Value of Thabeet and Flynn?

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  1. C_note

    C_note Active Member

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    Does anyone know much about them? I know they were both high lotto picks
    who never amounted to much. Thabeet I can see as bust-material, but is Flynn really that bad?

    Either way, good trade and greatest day of the year!
     
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    Thabeet is terrible, but Flynn might be worth a look.
     
    Nikolokolus, Mar 15, 2012
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    I don't think the whole story has been written on Flynn. Thabeet? I'm not so sure. He's pretty garbage.
     
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    Well if Thabeet is that bad why did we not just cut him instead. I know we are not going to pick up his 6 million next year.
     
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    One, we need someone to take fouls at center

    Two, Gotta pay him no mater what, might as well get something for it
     
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    Thabeet can give you 6 fouls a night. Until he blows out his knee.

    Flynn had an OK rookie season. He's short. I think he's worth a look.
     
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    Man, he was a number 2 pick right? How can he be THAT BAD?

    Flynn I have hopes for. Usually it's almost impossible to miss that badly when lottoing a PG. Most are at least serviceable like Felton or Devin Harris.
     
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    Technically we still had Johnson, Priz, and Thomas to take 6 fouls a game. I agree that giving Thabeet an audition is worth it, but if he sucks as bad as everyone is saying, why not keep Johnson instead. Either way we are paying the same.
     
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    Fliers on two young lottery picks with expiring contracts. Brilliant deal
     
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    I like Flynn and I'd like to give him a shot. Thabeet..... not so much.
     
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    Their value is low enough to not be worth a thread discussing them.
     
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    Honest question: Thabeet or Seung-Jin?
     
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    In a beauty contest?
     
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    Flynn is not as good as Patty Mills, and Thabeet is not as good as Chris Johnson.
     
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    We got Tha-beet.
    Every-body get on your feet, We got Tha-beet.
    We got Tha-beet. We got Tha-beet.

    OK, I've been waiting for years to get that joke out of my system.

    Now, I'm just waiting for his contract to end! Actually, I'm willing
    to give him a longer look, as I haven't seen him play in a while.
     
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  19. Nikolokolus

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    Oh but he is ... Thabeet should have probably been drafted in the second round.
     
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