Myles Turner

McDonald’s All-American Recap: 

This was my first time observing Turner live. The lone uncommitted player at the event, his intrigue is in long-term potential, not current ability.

Turner is 7-feet with a size 21 shoe. He can score in the lane with a soft touch, but his biggest weapon right now is—surprisingly—his jump shot. Turner can pick-and-pop to the 3-point line, and shoots it with confidence.

However, Turner needs a lot of work on his game. Offensively, Turner plods up and down the court, and is slow off the ground. He has a nice jump shot, but he needs to use his size better. I think he has impressive footwork, but struggles to “bring it all together” in the painted area. Awkward on his feet.

Defensively, Turner struggled to contain Karl Towns, a 6-10 forward who can score from anywhere on the floor. Towns blew past Turner off the dribble, and outmuscled him on the glass. Turner must continue adding weight, and just needs to get more comfortable in his body. He has potential as a stretch-5 who can run the floor and block shots, but right now it’s not there. Only time will tell if he settles into his own body, and develops the necessary skills down low.