David Thomas - Transfer Commit - 2 years of Eligibility

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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Likable, positive guy. Reading up on some of the preseason articles and team evaluations for college hoops, more and more it seems teams are focused on having a four guard rotation. Having 4 guys that can play and contribute and little drop off from the starters. At this point, I am kind of thinking Lopez will need to man the wing spot - just seems like Moon is slow playing McGlothin. He should have been pushing the envelope from day 1 to try to speed up his development - but I digress. I do think Thomas can be a real solid piece in the guard rotation. If we hit on Argabright too - I think we have the possibility to have 4 pretty solid guards.
 
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