Turner moved back to bench : 76ers coach Doug Collins shook his starting lineup prior to Tuesday night's contest against the Nets. Collins replaced Spencer Hawes with Nikola Vucevic at center, while Jodie Meeks replaced Evan Turner at shooting guard. ”When you’re going through some losing,” noted Collins, “the easiest thing to do is just stay status quo, and say let’s hope this works itself out. Or, you can try to make some changes. And you do that by thinking long and hard on it.” (Updated 04/11/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/26/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Turner will now come off the bench for the 76ers in the hopes he will get more chances to score with the second unit. However, that was not the case on Tuesday night as he finished with just two points in the 107-88 win over the Nets. Fantasy owners should keep an eye on how he does back in his old role with the club. In the meantime, leave the 23-year-old benched until he starts producing a bit more consistently. (Updated 04/11/2012).
05/25/2012 15:52 Roundtable on Sixers-Celtics Game 7: Who needs to step up?
With Game 7 on Saturday deciding who will face the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, we thought we'd do a little roundtable action on exactly what has to happen for each side to come away wth a win as the Sixers and Celtics settle their series.
05/25/2012 11:49 Sixers-Celtics Game 7: 30 years later, the Sixers need a new Andrew Toney
The Sixers beat the Celtics 30 years ago in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals behind 34 points from Andrew Toney. Can anyone on the modern day Sixers step up in Game 7 Saturday to lead them past Boston's Big 3?
05/23/2012 22:56 76ers drop Celtics, force Game 7
Jrue Holiday scored 20 points, and Elton Brand had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the tough-and-determined Philadelphia 76ers past the Celtics, 82-75 on Wednesday night to send the Eastern Conference semifinals back to Boston for Game 7.
05/21/2012 21:36 Celtics wear out Sixers, lead series 3-2
Brandon Bass scored 18 of his postseason career-high 27 points in the third quarter on Monday night as the Boston Celtics pulled away from the Philadelphia 76ers to win 101-85 and take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
05/18/2012 23:03 Sixers rally from 18 down to beat Celtics, tie series 2-2
Andre Iguodala snapped a tie game with five straight points in the final 90 seconds to help the Philadelphia 76ers storm back from 15 points down and stun the Boston Celtics 92-83 on Friday in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Turner started 14 games in his rookie season after being selected No. 2 overall in the NBA Draft. The Sixers wanted him to make an immediate impact, but his year can only be described as underwhelming, at best. Having trouble excelling due to the added speed of the NBA game, Turner saw 23 minutes per game and averaged 7.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting 43 percent from the field. Coach Doug Collins will want him to massively improve on all those areas if he’s going to be a big part of the Philadelphia rotation in 2011-12. Turner should get every opportunity to prove that he’s done that after the Sixers invested such a high draft pick on him. All things being equal, he’s going to see more playing time than Lou Williams as Philly sees a bigger future from the former Ohio State standout performer. Turner claimed at the end of last year that he’s a slow starter and he wanted to fit in with Philadelphia rather than assert himself. Collins will ask for more this year so Fantasy owners can consider him a bit of a sleeper. Entering Draft Day, owners should target him late as a top 70 Fantasy guard with very solid upside. (Updated 8/23/11)
