What Happened to Talen Horton-Tucker?

Talen Horton-Tucker went from being touted as a future star for the Los Angeles Lakers to most recently signing a 1-year deal with the Chicago Bulls. The former second-round pick from the 2019 NBA Draft has had a bizarre career trajectory that’s been marked by his inclusion in nearly every single Los Angeles Lakers trade rumor since 2019.

Ultimately, the Lakers ended up trading Talen Horton-Tucker to the Utah Jazz, where he spent two years before moving on to the Chicago Bulls this offseason.

But how good was Talen Horton-Tucker, and was it ever good enough for him to be put in some of the young player conversations that he was included? Was he ever actually one of the NBA’s best young players, or was it just the Lakers using smoke and mirrors?

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  3. Once he got the hype he started ball hogging and won't facilitate, he always drives inside even if it's difficult to score he cannot see his teammates outside who are ready to shoot

  5. We knew, here in Celtics land, that THT was being overhyped by the Lakers. He was a credible player who was sold high, as in 'high value.' I don't blame the Lakeshow for trying. It's part of the business.

  12. THT has been underutilized 100%, he has the ability to be in the same category as DRAYMOND
    GREEN, HARRISON
    BARNES, DESMOND
    BANE, JALEN
    WILLIAMS, GRANT
    WILLIAMS or a mid prime BEN
    SIMMONS…

  15. It's really sad lakers gave up caruso for tucker thinking he was much younger and had more potential than caruso. One of many mistakes of rob pelinka after lakers won the chip.

  16. Overhyped. You'd see glimpses of good but a shit ton of mediocrity and a handful of meh performances… Definately not a star could maybe become a decent role player.

  22. I’m a big laker fan and was on the tht hype train before it took off, that being said I’ve yet to see him make a left hand layup to this day. Bro would rather pump pump reverse step through and get blocked using his right when he had a wide open left hand lay

  25. I remember back then, those social media haters were saying they should had traded Bron away instead of THT and develop THT because he's younger.

    Haterade or Lakers fan really something else.

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