Thornton lit up Florida with 32 points, making 10 of 11 free throws and six 3s in a crucial 81-75 home win earlier in the week. He followed up that performance with 23 points in LSU's road win at Kentucky. In that game, Thornton also brought the ball up and essentially served as the decoy as he took a pick from Tasmin Mitchell, then shifted the ball back to Mitchell for a wide-open 3-pointer after Kentucky didn't switch its defense. Mitchell's 3-pointer later beat Kentucky for the Tigers' first win in 20 years at Rupp Arena. Thornton has been a big-time scorer, but he's finally producing for a winning team. Thornton's 21 points per game and his 40.3 percent mark on 3s not only make him SEC Player of the Year worthy, but also should put him under consideration for All-American status. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/notebook?page=notebook/weeklywatch0915
Right now looking to go either early 2nd round, or at best late first. Has a lot of Gilbert Arenas in him. I can see him succeeding in the league as a mini-Joe Johnson/poor man's Arenas type of player. At 6'5, he has more than enough length and athletic ability to hang around as a 2-guard. Remains to be seen what type of situation he lands in but he can definitely play pro basketball.
Yeah, he rarely gets set and also rarely misses. I'm most impressed by how agressive he is under the basket. To think he's been on the bench the last few years, what ashame...
