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Thonton is a 6’4" scoring guard from LSU. He is a penetrator and has a solid jumper (47% FGs), and is a Senior… so he is seasoned. Based off my meth-adiction-like compulsion to be reading so many NBA Draft sites, Marcus Thornton is a players who is valued between somewhere in the First Round 20’s to a mid-Second-Rounder.

Here is what ESPN has to say about him: Draft Projection: Late first to early second

Positives:
A big-time scorer from inside and out
Gets to the line with great aggressiveness
Improving perimeter shooter
Good defender

Negatives:
Undersized at his position (is 6’4" really undersized for a guy who is likely a role player?, NO.)
A little one-dimensional (bench scorer)
Needs to improve his ball handling

Summary: Mar 23 Update: Thornton continues to make a name for himself with his dominant offensive performances in the tournament. He averaged 27.5 ppg in LSU’s two games versus Butler and North Carolina, shooting 8-for-15 from 3 and keeping his turnovers to a minimum. He’s undersized to play the 2 in the pros, but when you look at the terrific season he had, it’s hard not to see him as a legitimate NBA prospect. Right now he’s probably still a second-rounder, but workouts could change the equation. NBA executives aren’t as familiar with Thornton as they are with other prospects, so watching more tape and seeing him up close in a workout could swing things in his direction.
Mar 18 Update: Thornton has had a stellar season this year. Under new head coach Trent Johnson, Thornton has gotten more efficient as a player on both ends of the floor. He’s done wonders for LSU this season.

I watched him play against NC and he was one of the better players on the floor. I cam away impressed.

To bad it’s not the other Harris…

Paul Harris may have helped himself the most I thought here. He plays so hard. He got in everyone’s face. No one wanted to go against him. On offense and defense. On top of that, his measurements were ridiculous. He came up a bit shorter than expected—only 6-3 in shoes, but his wingspan is outrageous—6-11 ½. He’s also absolutely jacked at 237 pounds, all 100% muscle. On top of that, he measured a no step vertical of 36 inches, which is off the charts. He’s like Ron Artest. "Chase Budinger was awful in my opinion. He just doesn’t play. All he wants to do is shoot jumpers. That’s not basketball. He didn’t want to be there. Didn’t want to compete. He couldn’t put it on the floor. You should have seen his face when he was switched onto Paul Harris. He definitely didn’t want anything to do with him.

According to DX sleeper Milan Macvan has withdrawn. As has Luke Harangody and Greivis Vasquez.

Rubio, Mills, Gibson are in.

"While Gladyr is still very young, he’s already a big time athlete and shooter/scorer, and from what we saw at the Eurocamp in Treviso, he could end up being a great value pick in the second round for some team."

Awesome. Sometimes you have to wonder what these players think. Is there an NBA entry strategy that benefits from being undrafted young instead of developing a few years? Maybe in two or three years he would be a regular player for Joventut. His agent is the secondary agent of Rudy by the way, but there is virtually no way he gets drafted.