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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 5:39 pm    Post subject:

He has a knack for drawing fouls with his aggressive drives. Just needs to knock down those free throws.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 7:58 am    Post subject:

manlisten wrote:
He has a knack for drawing fouls with his aggressive drives. Just needs to knock down those free throws.


He’s getting calls he wasn’t before. I’m actually surprised when the reds call them beCause last year he wasn't getting them.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:40 am    Post subject:

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Talen Horton-Tucker is going to undergo surgery to repair the ligament in his right thumb, sources told ESPN.


Prognosis: 3-4 months if it’s UCL surgical repair of his right thumb (of his dominant hand).

Edit: recovery/return could be cut in half with this procedure:

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I'm reading a recovery time of months. Bummer


Hope it’s this procedure..
https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/new-thumb-ligament-surgery.html

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 7:08 pm    Post subject:

THT voted one of the 5 most intriguing players for 2021 by ESPN:

Quote:"Horton-Tucker's ballhandling would seem less useful with Russell Westbrook joining James -- and presumably running things when James rests -- but it's part of the intrigue. The deeper you advance, the more ballhandling you need. Horton-Tucker's jagged, stop-and-start rhythm is tough for defenders to grasp. A ridiculous 53% of his shots came at the rim -- a 99th percentile share, per Cleaning the Glass."


https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/32420384/lowe-five-most-intriguing-players-nba-season
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:40 pm    Post subject:

Was looking forward to him growing into his role and going throwing his growing pains.

Get back soon young fella!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:18 am    Post subject:

LakerDYnasty72 wrote:
THT voted one of the 5 most intriguing players for 2021 by ESPN:

Quote:"Horton-Tucker's ballhandling would seem less useful with Russell Westbrook joining James -- and presumably running things when James rests -- but it's part of the intrigue. The deeper you advance, the more ballhandling you need. Horton-Tucker's jagged, stop-and-start rhythm is tough for defenders to grasp. A ridiculous 53% of his shots came at the rim -- a 99th percentile share, per Cleaning the Glass."


https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/32420384/lowe-five-most-intriguing-players-nba-season

not to be overlooked, but HBK has elite ball handling ability too
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:42 am    Post subject:

THT has a new deal with Gatorade! As always, pays to be a Laker.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:47 pm    Post subject:

Like him or not. His development is pretty damn important to our success this year.

We don’t really have any other wings
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:36 am    Post subject:

Lakesh0wtime wrote:
Like him or not. His development is pretty damn important to our success this year.

We don’t really have any other wings


I don’t think this year, more like a couple of years from now.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:30 pm    Post subject:

Bright side...this looks like a great opportunity for Talen to work on his off hand
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:10 pm    Post subject:

THT gotta grow up quick, we need him to be able to fill in KCP’s role
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:12 pm    Post subject:

How is it possible all our young guys are the ones injured? Get back soon Talen we need ya bad
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:45 am    Post subject:

THT already on court !



All left hand work with Coach Phil Handy
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:15 am    Post subject:

lakerican wrote:
THT already on court !



All left hand work with Coach Phil Handy


My god. If he actually develops a strong left hand
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:17 am    Post subject:

Caruso is better
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:24 am    Post subject:

he absolutely obliterated Kawai to the point KL was questioning his own meaning of life.

His defense will be nice.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:05 pm    Post subject:

AD23 wrote:
Caruso is better


... and older and a bull
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:28 pm    Post subject:

LakesGnrLake wrote:
lakerican wrote:
THT already on court !



All left hand work with Coach Phil Handy


My god. If he actually develops a strong left hand


i remember seeing him do a layup using his left hand against another team this year.
i thought i was seeing things, but there was a replay that confirmed it.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:20 pm    Post subject:

https://twitter.com/swishcultures_/status/1454893860526559247?t=oXfIcQln77nhLHHPtUtikQ&s=19

Some video of Tucker working with Handy. It reminded me that one of THT's limitations was that he was so right hand dominant. Teams that scouted him could sit on that hand and limit him.

Now he's going to put in a month+ working with his left. Could lead to improvements in his game.

Edit - post above has some nice stuff too
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:34 pm    Post subject:

Laker's Fan wrote:
https://twitter.com/swishcultures_/status/1454893860526559247?t=oXfIcQln77nhLHHPtUtikQ&s=19

Some video of Tucker working with Handy. It reminded me that one of THT's limitations was that he was so right hand dominant. Teams that scouted him could sit on that hand and limit him.

Now he's going to put in a month+ working with his left. Could lead to improvements in his game.

Edit - post above has some nice stuff too



I still cannot forget when Kobe hurt his right shoulder and his hand was a bit messed up already iirc.. He asked Tim Duncan for some tips on shooting left handed and started practicing away..

THT is more of a load than some of us remember.. Too bad we didn't keep Wes.. felt like he was a Soul Brotha to THT
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:43 pm    Post subject:

THT getting some shots up pregame. He will be back in no time!

https://twitter.com/AllenSliwa/status/1455696289635581953
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:59 pm    Post subject:

32 wrote:
THT getting some shots up pregame. He will be back in no time!

https://twitter.com/AllenSliwa/status/1455696289635581953


Can’t wait. Awesome news. I guess recovery is quicker when you are only 20.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 5:13 am    Post subject:

THT has his work cut out for him. Making big money, and there's guys like Baze, Bradley and Reaves making vet min/way less, and doing very well. We need a defender, shooter and someone that will give us a boost around AD/Bron/Melo/Westbrook.

Wonder where THT fits with this group. What we need is a high quality defender who is able to make outside shots with a secondary ability to shot fake and drive to the basket. THT has the talent, but there's little time left to play around and wait. We need consistency now, or there's just other better reliable role players that will come in and give us that.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 5:28 am    Post subject:

In the LeBron era we’ve cashed in all of our other young talent to get more title ready vets. We added Russ as a ball handling power guard this year which cuts into the value proposition of Tucker. The only reason the assumption hasn’t been THT will be dealt is because of Klutch, but he wasn’t given a trade kicker and has our most tradable salary.

If THT doesn’t produce, he could be dealt.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 6:06 am    Post subject:

Laker's Fan wrote:
In the LeBron era we’ve cashed in all of our other young talent to get more title ready vets. We added Russ as a ball handling power guard this year which cuts into the value proposition of Tucker. The only reason the assumption hasn’t been THT will be dealt is because of Klutch, but he wasn’t given a trade kicker and has our most tradable salary.

If THT doesn’t produce, he could be dealt.

THT has the clay - but is he ready now. Like can he be a playoff performer of Caruso value? That is what we gave up to keep him. I can't see us give up on him before first giving him a chance. He's going to have to be a defender of high quality and someone that makes shots around the big 3.

If his 3 ball is still MIA he can't get minutes next to the big 3. So really a big big year for him as a ball player.
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