My phrasing could be improved. My main point was that Turner is an athletic young center who may likely deserve a pay raise and a starting role in a very short time. That could be a problem in the fall of 2017 when Rudy is a RFA.

Comparing Rudy to Myles at this point is probably impossible, which is why my wording choice was poor. Rudy was unknown to me before 2013. I know I wasn't watching Cholet basketball. When he was drafted the average fan knew little more than his physical stats and nothing more.

Myles Turner, on the other hand, was one of the top recruits coming out of high school. He was on track to be one-and-done wherever he spent his freshman year playing basketball. Texas welcomed him as another potential season-changer like Durant. Instead, Turner's college season has consistently been called a disappointment, particularly his play against good teams. I'm not saying this to speak ill of Turner, I'm saying it to highlight that the average fan knows quite a lot about Turner.

Turner has been examined and measured and analyzed for the past two years yet he enters the draft a year younger than Rudy was in 2013. They are similar in that they are athletic big men who did not star on their former teams but are expected to compete in the NBA, in part, based on their physical abilities. Aside from that generalization, the known facts of Turner and inherent biases and expectations we put on a well-known college player make it difficult to compare Turner and Gobert in detail until they are on a level playing field (court).