was most recently an assistant coach for theBoston Celtics of theNational Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted second overall by thePhiladelphia 76ers in the2010 NBA draft.[1]
Turner attendedSt. Joseph High School inWestchester, Illinois.[2][3] By his senior season, he was one of the top high school basketball players at his position in the nation.[4][5][6]
In 2010, Turner was a first-teamAll-American and theJohn R. Wooden Award National Player of the Year while playing atOhio State University; he also became a two-timescoring champion and thePlayer of the Year for theBig Ten Conference. He was twice the only unanimous selection for the All-Big Ten first team by both the coaches and the media (i.e.,2008–09 and2009–10). By finishing first in scoring and second in both rebounds and assists in the conference in the 2009–10 season, he was the first men's basketball player to finish in the top two in each of these categories and the first to finish in the top five in each category in the same season. He holds the conference record for most Conference Player of the Week awards, both in a career and in a single season.
In March 2022, Evan Turner started a podcast with his former teammate from the 76ers,Andre Iguodala. The podcast is calledPoint Forward.
Turner was born weighing 10 pounds (4.5 kg). Within his first year, he enduredchicken pox,pneumonia,asthma, andmeasles. The 1989 Chicago measles epidemic caused Turner to desperately needemergency room services. He encountered severe breathing problems that required the removal of hisadenoids andtonsils. At the age of three, he was hit by a car, resulting in aconcussion andstitches. Oversized baby teeth and anoverbite caused aspeech impediment that necessitatedspeech therapy.[7]
Before high school, Turner and fellowNBA playerIman Shumpert were teammates on the 8th grade basketball team atGwendolyn Brooks Middle School inOak Park, Illinois.[8] He played in the Summer 2004AAU Boys 15-under Basketball National Championship Tournament for the Illinois Knights.[9] As a high school sophomore, he helped lead St. Joseph to a run in the Illinois AA Boys High School basketball tournament,[10] which helped him get the attention ofNCAA Division I basketball coaches.[2] At St. Joseph's, which had previously producedIsiah Thomas, he was part of a Chicago area sophomore class that includedDerrick Rose and his St. Joseph's teammateDemetri McCamey.[2]
Turner started getting major Division I offers early in his junior year,[11] At the beginning of his junior season,Chicago Tribune named him to its annual topChicago metropolitan area basketball players list.[12][13] His team went to the state sectional final before losing toProviso East High School in the sectional final.[14] After his junior season, he was considered one of the top 25 prospects in the country in his class[15] and he was given special mention by theChicago Tribune and honorable mention by theAssociated Press for all-state honors.[16] During the summer of 2006, he committed to Ohio State, which is located inColumbus.[17] Turner's decision was influenced by his relationship with his father, James Turner, who lived inColumbus and whom Turner had visited every summer since he was ten years old.[18]
During his senior season, his team was listed second to Rose'sSimeon Career Academy in the preseason Tribune Chicago area high school basketball team rankings.[19] That season, he was named to the first-teamAssociated Press 2006–07 Class AA all-state team, a day before Rose's Simeon eliminated Turner's St. Joseph in the Illinois Class AA supersectional.[20][21] Turner and McCamey finished third and sixth to Rose in theIllinois Mr. Basketball voting,[3] and theChicago Tribune chose both of them as first team All-state selections.[22] Turner was ranked as the #7, #13 and #16 small forward in the nation as a high school senior byESPN,rivals.com, andscout.com respectively.[4][5][6] He received scholarship offers from five Big Ten Conference basketball programs, as well asWake Forest,DePaul andNotre Dame.[6]
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Turner SF | Chicago, Illinois | St. Joseph (IL) | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Jun 29, 2006 | |
Star ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96 | ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings:Scout:16 (SF) Rivals:49, 13 (SF) ESPN:49, 7 (SF) | ||||||
