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Player Review: Myles Turner needs to understand spacing as well as he creates it

A lot has to be unpacked with regard to Myles Turner. From entering the concussion protocol after only one game and being limited to eating and sleeping for two weeks thereafter to observing his supposed understudy blossom in his stead and later spraining a ligament in his elbow, the 22-year-old shot-blocker with the feathery mid-range jump shot was never consistently put in the position to develop as the focal point of the offense that many expected him to readily become following the trade of Paul George.

Instead, his touches per game (48.8) were roughly the same as last season (47.