– Joshua Davidson, TigerWeekly.com
After hearing talk of Thornton’s stock rising in the weeks leading up to the draft, many draft analysts believed Thornton would go somewhere from the 20th pick to 30th pick. Falling to the 43rd overall pick and the 13th pick of the second round, Thornton was a huge steal for the Hornets, who used their first round pick, the 21st overall, to take former UCLA point guard Darren Collison.
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