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Former Ohio State basketball big man Trevor Thompson signs with the Golden State Warriors
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Another Buckeye will be getting checks to play professional basketball
Trevor Thompson raised a fair amount of eyebrows amongst Buckeye fans when he decided to leave college early for the NBA Draft. After all, nobody projected him to be drafted...and then he wasn’t drafted.
But Trevor Thompson is going to get paid to play basketball by an NBA team, so it looks like that bet on himself paid off.
The Golden State Warriors announced today that they signed Thompson, although, as Bay Area News Group’s Dieter Kurtenbach points out, he’s almost certainly headed to the G-League.
#Warriors sign Ohio State product Trevor Thompson for what will certainly be a role with G-League affiliate Santa Cruz. pic.twitter.com/9t5YwPdWo6
— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dkurtenbach) October 13, 2017
Thompson was productive at Ohio State, nearly averaging a double-double, while establishing himself as one of the better big men in the conference. He was also one of the few Ohio State players who demonstrably improved each year while with the Buckeyes.
Thompson, already 23, is old for an NBA prospect, having already redshirted thanks to having to sit out from a transfer from Virginia Tech. Whether he sticks around long-term in the NBA or not, he’s going to get a legitimate shot at the G-League, under the banner of the probable best team in the NBA. That’s not bad.
Congrats to Trevor. Here’s hoping he gets lots of buckets.
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Matt Brown via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Another Buckeye will be getting checks to play professional basketball
Trevor Thompson raised a fair amount of eyebrows amongst Buckeye fans when he decided to leave college early for the NBA Draft. After all, nobody projected him to be drafted...and then he wasn’t drafted.
But Trevor Thompson is going to get paid to play basketball by an NBA team, so it looks like that bet on himself paid off.
The Golden State Warriors announced today that they signed Thompson, although, as Bay Area News Group’s Dieter Kurtenbach points out, he’s almost certainly headed to the G-League.
#Warriors sign Ohio State product Trevor Thompson for what will certainly be a role with G-League affiliate Santa Cruz. pic.twitter.com/9t5YwPdWo6
— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dkurtenbach) October 13, 2017
Thompson was productive at Ohio State, nearly averaging a double-double, while establishing himself as one of the better big men in the conference. He was also one of the few Ohio State players who demonstrably improved each year while with the Buckeyes.
Thompson, already 23, is old for an NBA prospect, having already redshirted thanks to having to sit out from a transfer from Virginia Tech. Whether he sticks around long-term in the NBA or not, he’s going to get a legitimate shot at the G-League, under the banner of the probable best team in the NBA. That’s not bad.
Congrats to Trevor. Here’s hoping he gets lots of buckets.
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