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As a freshman, Turner averaged 27.1 minutes per game, 8.5points per game and 4.4rebounds per game over the course of the season and finished second on the team inassists and third insteals.[23][24] Turner recorded his first careerdouble double on January 19, 2008, atThompson–Boling Arena against theTennessee Vols with his first 20-point game and first 10-rebound game.[25][26] That season, he helped Ohio State win the2008 National Invitation Tournament by averaging 18.5 points, 7 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 3 steals in the tournament's semifinal and final round atMadison Square Garden.[27][28] Turner had also scored in double digits in the quarterfinal round.[29] He was also in the starting lineup for the other two NIT games.[30][31] Turner contributed at least 24 minutes as a starter in each of the five tournament games.[25]
As a sophomore, Turner was named player of the week three times during the2008–09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season (December 8, 2008, February 2, 2009, and February 9, 2009).[32][33][34] On February 26, Turner became the only Big Ten player selected by theU.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) as a Top 15 finalist for theOscar Robertson Trophy.[35] As a guard/forward for theOhio State Buckeyes men's basketball team of theBig Ten Conference, he led his team in the following per-game statistical categories:points,rebounds,assists, andsteals.[36] Turner led the Big Ten in scoring as a sophomore.[37] Turner andManny Harris became the fourth and fifth players in conference history to finish in the top ten in the conference in points, rebounds and assists since assists became a statistic in 1983–84, followingSteve Smith,Jim Jackson andBrian Evans.[38]
Although Turner was not selected as a preseason All-Big Ten conference player,[39] he was 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.[40] On March 5, theNational Association of Basketball Coaches honored Turner as a District 7 (Big Ten)[41] first-team selection along with four other sophomores.[42] He was also chosen on March 10 by theU.S. Basketball Writers Association for its 2008–09 Men's Division I District V (OH, IN, IL, MI, MN, WI) Team, based on voting from its national membership.[43] Turner was selected as a2009 All-American honorable mention by theAssociated Press.[44] On March 15, he was selected to the2009 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament team, despite Ohio State's loss in the final game to Purdue.[45][46] Turner played for the 2009 Junior USAWorld University Championships team, along with conference foesRobbie Hummel of Purdue andTalor Battle of Penn State. He helped them to the bronze medal and a 6–1 record.[47]
His junior season began with numerous accolades.ESPN chose bothKalin Lucas and Turner to its2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season preseason second-team All-American list.[48]FOX Sports preseason All-American list included him on its fifth team.[49] Turner was named among the 50 preseasonWooden Award watch list nominees and the 50 preseasonNaismith College Player of the Year watchlist nominees.[50][51] The 24-member Big Ten media panel selected him as a first-team preseason All-Big Ten team member.[52]
Turner, nicknamed "The Villain", opened the season by recording the firsttriple double by a Big Ten player since January 13, 2001, and the second in school history (Dennis Hopson was the first) during the Coaches vs. Cancer classic againstAlcorn State University.[53] This earned him his fourth career Big Ten player of the week honor and first of the2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season.[54] The following week, he ran his streak of double doubles to four to earn back-to-back player of the week honors.[55] Two weeks after his first triple-double, he repeated the feat at home againstLipscomb University on November 24.[56] This earned him his third consecutive Big Ten player of the week award.[57] On December 5, 2009, in the fourth week of the season, he suffered transverse process fractures of the second and thirdlumbar vertebrae in his back, which was expected to cause him to be inactive for two months.[58] Turner returned early from his injury on January 6, 2010.[59] This occurred two days after Ohio State fell out of the top 25 in the2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings on January 4 in his absence.[60] With Turner back in the lineup, Ohio State returned to the top 25 on January 18,[61] and Turner earned his fourth Big Ten Player of the Week award on the same day after leading his team to wins over two ranked conference foes.[62] Then on February 8, Turner established a new Big Ten Conference record with his eighth career Conference Player of the Week award, surpassingGlenn Robinson and Jackson. The fifth of the season also tied Robinson's single-season record.[63] Two weeks after tying the single-season record, he broke the record when he averaged 24.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists against two ranked conference opponents (No. 4 Purdue and at No. 11 Michigan State).[64] Then he won the award again on March 1.[65]
