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Beverley to Lakers for THT and Stanley Johnson

infection said:
The question is more what would the receiving team rather have, sending out whoever we acquire while taking nothing/little salary back or taking back $11M of THT?
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If Utah didn't want THT and his salary, they wouldn't have traded for him. I don't think they secretly thought he was good. I'm sure they knew the odds where that he was overall bad. They want that mid priced contract. Same reason they got KO
 
Elizah Huge said:
This trade was bad when it happened and it looks bad now. Beverley isn’t anything special but the problem is THT is going to opt-in to his player option and we’re stuck with him for another year. Hopefully we can use his salary in a trade. That might be the only silver lining.
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It was old bad player for a young bad player. THT deal is not long/expensive so its a perfect salary filler where we dont lose anyone we will miss and the team that takes him doesnt commit to anyone they dont want long term, and we can still match numbers.

We dont have any other tradable salaries besides him and KO really.... unless we want to give up on Sexton.
 
THT criticism is unfair. I understand he is a frustrating player but he is literally the second youngest player on our main roster and he has flashed lots of different parts of his game that is worth persisting with. If he improves his shooting and the game slows down for him then he could easily be valuable player for any team with his defence, ability to play make and size for his position. There are a lot worse players out there who aren't worth developing.
 
Tom349 said:
THT criticism is unfair. I understand he is a frustrating player but he is literally the second youngest player on our main roster and he has flashed lots of different parts of his game that is worth persisting with. If he improves his shooting and the game slows down for him then he could easily be valuable player for any team with his defence, ability to play make and size for his position. There are a lot worse players out there who aren't worth developing.
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There's nothing that makes the alarm bells go off in my head more than the phrase "if he just improves his shooting".

It's the toughest thing to improve in the NBA and very rarely happens in a way that really makes a difference. It's better to just try to get guys who already can shoot.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
There's nothing that makes the alarm bells go off in my head more than the phrase "if he just improves his shooting".

It's the toughest thing to improve in the NBA and very rarely happens in a way that really makes a difference. It's better to just try to get guys who already can shoot.
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If you think shooting is the toughest thing to improve you have no idea what you are talking about
 
Shooting would help… it’s not the only problem… he’s been better… I think at least… haven’t looked at the numbers.
 
THT is a solid young player. He certainly has his flaws but I think his strengths outweigh them and he still has a ton more upside.
 
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