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My apologies to billy and thornton
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:37 am
by BK nets BK
When we traded for Thornton I thought it was a stupid trade that made no sense. I bashed billy king and thornton (comparing him to Jason terry) and everything. Well I will be the first to say that I was totally wrong and he has made me eat my words and I am glad so. This guy is a big boost to our offense and has contributed a lot to our turn around.
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Re: My apologies to billy and thornton
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:14 pm
by Zachbretton
Yeah I agree, at first I wasn't 100% if Thornton was the right move to trade for... but holy ****, at worst he's shooting like Terry & Reggie combined and at best is scorching fire on the court.
He obviously needs an uptick in his defensive abilities... but boy, is he a huge help off the bench for this team
Re: My apologies to billy and thornton
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:47 pm
by Prokorov
he is EXACTLY what terry was supposed to be. and on top of that he has really done a surprisingly good job on the offensive glass
Re: My apologies to billy and thornton
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:42 pm
by bobbyc
I knew it was a good trade, but it has turned out great.
Re: My apologies to billy and thornton
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 7:58 pm
by NyCeEvO
bobbyc wrote:I knew it was a good trade, but it has turned out great.
Yeah, same here. I couldn't believe people were actually complaining about it.
Not only was/is Thornton a better player than Terry, at minimum Thornton's contract could serve as a very movable expiring contract next year if we need to pull off a big trade.
Re: My apologies to billy and thornton
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:01 pm
by Prokorov
NyCeEvO wrote:bobbyc wrote:I knew it was a good trade, but it has turned out great.
Yeah, same here. I couldn't believe people were actually complaining about it.
Not only was/Thornton the player better than Terry, at minimum Thornton's contract could serve as a very movable expiring contract next year if we need to pull off a big trade.
yup...and even if youre a reggie evans fan, he wasnt in the rotation anyhow
Re: My apologies to billy and thornton
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:26 pm
by DarkXaero
I don't see how anyone could have complained about this move at the time it was made. Jason Terry was a liability and useless, Reggie wasn't even in the rotation (for the right reasons). So we basically took a chance on a chucker who had the potential to thrive in a new/better situation, while giving away negative assets. Worst case scenario: Thornton sucks and he doesn't get much playing time anyway. But instead, he has been a big player for us off the bench, with his red hot scoring stretches time to time.
And like NyCeEvo said, he becomes a nice expiring next season if we want to do a big trade. I rarely give Billy King credit but he deserves it here, it was a nice trade to pull off.