Evan Turner would be the first one to admit he had a lot of growing up to do when he arrived on Ohio State’s campus in the summer of 2007. In fact, Turner’s lack of maturity early in his career was so problematic that Buckeyes coach Thad Matta actually gave him an ultimatum one day during practice.
“He and I would go round and round and round and round and round,” Matta recalled Monday afternoon, “to the point one day where I Kung-Fu kicked a side door of the gym open and told him to either grow up or go home and I really don’t care which one it is.