During one of the Celtics’ broadcasts last season, Jackie MacMullan described Evan Turner as “an acquired taste”. The description’ was spot-on, considering the ever-so-frustrating Turner would constantly enrage Celtics fans every game before invariably redeeming himself.
With little expectations last season for the disgraced 2010 2nd-overall pick, Turner quickly proved his doubters wrong when he gave the Celtics his most efficient season of his career. In a bizarre way, he was also the Celtics most important player. While this may seem like hyperbole, if it wasn’t for him the Celtics’ offense would have been largely anemic.