Sixers reveal that they will pick Evan Turner

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Sixers Will Draft Evan Turner, According to Sixers' Website
Tom Ziller
NBA Blogger

The image above appeared on a page on the Philadelphia 76ers' official website Friday afternoon under a le which read "Sixers draft Evan Turner." Michael Levin of 76ers blog Liberty Ballers tweeted the link before 2:30 PM ET. The address for the page was simple: nba.com/sixers/draft_turner.html. Similarly constructed URLs for Derrick Favors and DeMarcus Cousins registered with errors, meaning the Sixers didn't just create these pages for a bunch of top prospects.

There have been pretty clear indications Turner, the Ohio State wing who was the near-consensus best player in college ball this year, would be Philadelphia's pick at No. 2, but nothing as obvious as this. The page appears to be a readymade splash page to take over the Sixers' site after the second pick is named by David Stern on June 24.

Many teams using breaking news (with ticket package pitches, of course) as a splash page in front of the normal home page. It appears the Sixers' web team got an early start, and someone apparently let it go live.

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/06/18/s...sixers-website

[Killakobe81]

Sixers Will Draft Evan Turner, According to Sixers' Website
Tom Ziller
NBA Blogger

The image above appeared on a page on the Philadelphia 76ers' official website Friday afternoon under a le which read "Sixers draft Evan Turner." Michael Levin of 76ers blog Liberty Ballers tweeted the link before 2:30 PM ET. The address for the page was simple: nba.com/sixers/draft_turner.html. Similarly constructed URLs for Derrick Favors and DeMarcus Cousins registered with errors, meaning the Sixers didn't just create these pages for a bunch of top prospects.

There have been pretty clear indications Turner, the Ohio State wing who was the near-consensus best player in college ball this year, would be Philadelphia's pick at No. 2, but nothing as obvious as this. The page appears to be a readymade splash page to take over the Sixers' site after the second pick is named by David Stern on June 24.

Many teams using breaking news (with ticket package pitches, of course) as a splash page in front of the normal home page. It appears the Sixers' web team got an early start, and someone apparently let it go live.

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/06/18/s...sixers-website

He reminds me of Brandon Roy with good knees ...

[spursfan1000]

Who was the 2nd canidate they would draft? I don't know much about college players.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

I think Derrick Favors.

[8FOR!3]

Yes, their #2 would be Favors. Unless of course Washington passed on Wall. It would be quite fitting for the Wizards to up like that, not that they will.

[Pelicans78]

Cousins will be the best player in this draft. Too much potential. Turner is really polished, but won't be a dominate player.

[JamStone]

He reminds me of Brandon Roy with good knees ...

But a bad back.

Cousins will be the best player in this draft. Too much potential. Turner is really polished, but won't be a dominate player.

He has Eddy Curry potential... both the good and bad potential.