Is Evan Turner Helping or Hurting the Blazers?

Portland Trail BlazerswingEvan Turner在NBA媒体圈的争夺争论的中心，他的存在是他的生产和合同的净加号或减去。旋风已经席卷了薪资帽数字，高级统计数据和关于团队化学的论点。在暴风雨的眼中，连续几天发表的两篇文章，辩论特纳的价值。

The first salvo came from Turner himself,in a piece from Jason Quick of NBCSports Northwest. In an extensive write-up, Quick allowed Turner to vent his frustration with “hecklers and naysayers” who lament his four-year contract at $17.5 million per.

“First off, let me say one thing: Everything I have done, I have earned,’’ Turner said. “My contract – that’s my bread, and I earned my bread. So, kiss my ass. Dead serious. Write that. I earned that (expletive) money.’’

快速继续引用特纳队的队友，包括Maurice Harkless...

“He doesn’t get enough credit, but we know what he does, and that’s all that matters,’’ Maurice Harkless said motioning around the locker room.

...andShabazz Napier:

“我可以整天谈谈他。没有很多人了解他为这支球队的价值。他们不明白，因为他不是传统的球员，“纳皮尔说。“但他是我们最好的后冒犯球员。防守，他能够守卫Kevin Durant, then switch and guard Steph Curry or Klay Thompson. But it’s also his leadership skills, and his charisma, his camaraderie – the things people don’t see. They are the things that make up ET. And it’s those things that make him a great player to us.’’

Quick himself pointed out the high points of Turner’s season.

他的防守帮助在周五的胜利over Golden State, when got up-close-and-personal while forcing misses from Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson. Earlier in the week, against Oklahoma City, he had 17 points – which included three three-pointers – to fuel the season-series clinching win. And in an important victory against Minnesota, he had a team-high six assists and zero turnovers.

Against that backdrop, in direct response to Quick’s article, camea piece from Matt Moore of The Action Network, taking a contrarian view. While Moore was quick to acknowledge that every player is entitled to the best contract they can negotiate and should not be questioned or faulted for signing same, he offered a measured approach to Turner’s value.

Last season, Turner had one of the worst raw plus-minus stats in the entire league. The Blazers were outscored by 180 points with Turner on the floor in 2016-17. Plus-minus is a tricky stat that often doesn’t reflect a player’s performance, but it does honestly reveal the team’s performance when that player is on the floor.

And the Blazer’s performance with Turner on the court last year was garbage.

Nor was the criticism simply historical.

Turner has been better this year. The eye test backs that up. And yet, still, the Blazers, despite being currently the 3-seed and 14 games over .500, have been outscored with Turner on the floor by 13 points this season...

在这方面，在+2.3的黑色净值在黑色+2.3时，虽然+2.3，但当+ 2.3的速度下，虽然+2.3，但当+ 2.9的地板上，它们甚至更好。

After illustrating how the trends have held even during Portland’s impressive win streak, Moore went all-in:

对他来说也很难确定力量的领域。那个玻璃素喜欢引用的玻璃杯？Blazers的辅助百分比上升3个百分点，替补员上有特纳。

罪行统计上变得更好，防守统计上变得更好，射击统计上变得更好。允许并创建涂料中的点，允许的距离掉点并创建，允许打发点和创建 - 所有这些指标都会有没有转击。

Though Portland analysts have debated this issue since the Blazers signed Turner in 2016, this is the first time it’s overflowed into national prominence...ironically aided by the recent success of the team as a whole. The different approaches—patriotic versus numeric, exclusive insiders versus inquisitive observers—add interest to the proceedings.

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