Thursday, 2:49 PM: Brooklyn has officially waived Thornton, according to a team press release.
Wednesday, 8:04 PM: The Nets will waive Marcus Thornton, a source tells Adrian Wojnarowski of the Vertical reports (Twitter link). Thornton came to Brooklyn in the Bojan Bogdanovic deal earlier today.
Thornton is on a one-year, $1.3MM deal, which is fully guaranteed. He was seeing regular minutes for the Wizards before rookie Sheldon McClellan took his role off the bench and the 29-year-old shooting guard didn’t play in Washington’s last 21 games.
In the 33 appearances this season, Thornton averaged 6.6 points and 1.2 assists per game while shooting 35% from the field. He’s also sported a 10.5 player efficiency rating.
These are the things that don’t make sense to me
What?
Clear a roster spot. It’s not like the Nets get anything this year for being maybe better than before the trade (at most, they have a slightly worse chance at winning the lottery). With his roster spot, they can now fill another hole or give it to some developmental player and let him play in the NBA/D League.
Cavs will get him for sure
Cavs don’t need or want him.
I’m a fegal
He’s a good player useless wave
Come to the rockets
He was already there and they didn’t want him then
Go to NOLA Thornton
They already signed Hollis Thompson to their last open roster spot
I know that, that doesn’t mean they won’t trade one of their bigs
For who? Definitely not Thornton as he’s currently unsigned
This guy has fallen harder than a asteroid. The “Bayou Bomber” was a sniper off the bench, just a few year’s ago in NOLA, and had a couple of good seasons. Might be the end for him now, at just 29.