07-21-2024, 10:51 PM
(07-21-2024, 09:15 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: well let’s say the Jazz fans aren’t sad to see THT go. Seems like most Lakers fans feel the same about Dinwiddie. Still for one of your last roster spots, you could do much worse. Here is Hollinger write up on THT earlier this summer in his shooting guard rankings.
8. Talen Horton-Tucker, Utah: $11,726,973
This likely wildly overvalues Horton-Tucker, who has an interesting intersection of age (23) and shot creation but has never put the ball in the basket effectively enough to warrant having it in his hands so much. The eye is drawn first to his iffy 3-ball (29.3 percent career), but the 43.8 percent mark on shots inside the arc last season was arguably the bigger problem. He’d be an upside play for a rebuilding team, especially one with a shot doctor on staff.
THT basically had one season where he looked like he might become something. Even then, his TS% was only .535...his career best. Some of his advanced stats were decent and if you looked at certain splits you could see how this 20 year old might be figuring some things out. Dudley played with him that year and Kidd was his assistant coach.
It wasn't that he was good in 20/21. He didn't completely suck and occasionally looked like he might could become something. Since then, he hasn't been the same. It seems that almost everyone we bring in has a history with Nico or Kidd or Dudley or someone. It wouldn't shock me if he was the 15th player. To me, its like drafting in the 50's. Do we really care about late seconds and 15th players on the roster?