Talen Horton-Tucker should get more playing time with the Los Angeles Lakers this season, according to an NBA scout.
The NBA scout believes Horton-Tucker ‘might average 20 points a game’ if he played for another team in the league.
“I was on the phone with a scout the other day, kind of at the peak of THT hysteria, and this is not somebody who works for the Los Angeles Lakers, and they said ‘if you put Talen Horton-Tucker on one of these s—ty teams, like the Thunder or Charlotte, then he might average 20 points a game.
This is somebody who does make money to watch (basketball). An NBA team pays for this person’s opinions, and that’s how highly people view him right now,” Bill Oram of The Athletic revealed on the “The Forum Club” podcast, via Ralph Mason.
Horton-Tucker had 23.3 points (53% shooting) and eight rebounds in four preseason games for the Lakers and is expected to have significant playing time this season.
