How Cavs’ Kevin Love’s deal compares to other bad NBA contracts

Bad Deal #2: Evan Turner, F, Portland Trail Blazers

He’s in the third year of a four-year, $70 million deal (per Spotrac).

Former second overall draft selection Evan Turner was another player who cashed in during the summer of 2016. Turner is a solid player, but never really lived up to the star potential he had coming out of Ohio State.

He’s sort of a “jack of all trades, but master of none” type player – he does a lot of things well, but nothing great. One thing he doesn’t do well is shoot the three-pointer (with a lifetime clip of 29.5 percent, per Basketball Reference).

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Turner signed on with Portland to the tune of four years and $70 million and really never lived up to that number. Turner, since putting on the red and black jersey, averages 8.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.9 assists.

Turner is another player who signed for more money than he was ever worth. He’s never been a star, unlike Love who exhibited in Minnesota he could put up gaudy numbers.

Turner was never a great fit with Portland since they already had two ball-dominant guards and Turner does some of his best work as a distributor.

Turner is not really a guy a contender would look to add for the stretch run, since he’s not a prolific scorer. Contenders looking for wings would more likely look for guys who can come off the pine and provide an instant scoring boost, especially from the three-point arc. Turner clearly doesn’t fit that mold.

A scenario where Turner could be dealt would be if a team needs an expiring contract next year since Turner will be in the final year of his deal. This is an advantage Turner’s contract has over Love’s, though.