Marcus Thornton named #5 SG in NBA

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re: Marcus Thornton named #5 SG in NBA

Posted by DanPatrick on 4/25 at 1:30 pm to Tellem

why did scott trade him?

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Posted by Jester

on 4/25 at 2:17 pm to DanPatrick

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why did scott trade him?

Scott had nothing to do with it. Demps/Williams traded him for multiple reason. A lot of speculation went around that he and Chris Paul were far from friends. You could even see by the way Chrissy Poo lashed out at him on the court at every chance. That said, it has been speculated that the front office was doing everything to please Chris Paul, and that included jettisoning Thornton for Carl Landry, who helped us make the playoffs when David West got hurt.

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Posted by Jester

on 4/25 at 2:18 pm to Jester

The public answer was that he did not work hard on defense, which is Monty's bread and butter.

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Posted by RileyTime

on 4/25 at 2:32 pm to Zipfer2022

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Kings are 2-10 this year when Marcus does not play. 19-33 when he does.

Boom

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Posted by TigerJeff

on 4/25 at 2:57 pm to Tellem

huge mistake to get rid of him by Hornets

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Posted by tsmi136

on 4/26 at 12:02 am to TigerJeff

SGs absent from list: Manu Ginobili, Ray Allen, (World Champion) Jason Terry, Eric Gordon When He's Healthy, Joe Johnson, while Kevin Martin and OJ Mayo are probably equal to MT5

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Posted by Souljah

on 4/26 at 12:09 am to Tellem

:hornets:

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Posted by lsufball19

on 4/26 at 12:11 am to tsmi136

as a Grizzlies fan, no Oj Mayo is not equal to Marcus Thornton. OJ is unbelievable when he's on, but he's wildly inconsistent; however, he's been much better the last half of the season. Marcus has a .438 FG%. OJ has a .406 FG%. They have about the same 3 pt %. Marcus is also much better at the free throw line. They're both so-so on defense, which is why Tony Allen starts over OJ even with his lackluster offense.

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Posted by Cerebral Moose

on 4/26 at 8:11 am to lsufball19

Lol this list is a joke.

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Posted by Cerebral Moose

on 4/26 at 8:14 am to Cerebral Moose

What is the context here?

What are they being listed for?

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Posted by Gravitiger

on 4/26 at 9:10 am to lsufball19

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as a Grizzlies fan, no Oj Mayo is not equal to Marcus Thornton. OJ is unbelievable when he's on, but he's wildly inconsistent; however, he's been much better the last half of the season. Marcus has a .438 FG%. OJ has a .406 FG%. They have about the same 3 pt %. Marcus is also much better at the free throw line. They're both so-so on defense, which is why Tony Allen starts over OJ even with his lackluster offense.

Go Griz! OJ is not, but Tony Allen is a better all-around SG than Thorton IMO. Best perimeter defender in the NBA. But OJ may be a more valuable player overall, in that he also plays 10+ minutes at PG every night, which Thorton doesn't (and probably can't) do.

This post was edited on 4/26 at 9:11 am

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Posted by lsufball19

on 4/26 at 11:45 am to Gravitiger

yeah that is true about OJ playing PG, but that's more out of necessity than anything because selby and pargo are awful. I love OJ but he can be so frustrating at times

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Posted by JabarkusRussell on 4/26 at 1:49 pm to TheDoc

Hornets may have top 10 defense but they also rank 29/30 in offense. I'd rather be in the middle on both which they had with Thornton.

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Posted by tigerclaw10

on 4/26 at 2:07 pm to JabarkusRussell

Kobe behind Wade makes this just wrong.

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Posted by Cerebral Moose

on 4/26 at 4:43 pm to tigerclaw10

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Kobe behind Wade makes this just wrong.

Wade has been better than Kobe this season.

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