[2] Turner chose to play for the Blazers in May 1984 but did not meet the grade point average required by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to receive an athletic scholarship and was subsequently ineligible for the 1984–85 season.

[2] He still enrolled at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to preserve his four years of NCAA Division I collegiate eligibility.

After spending rookie camp with Denver, he was traded to the Utah Jazz for future considerations.

[5] He played for the Omaha Racers of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 1989–90 season.

[6] Turner attended summer camp tryouts with the Boston Celtics prior to the 1990–91 NBA season.