http://espn.go.com/college-sports/re...pg-next-season
Verbal commit. Pending SAT scores/reclassification.
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Great decision Derryck Welcome to the land of champions! Excited for next year! 😄😄
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Boom
Add Ingram and it's the #1 recuiting class by far.
Also, we're returning a solid core of players (especially on defense) so my expectations just went through the roof.
That escalated quickly! Welcome aboard.
Such great news - hopefully two birds with one stone
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Strong work by @JonScheyer landing the commitment from Derryck Thornton.
Welcome, Derryck. Your game is sure to be appreciated, your persona/character is sure to be celebrated and your name is sure to be misspelled by the many academicians here on DBR!
Well that is a pleasant way to head into the Ingram in-home tonight!
The roster for next year just got a lot brighter!
A backcourt/wing rotation of Thornton, Allen, Kennard, and Jones with a frontcourt of Jefferson, Jeter, Obi, Plumlee and Vrankovic doesn't sound too bad. Nor does the possibility of adding another elite wing to the mix (fingers crossed!).
We'll look very different next year, but the coaches appear to be putting together quite the team even with the losses of four incredibly important players.
This is a great get. I was in the camp who was a little suspect about the PG abilities of Kennard and Grayson.
Now, we have a true PG. I didn't know about him, so I used my wonderful Insider account to learn a little more. In conclusion, he is the opposite of Tyus Jones:
Strengths: really good scorer at the rim and in mid-range, can finish above the rim, really good athleticism and length for defense
Weaknesses: needs work beyond the arc, sometimes forgets to include teammates when on his scoring tears
Bottomline: tremendous upside
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According to 247, Scheyer was the main recruiter on Thornton.
http://247sports.com/Player/Derryck-Thornton-21542
Great news ... I think Duke HAD to get Thornton, Murray or Ennis to be a top 10-type team next year. I think Kennard/Matt Jones will be fine as part-time backup PGs, but I would have hated for that to be our only PG option.
Add Ingram Monday and the Devils are a legit national title contender -- again! -- going into next season. I'll take our roster (with Thornton and Ingram) over UNC's beteran -- but limited -- group or Virginia's haul. I like it a LOT better than what Kentucky has at the moment (although they will add something ... will it be enough?).
I'm sure Thornton's decision eliminates Murray as an option (he was an extreme longshot anyway).
I'd still like to add Ennis, just to add depth and a more mature option at the point, but this probably makes it less likely for a guy who wants to showcase his PG skills in his one final college season.
That's okay -- adding Ennis is now icing on the cake. Getting Thornton was the big thing.
Unbelievable. We already got the spelling wrong in the thread title.
The spelling police are already on high alert for this ThorNton. And Tyler was a whole heap easier to remember/spell than Derryck.
All that aside, this is fabulous news. One to go.
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
Yeah, not a good start. And Thornton is an easy one. 1) We had a Thornton for 4 of the 5 past years, 2) Thorton is not a popular name; Thornton is!
Derryck is a little more obscure in terms of spelling, so we should tread lightly on this spelling for the next few months.
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