Jeff Turner
Jeff Turner
Jeffrey Steven Turneris an American retired professional basketball player and broadcasting announcer. Turner played ten NBA seasons, spending time with the New Jersey Nets as well as the Orlando Magic. He ended his NBA career with 3,697 career points. Turner was a 6' 9" forward/center. After his career ended he spent nine years as a radio color commentator for the Magic. He then served as the head boys basketball coach at Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando, Florida from to...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 April 1962
eight experience good harder juniors learning means motivate next team work
It was by no means what we expected, but it was a good learning experience. It should motivate them to work harder next year. We have eight juniors and our JV team was 15-5.
doubt plug takes time work
It takes time to gel, no doubt about. You can't come in and plug a hole, you've got work at it.
city council
We were disappointed in the city council but not surprised.
meltdown mental playing second
We started out playing well, but we had a mental meltdown in the second half.
bonus chance extend game half second
We were in the bonus in the first half and had a chance to extend our lead. It was like a different game in the second half. We made 20 second-half fouls.
aggressive moving space terms
AT&T will be really aggressive in terms of moving into this space.
playing
Hopefully, we can put a chink in their armor. They're playing pretty well right now.
cut fourth halftime kids lead quick trying
He was trying to do too much too quick when he got in there. We told the kids at halftime that going into the fourth quarter, we wanted that lead cut in half. We did better than that.
fed since wanting
We've been wanting him to do that since Day 1. I think he was fed up.
average good kids second settling talked worked
I have to give the kids a lot of credit. We were struggling, but we didn't let up on them in practice. We worked them harder. We talked about not settling for an average shot, but working for a good one. We did that in the second half.
house hurt kevin lost position seem
I haven't been in this position for a while. We've lost Kevin House (to an injury) and that has hurt. We just can't seem to get over the hump.
buying clean eventually land piece procedure proper property sure
This is just proper procedure when buying land. We want to make sure it is a clean piece of property that will eventually be useable.
beyond mature
He's mature beyond his years, and he's only going to get better.
games great kids proud
That's one of the better games he's had. The kids did a great job. They battled, and I'm proud of them. We could've rolled over, but we didn't.