Season preview: Myles Turner

[HornSports Staff]

Myles Turner (6'11", 240 lbs, Power Forward #52)

Twitter: @Original_Turner

Videos of Myles Turner:

IAElites (Senior year) footage




Outlook:

Myles Turner is most heralded recruit at Texas since since Kevin Durant - those are huge shoes to fill, figuratively and literally. I don't expect Turner to dominate early against teams like UConn or Kentucky but he should be dominant by mid to late December.

The bigger question: Is Myles Turner a "one-and-done"? I don't foresee any scenario where he plays for 4 years at Texas. The longest it's safe to project him playing on the 40 Acres is two years.

Blake Griffin stayed in college for two years; Allen Iverson, and Wilt Chamberlin did as well. We have seen "one and done" players fizzle out in the NBA and very few have made it to superstar status. Until he competes against college-aged players, I can't say which route is better than the other for Turner.

For this season, I expect Turner to play for about 33 minutes/game and average 15-17 points/game.

Be sure to check out the the previews on Jordan Barnett and the Texas walk-ons, as part of HornSports' complete basketball season preview. 

 

[Juan]

Two televised games on tap

Nov 14 -- Fri. - North Dakota State 7 p.m on LHN
Nov 16 -- Sun. - Alcorn State 7 p.m. on ESPNU
 
 
A few other notable early games
Nov 20 Iowa (in NYC)
Nov 30 @ UConn
Dec 5 @ Kentucky
Dec 23 Stanford
 
Big 12 begin Jan 3 @ Tech
 
I am as geeked up about this season as I can remember

 

[BevoBlake]

I'm looking forward to 12/5. That's going to tell us a lot about this team.

 

[Juan]

Not to mention the defending champs

A little odd that we dont have at least one of either Michigan State or UNC

 

[texasdobbs]

I'm excited and ready for this. ...