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 the2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament. On March 12, 2010, in their first game in the tournament, Turner helped the Buckeyes get a win over their arch-rival Michigan Wolverines with a last-second 37-foot three-pointer.[66] In the second game, against Illinois, Turner scored 31 points, scoring the game-tying points to send the game to overtime and then the final four points in overtime to send the game into double overtime. Turner scored a total of 12 points in overtime.[67] He then led Ohio State to victory in the championship game against Minnesota with another 31 points.[68] Turner was named TournamentMost Outstanding Player and part of the All-Tournament team.[69] Turner also repeated as the Big Ten scoring champion, and although he lost the rebounding championship toMike Davis (9.167 to 9.161), he led the conference in defensive rebounds. He also ranked second in assists and third in steals.[70] He improved upon his sophomore showing by becoming the first player to finish in the top two in average points (1st, 20.4), rebounds (2nd, 9.2) and assists (2nd, 6.0), becoming the first men's basketball player to do so and the first to finish in the top five in all three categories.[70][71]
Turner was selected as a Midseason Top-30 finalist for the 2010John Wooden Award in January.[72] He was included on the March 15, 26-man final national ballot for the Wooden Award.[73][74] From that ballot he was selected to the ten-manWooden All-American team.[75] Then the list was shortened to five finalists (Turner,Sherron Collins,John Wall,Wesley Johnson andDa'Sean Butler) who were flown out to Los Angeles for the announcement.[76] On April 9, Turner was announced as the winner.[77] In February, he was named a midseason Top 30 candidate for theNaismith College Player of the Year and was announced the recipient of the award in Indianapolis April 5, 2010.[78][79][80] Turner won the USBWA's Robertson Trophy as the consensus choice by voters in all nine geographical districts.[81] Fox, Associated Press andSporting News selected him as their National Player of the Year.[82][83] He earned 54 of the 65 Associated Press panel members' votes.[84] He was recognized theNational Association of Basketball Coaches' Division I Player of the Year.[85]
By winning the Wooden, Naismith, Robertson, Fox Sports, NABC, TSN, and AP Player of the Year awards, he nearly swept all of the major player of the year awards. Wall won theAdolph Rupp Trophy (andYahoo! Sports player of the year). 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.[86][87] Turner was also selected as theBig Ten Conference male Athlete of the Year for all sports.[88]
Turner was selected as a first-team2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American byAssociated Press,Sporting News,Fox Sports,National Association of Basketball Coaches,United States Basketball Writers Association and Yahoo! Sports.[82][89][90][91][92] He was also selected in March as one of six finalists for theBob Cousy Award.[93]
On February 16, at halftime of theOhio State–Michigan game atValue City Arena, Turner's collegiate number, 21, was retired by Ohio State.[94]
On April 7, 2010, Turner held a press conference and announced that he would forgo his final season of collegiate eligibility and enter the2010 NBA draft, where he was expected to be selected as one of the top 3 draft picks.[95] Turner signed withMichael Jordan's agent,David Falk.[96] He was selected with the 2nd overall pick by thePhiladelphia 76ers in the draft,[97] and signed a 2-year deal with a third-year option worth an estimated $12 million.[98]
