Matt Terwilliger is probably sick and tired of hearing questions about his junior year with Ohio State. Terwilliger was backup to a guy who became the NBA number one overall Draftpick in 2007: Greg Oden. And if you just imagine the figure of both players one can easily imagine that practice with Oden must have been a torture for slim shooter Terwilliger.
The 23-year old American had a nice start into his rookie season as he was the topscorer in Paderborns first game of the season. But with the signing of Chris Ensminger and the return of Peavy his minutes dropped and it seemed like Terwilliger was almost out of the rotation. But surprisingly the American stepped up in the play-off series against Alba Berlin and had a BBL career-high in both categories scoring (13) and rebounding (7) in the post season.
Terwilliger still is quite one-dimensional, but his nice shooting touch could help the other big man on the team to get some open spaces on the floor (
video).I expect Terwilliger to be the first backup for both positions , power forward and center.