Welcome Back to Boston, Evan Turner! (as Assistant Coach)

chrisab123 · Post #21 » by **chrisab123** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:48 pm

MrGreenRunsDeep wrote:Love thissss!!!!!! Last season assistant coach team s***** balls

Still does. But this is a positive step in the right direction

itrsteve · Post #22 » by **itrsteve** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:00 pm

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:This is perfect. IMO, players need a coach who's been through the same ups and downs that they're going through. They need a big brother. Evan Turner is a pretty cool guy, and even if he comes down hard on our guys, he's going to do it in a manner that isn't angry.

Exactly this. Particularly, I like that he was a #2 pick and understands the expectations that high lottery guys have to live up to... Not to say that JT and JB aren't, but they have a hell of a sounding board if they find themselves in a slump.

31to6 · Post #23 » by **31to6** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:09 pm

I don't know, he's a loveable goofball -- seems kind of the opposite of what most of the board has been looking for on Brad's staff. But he is lovable, I'll give him that.

ConstableGeneva · Post #24 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:26 pm

The Missing Piece to Banner 18.

Read on Twitter

Post #25 » by **Feed Your Head** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:34 pm

Legend.

Post #26 » by **ParticleMan** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:34 pm

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/48miap/the_evan_turner_quote_master_list/

On Lebron James- April 10th, 2015

“I threw away my LeBron poster in high school,” Turner said, “so I don’t care how much he played tonight.”

the ET is back!

GoCeltics123 · Post #27 » by **GoCeltics123** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:35 pm

chrisab123 wrote:Good move. This team desperately needed a former player on the staff.

Don't discount what Kara did for this team though. She filled the player-assistant role (with Jerome Allen) really well.

ET is replacing her spot IMO

31to6 · Post #28 » by **31to6** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:49 pm

GoCeltics123 wrote:
chrisab123 wrote:Good move. This team desperately needed a former player on the staff.

Don't discount what Kara did for this team though. She filled the player-assistant role (with Jerome Allen) really well.

ET is replacing her spot IMO

Good point; the team seemed to really like and respect her. ET's gooberism might make the 'respect' part hard (for some), but we'll see.

Bad-Thoma · Post #29 » by **Bad-Thoma** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:58 pm

Niiice! Love ET more as a person than as a player, glad he is back with the organization.

Curmudgeon · Post #30 » by **Curmudgeon** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:02 pm

Certainly the Celtics beat writers are delighted with this move.

lon3lytoaster · Post #31 » by **lon3lytoaster** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:03 pm

Oh, that’s funny. I joked last week about bringing him back but honestly wouldn’t have minded him as 2/3 depth.

Higgs Boston · Post #32 » by **Higgs Boston** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:17 pm

We needed an assistant coach with leadership and good managing the locker room and they sign evan turner lol.

Post #33 » by **Feed Your Head** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:22 pm

Higgs Boston wrote:We needed an assistant coach with leadership and good managing the locker room and they sign evan turner, what a joke.

Except Evan was/is extremely respected in nba locker rooms, is well known as a great chemistry guy. There’s no reason that wouldn’t carry over to coaching. Complaining about this hire is silly, you literally have zero clue about how he will be as a coach.

It’s a low risk, high upside hire.

Post #34 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:24 pm

Someone needs a hug.

Post #35 » by **Bleeding Green** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:27 pm

31to6 wrote:seems kind of the opposite of what most of the board has been looking for on Brad's staff.

The most ringing endorsement one can receive.

SMTBSI · Post #36 » by **SMTBSI** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:33 pm

The Comedian wrote:
Higgs Boston wrote:We needed an assistant coach with leadership and good managing the locker room and they sign evan turner, what a joke.

Except Evan was/is extremely respected in nba locker rooms, is well known as a great chemistry guy. There’s no reason that wouldn’t carry over to coaching. Complaining about this hire is silly, you literally have zero clue about how he will be as a coach.

It’s a low risk, high upside hire.

Yeah, a couple of goofball quotes to play to the media is not the sum total of a man's life. I don't know that he's going to do a great job, but I assume Brad knows a lot more about his character than we do.

Besides, he was a multi-tool player. 10/5/5 when he was with us. There's a couple of kids on the roster that, if they could have a Turner-caliber career, we'd take it gladly.

31to6 · Post #37 » by **31to6** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:37 pm

SMTBSI wrote:
The Comedian wrote:
Higgs Boston wrote:We needed an assistant coach with leadership and good managing the locker room and they sign evan turner, what a joke.

Except Evan was/is extremely respected in nba locker rooms, is well known as a great chemistry guy. There’s no reason that wouldn’t carry over to coaching. Complaining about this hire is silly, you literally have zero clue about how he will be as a coach.

It’s a low risk, high upside hire.

Yeah, a couple of goofball quotes to play to the media is not the sum total of a man's life. I don't know that he's going to do a great job, but I assume Brad knows a lot more about his character than we do.

Besides, he was a multi-tool player. 10/5/5 when he was with us. There's a couple of kids on the roster that, if they could have a Turner-caliber career, we'd take it gladly.

Langford seems like the obvious fit with your last paragraph here?
(GWill will probably appreciate him as well, especially if ET is willing to play boardgames)

Kalela · Post #38 » by **Kalela** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:11 pm

Turner was not the best player on the Celtics in those days but he was easily my favorite player at the time.

FlatearthZorro · Post #39 » by **FlatearthZorro** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:30 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:Marcus Smart is the lone holdover from the last time Evan Turner was on the Celtics. ET has always loved Stevens and talks highly of him every chance he gets.

Well, I mean he had no value as a player before he came here, then signed that absurd 70 mils deal, which is in part cause of the way Brad played him.

FlatearthZorro · Post #40 » by **FlatearthZorro** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:36 pm

While we're at it, bring back No Pass Bass.