On October 27, 2010, in his debut (and also on his 22nd birthday) for the 76ers in their season opener atWells Fargo Center, Turner recorded 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists, coming off the bench for 30 minutes to lead the team in scoring in a 97–87 loss to theMiami Heat.[99] On November 7, 2010, Turner got his first NBA start and ended the game with adouble-double, recording 14 points and 10 rebounds to go with his 3 assists, in a 106–96 win over theNew York Knicks in place of the injuredAndre Iguodala.[100] On December 29, 2010, Turner scored a career-high 23 points in a 123–110 win against thePhoenix Suns, going 9–12 from the field and a perfect 4–4 from the free throw line.[101] He ended the season with fourteen starts and two double-doubles.[102][103] The team had gone 27–55 the previous season, but were able to improve to 41–41 in Turner's first season. They reached the2011 NBA Playoffs as the seventh seed, and were matched up against the new-look Miami Heat led byLeBron James andDwyane Wade.[104] Turner was praised for his aggressiveness in the series, handling Wade on the defensive side, and scoring 17 points and six rebounds on 50% shooting in the 76ers' win in Game 4.[105] That would be Philadelphia's only win of the series however, as they fell to the eventual Eastern Conference Champions Miami in five games.[106]
On February 8, 2012, Turner was selected to play in the2012 Rising Stars competition.[107] During the game, he unveiled a new model ofLi-Ning shoes.[108] On March 7, 2012, in only his second start of the season, Turner recorded a career-high 26 points against theBoston Celtics.[109] He again scored 26 points on April 3, 2012, against theMiami Heat.[110] On April 25, 2012, he recorded another double-double while setting a career-high with 29 points and adding 13 rebounds.[111] Over the course of the season, he made twenty starts and recorded five double-doubles.[112][113] He posted his first postseason double double on May 12, 2012, against theBoston Celtics in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals of the2012 NBA Playoffs, with 16 points and 10 rebounds.[114] He repeated the feat on May 21 in game five of the series, recording 10 rebounds and 11 points.[115] He started 12 of Philadelphia's 13 playoff games, but the team was eliminated in the second round of the playoffs.[113]
Turner started all 82 games during the2012–13 NBA season and tallied 14 double-doubles,[116] while averaging a career high 15.3 points 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists.[117] On December 7, 2012, he posted a 26-point, 10-rebound double-double against theBoston Celtics and made the game-winning shot in overtime with 3.9 seconds remaining.[118]
The 76ers did not sign Turner to an extension prior to the October 31, 2013, deadline, meaning that the 76ers had the right to make him a restricted free agent at the end of the season.[119] On November 9, 2013, Turner established a new career high with 31 points, including the game-tying basket with 8.7 seconds remaining in the first overtime against theCleveland Cavaliers.[120] Turner hit the game-winningbuzzer beater on December 20 against theBrooklyn Nets.[121][122] Turner sat out on December 28 due to knee soreness, but he returned to the lineup the following night against theLos Angeles Lakers with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.[123][124] On January 22, 2014, Turner recorded a career-high 38 points in a 110–106 win over theNew York Knicks; he also recorded 11 rebounds in the game.[125] Turner hit the game-winning buzzer beater on January 29, 2014, against theBoston Celtics.[126][127]
On February 20, 2014, Turner andLavoy Allen were traded to theIndiana Pacers in exchange forDanny Granger and a second-round draft pick.[128] Turner debuted for the Pacers on February 25, 2014.[129] He scored 13 points and added 6 rebounds as part of the Pacers bench that scored a season-high 50 points against theLos Angeles Lakers.[130] When the Pacers benched their entire starting lineup on April 6, he scored 23 to help the team to a win over theMilwaukee Bucks.[131] On April 21, 2014, in a team practice on the eve of the team's second game of the first round of the2014 NBA playoffs, Turner and teammateLance Stephenson got into an altercation.[132] In Game 6 of the first round series againstAtlanta with Indiana trailing 3–2, head coachFrank Vogel changed the rotation and Turner was left out, playing no minutes, while some of his playing time went toRasual Butler.[133][134] In Round 2 against theWashington Wizards, he returned to the lineup.[135] In the first game of Round 3 against the two-time defending championMiami Heat, he sat out withstrep throat.[136]
