This obviously is not what Myles Turner was expecting when he was enduring all those hot yoga workouts in the heat of that isolated basketball "ranch" in Texas over the summer. A scoring average (11.3) just a point above his rookie output three years ago and a career-low rebound average (4.8) weren't the goals for a season that brought him such high expectations, not to mention a four-year contract extension.
But while cyberspace buzzes with criticism, including calls for him to be demoted to the second unit to make room for the more productive Domantas Sabonis, Turner remains calm in both word and action.