In this edition of the NBA At 2: Hedo Turkoglu isn't a team's savior in free agency…Carlos Boozer isn't worth any of the numbers being tossed around…Yi Jianlian impressing his teammates this offseason…Upcoming HOOPSWORLD chats.

What Does Hedo Bring? Free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu reportedly wants $10 million a year after his solid season and fantastic postseason with the Orlando Magic. Is that a good investment, for any team? Before anyone makes a commitment to him, here are some things to keep in mind.

Turkoglu is 30 years old. That means he is in the upper part of the prime years of his career. Should he sign a free agent contract for the maximum years (six from Orlando, five from everyone else, unless Orlando facilitates a sign-and-trade), he will be 35 or 36 when the deal expires. Chances are by that time he will be overpaid for his production, because that's what happens to players at the end of their careers. It's not generally considered fiscally prudent to give contracts at that length and for the dollars Turkoglu is seeking to an athlete past the big 3-0.

He's not that great of a shooter overall. Without looking it up, can you guess how many times in his nine-year NBA career Turkoglu has shot better than 43% from the field? Twice. Now, during his career he has also shot 37% or better from three-point range seven times (last year it was 36%). So what does that tell us? It says that inside of the three-point line Turkoglu does not take good shots. In fact, for his career he has shot 38.5% from the field on three-point shots and 46% on two-point shots (and 80% from the line). Roughly one-third of the shots in his NBA career have come from beyond the arc, but that also says that on two-thirds of the shots he takes – inside the arc – he is going to miss more than half the time. Is that acceptable? It depends on how you view Turkoglu. If he is going to be a ball handler and initiate the offense on your team, meaning he will work primarily from the outside, perhaps this works for you. If you need to fill a small forward role on your team and want Turkoglu because he's the best available who is a small forward, this will not work at all.

Why? Because Turkoglu is not a good rebounder. He is a finesse player who despite being 6-10 has only topped five rebounds a game twice in his career (the past two seasons at 5.7 and 5.3). He also isn't known for his defense, though it's not horrible. Lateral quickness is not his specialty, but he plays smart defense and has been known to give a bump at just the right time to throw off a player's timing and positioning. Since he is usually guarding smaller players, this can be effective.

Now, if you want Turkoglu to help run your offense in a point-forward role because perhaps you don't have a strong point guard or your point guard is a better scorer than facilitator, then you will be signing the right player. At 4.9 assists a game over the past two seasons, Turkoglu has become a more effective player the more he has the ball in his hands. This worked well with Jameer Nelson and Rafer Alston, but it won't work with everyone. He ranked 35th in the NBA last season in assists with his 4.9 per game average; however, his assist/turnover ratio was only 1.84/1 – not really anything to write home about.

Again, good for a small forward as a change of pace to a standard offense, but not as good as decent point guard.

Where Turkoglu sets himself apart is with his brains. He knows how to do the small things in clutch situations, he isn't afraid to take that big shot, and he isn't afraid to pass on that big shot for a better one for a teammate. How much is that worth? Turkoglu passed on $35 million over four years from the Orlando Magic just after helping lead them to the 2009 NBA Finals (hence the decision to move for Vince Carter) – do his numbers justify more than that, if it's even available on the open market? Do they even justify that offer?

If you were in charge of a team and they were making a decision on whether or not to add Hedo Turkoglu for $10 million a year, would you do it? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

Boozer's Misconception: Just wanted to point something out here… Carlos Boozer could make $12.6 million this season if he stays with the Jazz (and then is traded because they don't want to deal with the headache). Reportedly Boozer would like to start his next contract in the $14-15 million range, which is more than the Detroit Pistons – the only team with that kind of money – want to spend.

Boozer won't get that amount from the Jazz either… The maximum Boozer is eligible for is about $16.5 million (this was the max number for a player with seven years of experience in 2008-09 and isn't expected to change much).

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Boozer's deal he signed in August of 2004 was for six years and $70 million. So far he is five years and $57.4 million into the deal. In those five years Boozer has played only 276 of 410 possible regular season games – a tad over 67%. That means for about $19 million of the money earned over five years Boozer has been in street clothes.

Tell me again, what team is going to sign on for that amount of money for a player who has missed a third of the games over the past five years? The numbers Boozer puts up are great and he absolutely helps a team win games, but he hasn't proven himself to be a player that can be relied upon night in and night out.

An Improved Yi? The New Jersey Nets have plenty of decisions to make on the future of their team after trading star Vince Carter to Orlando for essentially Courtney Lee and his one season of NBA experience. One thing they are thinking about is what to do with Yi Jianlian. He was underwhelming and injured in his first season with the Nets, acquired last summer when they traded Richard Jefferson to the Milwaukee Bucks. The team would love to see Jianlian get stronger, both so he is more durable overall and so he can fight in the post.

Starting center and 2008-09 Rookie of the Year candidate Brook Lopez has been working out with Yi and he is suitably impressed.

"Yi's been playing a lot stronger -- it looks like he's polished up a lot of stuff," Lopez told Dave D'Alessandro of the Newark Star Ledger. "He still looks like he's going well, even though he's playing basically year-round. He did a lot of one-on-one in the post. He was making some great moves, kind of caught me by surprise. And, of course, he's got his jumper."

If Yi is surprising his own teammates with his refined skills, chances are he'll surprise some opponents as well. He will make $3.2 million in 2009-10 and the Nets will have to decide in October whether or not to pick up the fourth-year option of $4.1 million on his rookie scale contract for 2010-11.

Upcoming Chats: HOOPSWORLD senior writer Eric Pincus, based in Los Angeles and covering the Lakers and Clippers, will chat later today at 4pm Eastern Time. Eric also has a good pulse on the CBA, so ask him tough cap questions – he has answers. Publisher Steve Kyler took your questions earlier today – click here for the chat wrap.