tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post3357640556607055597..comments2024-03-28T03:18:35.837-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Quickie: Turner, Big East, Strassy, MoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-82060416909008997312010-03-11T11:36:22.713-05:002010-03-11T11:36:22.713-05:00I am continually surprised at the hurdles placed b...I am continually surprised at the hurdles placed before Evan Turner. Nevermind that Oklahoma didn't make it past the second round for Blake Griffin and Blake Griffin received Player of Year as well as Number 1 in the Draft, but Evan Turner, whose put up numbers we haven't seen since the mid-nineties, has to get a middling team to the final four in order to get PLAYER OF THE YEAR which he has already earned. We can turn this over and over and the result will be the same. Evan Turner has had a better season than John Wall back injury notwithstanding. Hey, Greives, and Cousins have also had more impactful seasons. Here is the lesson. All the hype around Wall should not cloud reason. There shouldn't be additional requirements placed upon this tournament that will negate what was already accomplished. Now the tournament should be really fun, an we should see some great basketball. If you haven't seen Turner play then you are in for a treat. Not only does he know the game, he knows how to play the game. Heck, he even knows how his competition plays the game. Intelligence, high basketball I.Q., finesse. Those are some of the descriptions of Turner, but they are the some of his parts. He is more than a workhorse. He can do, does do, and will do what it takes to win. Carrying his team, playing 40 minutes, Playing both ends of the court, that's what got him to this point. I don't doubt he will do it in the tournament, but don't give another bogus requirement to his getting the POY. It doesn't wash, he has earned it and OSU showing will be a testament to how all five starters react to the spotlight. I doubt we have to worry about Turner. Whether they make to the final four or not will not wash in giving the Avard to another less deserving player. The war has been long. Player of the year is an award based on the season's play. Turner has already brought them to a conference title. OSU hasn't seen that in three years. There will be no excuse for his not getting the award.Nuthin but "THE TRUTH"https://www.blogger.com/profile/05960036502604255076noreply@blogger.com