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[QUOTE="Oráiste, post: 2096837, member: 5974"]
Triton only lists him as a guard, I assume from his scoring that he's a 2 or at best a combo.  His assist numbers are pretty low for a point - 2.7 per game - but then again, he's only playing 16 minutes per.  I found a high school recruiting page for Dante Thorpe from DC that lists him as a combo, but I'm not sure its the same kid - has him class of 2012 and 6-1.  It's possible that he grew 3 inches, and that would make him a 24 year old junior if he came to SU next year.

Numbers can only tell you so much.  When I look at his offers, I see they are all from mid-majors - and not high mid-majors, either.  So that tells me what the high D1 talent evaluators think, and they are passing.

On the other hand, Gillon came out of a low mid-major, so who knows?  I do like that he would add not only shooting skills, but maturity.  Not just in age, but a guy who fights against odds and makes such a long journey to play in a venue like the Carrier Dome would bring an appreciation to the locker room, much as Gillon has.  Plus, he is coming from a winning program with tournament experience.  Junior college titles seem like small potatoes to us, but those tourney games are intense and high pressure to the kids playing in them.
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