The Lakers moved on from the guard because his playing style didn’t fit their needs. But the rebuilding Jazz should be able to cater to his strengths and have time to develop him.
Los Angeles Lakers Talen Horton-Tucker passes the ball as Washington Wizards' Corey Kispert defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Washington. In the summer of 2021, the Los Angeles Lakers went inIn wanting to limit their luxury tax payments, they made the choice to decide between giving a raise to Horton-Tucker or Alex Caruso, who had quietly worked his way into one of the more underrated perimeter defenders in the league.
Despite being 6-foot-4 with a 7-1 wingspan, he has been a mediocre perimeter on-ball defender in his first three seasons, and a poor help defender, too. As for the shooting component … well, it’s certainly not a great sign that his efficiency both from the field as a whole and beyond the arc specifically has declined in each of his three seasons.
And so, paying more than $10 million a season to a guy who’d tumbled so far down the rotation that he was a likely third-stringer — even for a Lakers team hardly renowned for its wing player prowess — made retaining him untenable. Beverley will far more seamlessly fill some of the Lakers’ needs.As much as Horton-Tucker did not align with the Lakers’ needs and timeline, the Jazz’s present situation makes him a player worth gambling upon.
That aforementioned unique frame, featuring size and length, helps him create mismatches. Further, his quality ball-handing in combination with an idiosyncratic, herky-jerky style of attack often throws defenders off-kilter and helps him generate additional advantages.
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