Talen Horton-Tucker Discussion: Growing Pains

+1 for him using his left hand! Finally! I was shocked. No way should any player that reliant on finishing around the rim be that right hand dominant.

 

Number 1A is developing some kind of a mid range game FFS! And that one legged fall back ain’t it. Come on Handy … shame some sense into this guy.

 

it's easy to forget he's barely 21. again, kuzma effect. he's not going to be what people want right now. our scouts are good, but they're not "buy a #46 pick who becomes an allstar at age 21" good. because nobody is.

 

it's hard to watch teams literally run away from him on the perimeter and him sort of get embarrassed into shooting it.

btw, i know most don't think this is true, but i still think his thumb is injured.

 

If he's not barreling to the hoop for a layup, he has absolutely nothing in his repertoire.

 

I suspect the thumb is still bothering him too.

Regardless he’s good as gone at this point. Just a question of what deal we pull the trigger on.

 

it's going to be a disappointing haul, and THT is going to look great elsewhere, and people are going to either act like it's not happening or act surprised.

 

They won't even know.

Most people don't even watch other games.

 

Lol. True

 

He does nothing for us currently. Sure, he may turn into something really good, but with the roster the way it is we don't have time for that. Need players who can help us now.

 

I kind of feel bad for THT in the sense that the Lakers basically destroyed his confidence by making him to be some elite 3&D guy, when the reality is that he's at his best when he has the ball in his hands and is aggressively attacking the basket. Kind of hard to do that when Lebron and Westbrook are on the team and even in the same lineup with them.

Time to trade him

 

THT is bad because he can't shoot, make layups or play defense on a consistent bases.

 

The layups I agree with, but I feel like the FO this past summer was basically like, "Well he has long arms and big hands, so lets groom him to be a 3&D guy", when the reality is he's 6'4 and there was never really any evidence that he was able to catch and shoot prior to this season.

 

He's Kuzma

 

He's a crap.

 

This is another reason the Westbrook trade was bad . Can't play THT off ball and with two non shooters out there

 

At some point blaming a guy who either sits in a booth or at home sick for 2 weeks is futile.

This is the NBA and its basketball. A player will do his thing whether the coach is bad or good.

Players are to blame for this losing. They don't execute and play correctly for 48 minutes.

Time to change s*** up.