in the article they described thorton as a sg, i thought he was a pg who shoots a lot... guess not
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Evaluations from this weekend
in the article they described thorton as a sg, i thought he was a pg who shoots a lot... guess not
I've heard that he's a lot like Nolan Smith... more of a combo PG/SG. He's nowhere near as athletic as Nolan, but I have heard he's probably going to be just as good of a defender. It seems like every report describes Thornton's offense as "non-descript." At this point, he's definitely not the "missing piece" PG that people have been pining for. He still has a year and a half to develop his game though.
Future teammates will include Elliot Williams, Seth Curry, Ryan Kelly, Mason Plumlee, Andre Dawkins, and Josh Hairston, and may include Harrison Barnes.
Seems like there will be scorers and shooters. A pass-first, strong defender PG should work well with the other talent. I hope Thornton can be that type of player; Duke is also pursuing Kyrie Irving and Brandon Knight, who are talented PG prospects who can also score well.
...and Olek Czyz, Miles Plumlee, Nolan Smith and possibly Singler for a year.
Out of all of those guys, Seth Curry or Nolan Smith are the best point guards, and they're not true pass-first PGs... although I think Curry could rack up a lot of assists if he wanted to. Coach K has said multiple times that we need a point guard... we have no true PGs on the roster or coming in 2010. Thornton will definitely have a role on the team, but we really need a Wall/Bledsoe/Irving/Knight... a quick penetrating PG with great court vision.
As a matter of fact, after reading that I'm getting pretty excited about our front line in the next couple of years.
We'll be solid and deep next year with Zoubek, Thomas, Miles, Ryan, Mason, and Olek.
Then the next year you have Miles, Mason, Ryan, Hairston, and quite possibly a brute in Olek.
The future is looking bright.
Worse.
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