Derryck Thornton - PG - USC Grad Transfer

https://mobile.twitter.com/NYPost_Brazille/status/1126958395846811656

Braziller is reporting we have serious interest in former Dukie and USC grad transfer Derryck Thornton. Kid was a 5 star top 20 recruit. However,  he has bounced around a lot and only averaged 7.7 pts and 4.3 asts for the 16-17 Trojans last year.

Kid was a bit overrated coming out of HS. He's decent and experienced. Would be a good get for us considering Gonzaga and TT are in on him too.

Would be a huge addition but Gonzaga cleans up USC transfers.

Would be a huge addition but Gonzaga cleans up USC transfers.

Anybody know what the pg situation is at Gonzaga, tt, vandy and bc? Gotta think we would be an attractive destination for a pg with one year of eligibility left as we can offer almost unlimited mins.

This is the exact type of player we need for this year. An experienced pg who will look to get Heron and hopefully LJ shots, and McGriff can play 10-12 min a game but not be forced to carry the load as a freshman. They have to Land a grad transfer pg at the very least. A big wouldn't hurt either.

Anybody know what the pg situation is at Gonzaga, tt, vandy and bc? Gotta think we would be an attractive destination for a pg with one year of eligibility left as we can offer almost unlimited mins.

Gonzaga doesn't have a true PG on the roster and really only has 2 guards with experience on the roster at this point, one being a grad transfer they just picked up from A&M.

Texas Tech has that Italian kid that can play point but they ran a lot of 2 PG lineups with him and Mooney last year so Thornton will slide into the role that Mooney is vacating over there.

Vanderbilt's starting PG is returning, they don't have much behind him though.

Kid was a bit overrated coming out of HS. He's decent and experienced. Would be a good get for us considering Gonzaga and TT are in on him too.

Don't think he was overrated. He's really talented and super quick. I think he made bad choices of places to go to school.

It's like Briscoe to Kentucky or Duval to Duke. These guys are talented but these places aren't good fits for guys who need the ball in their hands.

I really don't see him landing here. His dad is big in the music biz out in LA and can imagine him trying to stay close out west. Then again people out there might be tired of his dad and he needs a complete fresh start.

Either way I'd take him out here.

Gonzaga doesn't have a true PG on the roster and really only has 2 guards with experience on the roster at this point, one being a grad transfer they just picked up from A&M.

Texas Tech has that Italian kid that can play point but they ran a lot of 2 PG lineups with him and Mooney last year so Thornton will slide into the role that Mooney is vacating over there.

Vanderbilt's starting PG is returning, they don't have much behind him though.

Great breakdown goredmen. Much appreciated. Sounds like it might be tough to beat out Gonzaga if they also have the same dire need we do.

Rothstein reporting he's visiting BC today.  Expected to also visit Gonzaga and SJU. Auburn and TT in the mix too.

Don't think he was overrated

This isn’t even debatable,
Dave. He was the #13 RSCI player four years ago. In his third year in college he played 14 mpg and started just one game. In his fourth year in college he averaged 7.7 and 4.3 for a sub .500 PAC-12 team. He has been a huge bust and wouldn’t even make the top 50 of his class was ranked today.

I’d love to have him here like you, but let’s call a spade a spade.

Rothstein reporting that Thornton will visit Gonzaga May 28th-30th and will then visit us in June.

According to Braziller Zags are pushing hard for him.

Rothstein reporting that Thornton will visit Gonzaga May 28th-30th and will then visit us in June.

According to Braziller Zags are pushing hard for him.

If Gonzaga is pushing hard, then he may commit during or shortly after his visit.  Hopefully, we get a crack at him.

I think Gonzaga just landed a grad transfer guard, hopefully it sways his decision to come to NYC. We need a vet pg with this team.

Is he visiting??

Is he visiting??

He's wrapping up his Gonzaga visit today.  All of the talking heads have said that he will be visiting SJU in June.  I have not yet seen a date set for us.  On Sunday Rothstein said that he plans to set up his SJU visit this week.

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1132688310785200128

I haven't seen anything about him committing to Gonzaga so that's a plus. I really hope we land this kid

I haven't seen anything about him committing to Gonzaga so that's a plus. I really hope we land this kid

Hopefully no news is good news for the time being

Yeah I would agree. If we can Land this kid I think we can do some real damage this year.

Braziller tweeted yesterday it he's heard Thornton is unlikely to visit.  F***!

Braziller tweeted yesterday it he's heard Thornton is unlikely to visit.  F***!

How is this a surprise to you? We are back to Norm level recruiting. Four years from now Anderson will be fired because he can’t recruit.