al thornton

[E.H. Munro]

On Jun 20, 2007, at 7:40 AM, steve knight wrote:
> anyone very familiar with al thornton's game?  i keep
> hearing we might move down to get him and i just read
> the other day that he's "almost robotic" on defense.
> not what we need. i had him pegged as a mitch richmond
> type. anyone know his game?

Al Thornton is going to be a great NBA player. He's an undersized  
college 4, but more than athletic enough to play the 3 in the NBA.  
He's a lot like Josh Howard or Jared Dudley, albeit hyperathletic (do  
a search for him on YouTube for some jawdropping dunks). Like Howard  
(and Dudley for that matter) he works his ass off, when I first saw  
him a couple of years ago he looked nothing like an NBA player (or  
looked like one in a Ty Thomas sort of way, all hops). By last year  
he'd developed a great off the dribble game. He drains the pull up  
jumper going right or left. His handle has developed into an asset.  
Frankly, after Oden, Durant, Horford and Brandan Wright he'd be my #5.

E.H. Munro

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