Nameless explains LA Thieves\u2019 big mistake with Huke roster change LA Thieves The LA Thieves\u2019 CDL 2021 campaign hasn\u2019t seen a lot of success so far. While they\u2019ve done their part in acquiring major talents like Cuyler \u2018Huke\u2019 Garland, their overall roster management hasn\u2019t helped LA\u2019s situation in the league. Anthony \u2018NAMELESS\u2019 Wheeler sees Huke as one of those franchise players that any team can build around. While this remains true even after the 21-year-old\u2019s stint on Empire, NAMELESS thinks LAT could have been more diligent about adding him to the team. \u201cThe management side at Thieves was pretty sloppy, during this time,\u201d NAMELESS explained. The decision to pick up Huke was great, but plugging him in too quickly wasn\u2019t ideal. There\u2019s going to be a learning curve after inserting players into an active rotation, regardless of who they are. When LA brought on Huke in early May, they were already one of the league\u2019s top teams \u2014 albeit not considered a true contender. But their results actually dipped in the aftermath of bringing on the 2020 World Champion, and it\u2019s not hard to figure out why. \u201cYour team was in its honeymoon, you\u2019re trending upwards, and you gotta see it through with the roster that you had,\u201d NAMELESS said of bringing Huke into the team so soon. LAT has had a rotating four-man squad that was built around Thomas \u2018TJHaLy\u2019 Haly, Austin \u2018SlasheR\u2019 Liddicoat, and Kenneth \u2018Kenny\u2019 Williams, along with a mix of up-and-coming talents like Zack \u2018Drazah\u2019 Jordan and Carlos \u2018Venom\u2019 Hernandez. Despite efforts to improve, their best overall finish came in CDL\u2019s Stage 1 at 3rd-4th. LA has never placed higher than 5th-6th place in a Major this year. But just before LA signed Huke, it wasn\u2019t all bad. They had just routed the New York Subliners 3-0 in the Stage 2 Major before being eliminated by the eventual champions, Toronto Ultra. Discover more: Most Heated Trash Talk Moments in Call of Duty History – There was something brewing in that formula, and not really an ideal time to completely change the scheme with a superstar talent in Huke. While the former Empire gem is considered a huge upgrade for LA Thieves, it\u2019s going to be a process before the move pays real dividends. LA Thieves look like they\u2019re going back to a tried-and-true trio of Kenny, Slasher, Drazah, while bringing in John for his CDL debut in Stage 5. While Huke remains a top-tier CDL talent, NAMELESS suggests LA will have to scrim and strategize more thoroughly before bringing him back into the fold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nameless explains LA Thieves\u2019 big mistake with Huke roster change LA Thieves The LA Thieves\u2019 CDL 2021 campaign hasn\u2019t seen a lot of success so far. While they\u2019ve done their part in acquiring major talents like Cuyler \u2018Huke\u2019 Garland, their overall roster management hasn\u2019t helped LA\u2019s situation in the league. Anthony \u2018NAMELESS\u2019 Wheeler sees Huke […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}