David Thomas - Transfer Commit - 2 years of Eligibility

[Section9_RowD]

6'1 guard who grew up in McDonough, GA 30 miles SW of Atlanta. Went to Mercer (100 miles from ATL) freshman year and then headed to Depaul. 11 points as a freshman and then around 5 at Depaul in the might Big East. Best 2 games appear to be against Villanova when he scored 16 and then next game followed up and scored 11 versus Marquette ...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/gamelog/_/id/5176149/david-thomas

 

[RichmondNative]

Have to say this is the one transfer that I don’t see getting much playing time year 1 as I expect Tyne to Johnson to get most of the minutes. Apparently Mooney and staff wanted him the first time around and didn’t get him so I keep wondering who they picked up instead. Maybe White. That being said the podcasters liked what they saw (listen to episode 3), so we will see if Thomas can take minutes away from Tyne.

 

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Again, this is a guy I hope gets PT and shines. Really think his freshman year making the huge jump from HS to D1 and shooting 40% from 3 is more indicative then getting thrown into a rost full of transfers at Depaulful and having to play sporadic minutes vs BE. White showed up day 1 in a bulky knee brace and looked gimpy as hell all year. This guy is solid and looks to have some game. I am expecting some big things.
OK , I'll admit I kept hoping for big things from GW3 and White last year, but IMO Thomas has already shown he can play based on year 1 in D1.

 

[RichmondNative]

A recurring theme on the Forum has always been “best players play”, but who those players are hasn’t seemed to come to light fast enough especially last year. Hoping that the “new” focus to accelerate the process in Summer practice pays dividends.

I haven’t seen Thomas play and perhaps he was lost in the shuffle last year at DePaul. Obviously, there’s plenty of room for improvement after last year’s major regression. I am liking the reports that the team is much deeper as competition in practice is a great thing.

 

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The point I was (poorly) trying to make in my poll was that 40% from 3 is quite an achievement for a true freshman. A guy on Twitter came out with grades for every transfer I d1. When I'm in front of my laptop will post it. Our guys all graded well on offense and overall, but as we have noted were not very well thought of on defense.