I actually believed that Morey will "believe" that at least one team will give him a chance to pay for that tiny bit of money that the Rockets could save. Looks like he failed again.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marcus Thornton has three to four teams looking at him including Miami and Cleveland. In wait and see mode right now.</p>— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) <a href="https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/704738202586841089">March 1, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
By signing him to a one-year veteran's minimum deal, the Rockets were only responsible for paying Thornton an amount equivalent to the two-year vet minimum, with the league picking up the rest of the tab to account for his additional years of service. Also, Thornton only counts against the cap and tax for that two-year vet minimum amount.
Smart for him to look around for the best situation for him...too bad we let a guy go that was helping this year. DD
Thornton had some great shooting nights. That's why a lot of people, including myself, thought he was a great shooter. But when I checked his numbers, he's really not that great. He's our 5th best 3pt shooter (not counting DMo), posting a very mediocre .338 average. Hard to believe, he is only slightly better than Lawson's .330. Beverley, Ariza, Terry, and Harden are shooting much better than Thornton. There's a reason why nobody picks him up even for free.
Two steps back, one forward with him. Porous on D and a streaky shooter than needs volume shots? Yeah... I liked his attitude, but on this sinking ship the last thing we needed was a third refrigerator.
Yeah, he's pretty good at looking around for teams to play for. The next one will be his 7th in 7 seasons.
So? He was very helpful off the bench this year, much moreso than Brewer.... Maybe we should have waived him? DD
Why do people act like Thornton was the worst? He was far from it. Josh, Ty, Brew, TJ & KJ have all had less of an impact. Sure he was streaky and broke some plays, but who cares, he produced. This season is beyond repair and we weren't keeping him so doesn't really matter.
There is a reason he is an NBA journeyman. He's Mr. 10 points on 10 shots. The only reason he looks good in box scores is because he is chucking a ton of shots per game. On 19 minutes per game he is chucking up 9.4 attempts per game. That is 3rd on the team. He plays half the minutes of Trevor Ariza, jacks up more shots, scores less points on a worse percentage than Trevor does, apparently breaks plays, and contributes absolutely nothing else other than shooting. You are right in one regard though, he is contributing a lot more than our other role players have outside of Trevor and that is SAD. On a good team Marcus would be getting spot minutes hitting threes and not handling the ball. Sadly on our team he put up 10 shots a game.
If he played more defense than Steph Curry does on any given night I'd be fine with those numbers. He's as much of a liability on defense as Harden is, makes fewer shots, and needs the ball just as much. Not really what we need right now...
Golden State Warriors will release Ian Clark to sign Marcus Thornton. Wow, he will beast in that system. Spoiler Lol JK
This is true. Thornton can be deadly in the right system if you hide him on defense. If you let him chuck away, he's going to come up dead even on offense with his hot and cold games neutralizing each other, and a complete negative on defense. His BPM numbers basically paint the same story.
So is Brewer! He could have been our "Microwave"....when he is going you ride him, when not you put him on the bench. DD