After Indiana elected not to make Turner an $8.7 million qualifying offer, he became anunrestricted free agent.[137] According to his agent, Turner agreed to sign with theBoston Celtics on July 21, 2014.[138] He officially signed with the Celtics on September 29, 2014.[139] He began the season as a reserve, but whenMarcus Smart andRajon Rondo endured concurrent injuries, Turner scored a team-high 19 points in a starting role in a win against theChicago Bulls.[140] On December 8, 2014, against theWashington Wizards, Turner forced overtime by sinking a three-point shot with 0.9 seconds left in regulation, but missed a 20-foot (6.1 m) jump shot with 0.9 seconds remaining in the second overtime which would have given the Celtics the lead.[141] Chicago native Turner posted a season-high 29 points at theUnited Center against theChicago Bulls on January 3.[142][143] Turner hit his fourth (in eight attempts) career last second game winning shot with a three-pointer with 1.9 seconds left as his team trailed 89–87 against thePortland Trail Blazers on January 22, 2015.[144] Then on February 11, 2015, he hit a game winner with 0.2 seconds left againstAtlanta Hawks.[145] Evan Turner posted his first careertriple double on February 25, 2015, against theNew York Knicks with 10 points, 10 assists and 12 rebounds.[146] On March 13, 2015, 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 theOrlando Magic.[147] He posted two more triple doubles on March 23 against theBrooklyn Nets (19 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists) and on April 1 against theIndiana Pacers (13 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists).[148][149] On April 10, he recorded a career-high 13 assists against theCleveland Cavaliers.[150] Turner played every game in the 2014–15 season and finished with averages of 14.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, and a career-high 6.5 assists per game.[151] During the offseason, he was named as a participant in the first-everNBA Africa Game.[152]
On March 26, Turner posted a 17-point, 11-rebound double-double and blockedDevin Booker's potential game-tying shot with 3.9 seconds left against thePhoenix Suns.[153]
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On July 6, 2016, Turner signed a four-year, $70 million contract with thePortland Trail Blazers.[154][155] Turner battledMaurice Harkless for the starting small forward role through the preseason,[156] but in the end he lost out.[157] He debuted with a 3-point, 5-rebound and 5-assist performance in a 113–104 win over theUtah Jazz in 26 minutes off the bench.[158] With Harkless injured on December 8, Turner started against theMemphis Grizzlies and notched a 15-point, 10-rebound double-double in an 88–86 loss,[159] despite a pair of go-ahead free throws by Turner with 27 seconds left.[160] On January 5, 2017, he scored 15 of his season-high 20 points in the fourth quarter of the Trail Blazers' 118–109 win over theLos Angeles Lakers.[161] Turner's 11 assists off the bench on January 11 against theCleveland Cavaliers was the most by a Portland reserve in nearly 3 years.[162] On February 8, he was ruled out for approximately five to six weeks after sustaining a fracture of thethird metacarpal in his right hand the night before playing against theDallas Mavericks.[163] He returned to action, wearing a protective brace, on March 18 after missing 14 games. The team was 7–7 without Turner. At the end of the season he finished with 13.0 points, the most since the 2014–15 season.[164] He opened the2017 NBA playoffs with a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double in a 12-point loss to theGolden State Warriors.[165] The Trail Blazers were swept in four games, however.[166]
On January 1, 2018, Turner scored a season-high 22 points in a 124–120 overtime win over theChicago Bulls.[167]
On April 1, 2019, Turner recorded his fourth careertriple-double with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists off the bench in a 132–122 win over theMinnesota Timberwolves. He 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.[168] Two days later, he had a second consecutive triple-double with 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists off the bench in a 116–89 win over theMemphis Grizzlies, becoming the first Trail Blazer with back-to-back triple-doubles sinceClyde Drexler in the1989–90 season.[169] After scoring just four points in the first six games of the Trail Blazers' second-round playoff series against theDenver Nuggets, Turner had 14 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, in the deciding Game 7, helping Portland win 100–96 to advance through to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2000.[170]
On June 24, 2019, Turner was traded to theAtlanta Hawks in exchange forKent Bazemore.[171]
On February 5, 2020, Turner was traded to theMinnesota Timberwolves as part of a four-team trade,[172] but didn't play a game for them.
