Could Bradley Beal be like Evan Turner

[b@llhog24]

well, its easy to improve upon a rookie season where you were garbage. What I mean is, Turner doesn't project as anything but a nice role player.

No gripes from me. I think he can be a spot starter on some teams or decent 6th man.

[DeyAce]

He was drafted too high. They should have taken Robinson or Barnes

[Arch Stanton]

Turner has a skillset unlike Beal, who is just a shooter (a bad one, never got the hype). Turner won't be a really good NBA player, but can be a nice role player imho.

I still don't get the comparison. Do you? I don't disagree with anything you've stated. Is it that they were both high picks?

[KnickaBocka.44]

I have a hard time believing he will be a legit starter, unless he is masked as simply a playmaker.

I think he will definitely be a starter for the rest of his career. He is the kind of player I would love to have on the Knicks. If Shumpert developed into his form (minus the long 2's, keeping Shump's ability to get to the rim and draw contact) his re-emergence would make the Knicks a serious championship contender.

[Knowledge]

I never understood why the 76ers didn't take Favors especially considering how Brand wasn't working out.

The GM at the time was under a lot of pressure to take the college player of the year. They chose what they thought was the sure thing as Turner was proclaimed NBA ready.

At the time, even I thought he would be better than what he has been.

[Knowledge]

I still don't get the comparison. Do you? I don't disagree with anything you've stated. Is it that they were both high picks?

Yes, this isn't a fair comparison just based on physical tools and age alone. Beal has much more potential/room to grow.

[Arch Stanton]

Yes, this isn't a fair comparison just based on physical tools and age alone. Beal has much more potential/room to grow.

He does? How so? Not saying I disagree.

[c.c.]

I don't see star potential in neither of these guys no time soon.

[KnickaBocka.44]

Yes, this isn't a fair comparison just based on physical tools and age alone. Beal has much more potential/room to grow.

In my mind he grows into a Monta Ellis type, at best. He doesn't have the height or length to be a very good defender at this level but I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up being a high end inefficient scorer.

[topdog]

I don't get all the negativity around Beal. He's only about 1 FGM and 0.2 3PTFGM a game away from having the same sort of numbers as the players he was most compared to in Ray Allen and Eric Gordon:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...albr01&y3=2013

[topdog]

The GM at the time was under a lot of pressure to take the college player of the year. They chose what they thought was the sure thing as Turner was proclaimed NBA ready.

At the time, even I thought he would be better than what he has been.

Still, the scouting reports essentially called him a "jack of all trades" - good at everything but great at nothing. Average athleticism, shooting, ect. I do understand that it was the "safe" pick (just like Wes Johnson was "safe" for the Wolves), but I thought it was very redundant with all the wings Philly had.

[Knowledge]

He does? How so? Not saying I disagree.

Turner was a 3 year player coming out that was thought to be more NBA ready.

Beal is 19 and showed some production toward the end of his college career (can you have a career after 1 year?) that gave teams hope. Most time when you draft a teenager, you are projecting and drafting for upside.

Risk/Reward type pick that I can't blame them for. Though Drummond, outside of Davis, would have been the guy for me. I just believe in taking chances on big men (unless they are total stiffs) and seeing if they can develop.

[Arch Stanton]

Turner was a 3 year player coming out that was thought to be more NBA ready.

Beal is 19 and showed some production toward the end of his college career (can you have a career after 1 year?) that gave teams hope. Most time when you draft a teenager, you are projecting and drafting for upside.

Risk/Reward type pick that I can't blame them for. Though Drummond, outside of Davis, would have been the guy for me. I just believe in taking chances on big men (unless they are total stiffs) and seeing if they can develop.

I'll give you youth and scenario. It's not fair to judge a 19 yr old after 20 games. And let's see how he plays next to Wall. But has Beal shown any flashes of greatness or anything that would suggest he's worthy of that 3rd pick?

[Giants #1 Fan]

He sucks

[SeoulBeatz]

Still, the scouting reports essentially called him a "jack of all trades" - good at everything but great at nothing. Average athleticism, shooting, ect. I do understand that it was the "safe" pick (just like Wes Johnson was "safe" for the Wolves), but I thought it was very redundant with all the wings Philly had.

It was the easy pick to make IMO. We didn't have a SG. Our starting 2 guard was Willie Green, backed up by Rodney Carney (lol).

It was the clear pick to make especially after just drafting the PG for future Jrue and Iggy was coming into his own at SF. We had Brand, Dalembert, Speights, Thad Young, and Jason Smith in the frontcourt. SG was a much bigger need than PF, and Turner was the consensus college player of the year. It was a no-brainer.