Talen Horton-Tucker Discussion: Growing Pains

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  1. abeer3

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    such great body control on his drives--being able to slow up and finish combined with his strength and initial explosion is really tough to defend.
     
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    Vogel has a TOUGH job man...because he's gonna have to find minutes for THT alllll year with the way he's playing and improving seemingly every game (defensively too).
     
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    Dude’s speed and precision of footwork with one high speed spinning drive last night was jaw dropping. Holy crap Talen!
     
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    Again, great problems to have!! Too many good players on the roster who need minutes. I love it. But yeah, he's managing these guys well and giving THT some play again.
     
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    Plus he knew it was THT’s home turf. “Players’ coach”.
     
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    Maybe I’m off a year on this kid starting but as Dudley says, kid needs to be starting next year.
     
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    After Schroeder takes a bigger offer and leaves. For now, part of the second unit to make plays and avoid being run over by a teammate who just made a game winner.
     
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    THT was NOYICE tonight. He picked up way too many fouls but come on Tatum/Brown are pretty good scorers, can't ask for a better effort from him. 2 nice passes to Harrell for easy layups and he made a NOYICE move on Tatum to score a bucket at the rim.
     
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    He has elite potential: he uses his wingspan to get his hands onto a lot of loose balls. Looks like he should be able to comfortably switch onto this bigger guys with the combo of his length and his lower center of gravity, he's not pushed around easy but still can contest.

    The Kuzma minutes looked a lot better with him in there rather then Matthews
     
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    i think once we clear up what's happening with schroder (contract) and matthews (needs to be convinced he's had a fair shot at the rotation, which means some starts, imo), THT will start to carve out a consistent role.
     
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    I hope his hand is ok , not sure what happened here ...
     
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    He really was. Great game from THT last night! Vogel does have his hands full with a 5 capable guard lineup and distributing these minutes.
     
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    Excess of Guards & lack of depth at Center seems like an obvious Trade Deadline move to me..
     
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    Who do we trade though? I don’t trade any of them for a C. I’d rather pick someone off waiver wire.
     
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    yeah, dedmon was never signed, alex len has already been cut and signed. the center market will always be there, without trades, imo.
     
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    I don't get the obsession for centers here ...

    Our fifth guard will be more useful than a 4th center who will be a cheerleader in the playoffs .

    There is no way I'd trade one of Dennis/Wes/KCP/THT/Caruso for a big ... for a 2way wing with good size sure but it's not happening
     
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    Harrell is not reliable and AD is allergic to playing Center, the team could definitely use one more big man. Whether they address it internally (Cacacok or Kostas?) or FA or trade it remains to be seen. They could try Morris, but he's more of a small ball center than someone who can impact you with paint coverage.
     
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    https://www.lakerholics.com/whos-go...-point-guard-of-the-future-for-the-la-lakers/
     
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