NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION!
Name: Hedo Turkoglu
Nickname: ‘Turk’
‘Strayan Nickame:
‘Chook’ / ‘Gobble’
Teams played for:
Sacramento Kings (‘00-’04)
Orlando Magic (’04-‘09)
Toronto Raptors (’09-’10)
Phoenix Suns (’11)
Orlando (’11-’13)
L.A. Clippers (’13-‘15)
Career Stats (per game):
11.1 pts // 4.0 rebs // 2.8 asts // 0.8 stls // 42.6 FG% // 38.4 3P%
Best known for:
– Could handle the Truth – nailed a buzzer-beating game winner in Paul Pierce’s face in ’08
– Could handle the Mamba – blocked Kobe Bryant’s attempted game-winner in Game 2 of the ’09 Finals
– Being a part of those awesome early-‘00s Sacramento Kings teams
– Being the perfect Dwight Howard sidekick on the way to the 2009 NBA Finals
– Being the NBA’s sacrificial PED lamb (weird how no superstar ever got pinged)
– Was benched in Toronto after being busted getting on the turps in Toronto while chucking a sickie
– Spending his last 6 years in the NBA looking like he just stumbled out of a kebab shop at 4am
Dead-Set Ledge Status:
Assured! You might not remember it, but Chooka nailed a bunch of game-winners in his time, and was part of that super-weird Magic team that beat LeBron’s Cavs in ’09 en route to the Finals. Also, weirdly, is now an adviser to the Turkish president. So he and Enes Kanter probably aren’t mates ay.
#ONYA Chooka!