« Reply #60 on: August 20, 2015, 05:14:51 PM »
Turner in Indy didnt' work at all but Frank Vogel didn't seem to know what to do with him and couldn't really adjust on the fly when they were already the best team in the league, record-wise (which I think they were at the time). And let's not forget that Lance Stephenson was the main reason that team went in the tank. Indy ran away from him the next offseason and then he couldn't get time in Charlotte, who have already sent him packing. I don't think it's fair to blame Turner for any of that.
Turner had a ton of value to this team but a lot of it was because Marcus Smart wasn't ready to be a PG yet and because Avery Bradley is a SG in a PG's body (and an undersized PG at that). Smart's development and the drafting of Rozier changes that need. Rozier won't be able to step in immediately but Turner's ability to play PG and guard 2's and 3's made Bradley way more effective. That's still going to be true this season (until Rozier and Hunter can handle some responsibility which could be a while) but if everything goes according to plan he's going to become less and less necessary.
For all those reasons, I think the best the Celtics could do would be to feature him this season and let other teams see that his strong all-around play last year wasn't a fluke and try to get a first rounder for him or, better yet, package him along with some other pieces for a logjam-clearing prospect.
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