Comments on: The Al Thornton Question

By: Truth About It » What The Wizards Are Getting: Profiles of Howard, Singleton and Thornton in Multimedia Form

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:29:26 +0000

[...] sources on all things LA Clippers, Kevin Arnovitz of ClipperBlog and the ESPN TrueHoop Network. Kevin has a longer profile of Thornton from January 2009 that’s a must-read, but here are the most telling, or perhaps damning, quotes: Initially, I [...]

By: ClipperBlog.com Blog for the Los Angeles NBA Clippers Fans » Blog Archive » Need-Based Admissions

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:06:35 +0000

[...] purely at need, the Clippers are weakest at small forward, where Thornton’s long-term value as a starter is questionable. Even if you’re comfortable with Thornton, the Clippers desperately need some depth at the [...]

By: Fargo

Fargo — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:16:34 +0000

Gerald Wallace!!! What a player. Seriously, what would it take to make that happen? How ’bout Kaman and Thornton for Wallace and Bell. Remember, it’s Michael Jordan the executive we’re talking about here.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:58:19 +0000

I think you guys might be underestimating Al’s talent if you’re talking about moving him to the bench. Is it possible that his natural position is really the PF spot? Maybe at the 4-spot he could suddenly turn into David West, average 20/8 with a high FG%, and then no one would really care about his puny assist average. He would have to bulk up a little more, but it could work.

By: Dj

Dj — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:44:52 +0000

This was an excellent post by the way. It’s nice to know where you stand on Dunleavy, especially since it seems like every argument somehow comes back to him around here.

Al does seem like a poor man’s Maggette right now. The scary thing is that the parts of his game that are missing you can’t really “develop”. You can’t really develop court vision, like you could your jump shot for example.

There are guys who “feel” the court, and Al is not one of them.

I wish we could swing a trade for Gerald Wallace…he’d be perfect for this team.

By: Dj

Dj — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:39:51 +0000

“Teams like San Antonio and Houston have historically allocated the SF position to a defensive specialist who doesn’t need the ball, but can spot up if necessary.”

Q could not spot up for jumpers at all. He was a good defensive player, but he was such a liability on offense that teams didn’t even have to cover him.

By: Lawler's Law

Lawler's Law — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:58:09 +0000

Defensive minded SF…hhhmmm…let me think…i thought we had one of those? No? Anyone? ah! QRoss maybe!?

By: waughtang

waughtang — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:14:23 +0000

I’ve been saying that al is the puzzle piece that doesnt fit for a while now. I obviously agree here. either he needs to be moved or we need to make him a back up and get someone in that can give us what we need at sf

By: Katyusha

Katyusha — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:46:13 +0000

Al is a 4.

Duh.

By: Commentator

Commentator — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:48:32 +0000

I say that Thornton comes off the bench at the PF position and we start Mardy Collins at SF. Mardy has shown some of his passing abilities as of late against Detroit and Dallas, he can work on his shot and he plays some defense; he’d be like a poor man’s Bruce Bowen.

Also, with Thornton off the bench, our second unit looks pretty good along with Ricky Davis(if he finds his shot) and Marcus Camby when everybody gets their health back.