Well, there goes our only consistent scorer off the bench. If he was a problem, then it makes sense. If he wasn't as Cod suggested, then I'm perplexed by the move. Hopefully, we find a hungry D-Leaguer that can light it up.
lol its sad the only way for KJ to see minutes is for Rockets to start cutting their players mid-season.
Thornton was pretty much this decade's version of Eric Piatkowski for the Rockets. Both were established veterans, still in their primes (or near prime), signed to be snipers, only to end up shooting far below their career standard. Marcus shot .338 in HOU compared to his career .362 (pre '15-'16). Piatkowski really screwed us with his .352 shooting vs his career .399
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ESPN sources say Marcus Thornton has cleared waivers</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/704064235345563648">February 28, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> I'm surprised at this. It will be interesting to see if we make another move to try to avoid the luxury tax.
I don't find it surprising. He b!tched about his team after he was traded. I take it GM's are not fond of that kind of behavior, especially for someone who had done nothing but jack up shots and look upset with his role on this team. Granted, he was no worse than Brewer but at least Brewer plays hard 100% of the time even if he's not shooting.
To do him a solid such that a playoff team could sign him as extra firepower? You know, the anti-Le$ storyline...
I could see the clippers signing him after what he did to them in that last game just to spite the rockets!
Wanna bet? He will be picked up, but the money that he signs for will not come off of Houston's bottom line now. DD
