Kings vs. Lakers Preseason Game 5

Disagree. 1 bad half of MT makes him more deserving of a bench role over an entire bad pre-season from Tyreke? If Smart thinks our team is better with Thornton anchoring our bench, I'll trust that. But he is more deserving of a starting spot.
It's not 1 half. It's the overall regular impact. Why would it be one half?
 
The problem with our current starting 5 is the only good shooter on the floor is IT. Reke-JJ-Trob-Cousins is a paint-oriented offense and teams will just force that lineup to take jumpers all game long and keep us out of the paint

And the main problem with that is he isn't used as such, he's the one handling the rock.