On November 30, 2020, Turner announced his retirement from professional basketball.[173]
For the 2020–21 season, Turner was an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics.[174]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| * | Led the league |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Philadelphia | 78 | 14 | 23.0 | .425 | .318 | .808 | 3.9 | 2.0 | .6 | .2 | 7.2 |
| 2011–12 | Philadelphia | 65 | 20 | 26.4 | .446 | .224 | .676 | 5.8 | 2.8 | .6 | .3 | 9.4 |
| 2012–13 | Philadelphia | 82* | 82* | 35.3 | .419 | .365 | .740 | 6.3 | 4.3 | .9 | .2 | 13.3 |
| 2013–14 | Philadelphia | 54 | 54 | 34.9 | .428 | .288 | .829 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 1.0 | .1 | 17.4 |
| 2013–14 | Indiana | 27 | 2 | 21.1 | .411 | .500 | .706 | 3.2 | 2.4 | .4 | .1 | 7.1 |
| 2014–15 | Boston | 82 | 57 | 27.6 | .429 | .277 | .752 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 1.0 | .2 | 9.5 |
| 2015–16 | Boston | 81 | 12 | 28.0 | .456 | .241 | .827 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 1.0 | .3 | 10.5 |
| 2016–17 | Portland | 65 | 12 | 25.5 | .426 | .263 | .825 | 3.8 | 3.2 | .8 | .4 | 9.0 |
| 2017–18 | Portland | 79 | 40 | 25.7 | .447 | .318 | .850 | 3.1 | 2.2 | .6 | .4 | 8.2 |
| 2018–19 | Portland | 73 | 2 | 22.0 | .460 | .212 | .708 | 4.5 | 3.9 | .5 | .2 | 6.8 |
| 2019–20 | Atlanta | 19 | 0 | 13.2 | .373 | .000 | .857 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .5 | .4 | 3.3 |
| Career | 705 | 295 | 26.9 | .434 | .294 | .782 | 4.6 | 3.7 | .8 | .3 | 9.7 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Philadelphia | 5 | 0 | 19.4 | .447 | .800 | 1.000 | 4.6 | .8 | .6 | .2 | 8.0 |
| 2012 | Philadelphia | 13 | 12 | 34.5 | .364 | .000 | .688 | 7.5 | 2.5 | .9 | .5 | 11.2 |
| 2014 | Indiana | 12 | 0 | 12.4 | .429 | .571 | 1.000 | 2.2 | 1.6 | .3 | .0 | 3.3 |
| 2015 | Boston | 4 | 4 | 29.5 | .364 | .500 | .889 | 7.3 | 4.8 | .8 | .0 | 10.5 |
| 2016 | Boston | 6 | 4 | 35.7 | .365 | .214 | .778 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 13.2 |
| 2017 | Portland | 4 | 4 | 31.0 | .364 | .333 | .750 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 1.8 | .5 | 10.3 |
| 2018 | Portland | 3 | 3 | 29.0 | .364 | .286 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.0 | .3 | 9.3 |
| 2019 | Portland | 16 | 0 | 15.3 | .326 | 1.000 | .800 | 4.6 | 2.2 | .2 | .2 | 2.7 |
| Career | 63 | 27 | 23.5 | .372 | .356 | .765 | 5.0 | 2.6 | .7 | .3 | 7.3 | |
Turner'smother is Iris James, and he has two older brothers named Darius and Richard.[7]
On August 23, 2010, CNBC reported that Turner had signed a multi-year endorsement contract with Chinese apparel makerLi Ning Company Limited.[175]
On December 20, 2017, asemi-trailer truck crashed into Turner's pool at hisPortland home.[176]
Evan Turner, who scored just four points in the first six games of the series, added 14 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter.
