UGA’s Trey Thompkins, Travis Leslie reunited in NBA by L.A. Clippers (UPDATED)
Criticism of his physical conditioning contributed to Georgia's Trey Thompkins dropping to the second round in Thursday night's NBA draft. (AJC photo by Jason Getz)
Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie thought they had left Georgia to pursue their NBA dreams separately. As it turns out, they’ll be reunited in Los Angeles after the Bulldogs’ star players were both drafted in the second round by the Clippers.
Thompkins, a 6-9, 240-pound power forward from Lithonia, was the first to go, but not until the37th pick. His call came at 10:45 p.m., or three hours and forty-five minutes after the NBA Draft show on ESPN began.
The call for Leslie, a 6-4 guard from Decatur, came 10 picks and nearly a half-hour later.
“Congrats to Trey and Travis on being drafted,” Georgia coach Mark Fox said via his Twitter account. “Never thought I’d say I was going to cheer for the Clippers. . . . I will now.”
Thompkins (17 points/8 rebounds) and Leslie (14/7) were the Bulldogs’ leading scorers and rebounders last season. In L.A. they’ll join star forward Blake Griffin and fellow Atlanta native and second-year pro Al-Farouq Aminu of Norcross.
“Leslie can be a lock-down defender and we want to make sure Blake has competition in the dunk contest next year,” Clippers general manager Neil Olshey said. “Trey is a great compliment to Blake.”
Thompkins and Leslie were UGA’s first NBA draftees since Rashad Wright was the last overall pick in 2004.
Fox believes both players have pro potential but wanted them to return for their senior seasons.
Travis Leslie's was said to be one of the most athletic prospects in the draft. (UGA photo)
“Trey has legitimate power-forward size and he’s got offensive skill and a high basketball IQ,” Fox told me the day before the draft. “I’m sure he’ll make a great pro. I think Travis will continue to improve. He improved a great deal the last two years and I don’t think he’s done improving. He’s not a finished product yet so it just depends on how teams perceive that.”
Thompkins and Leslie both entered the draft fully expecting to be first-rouond selections. But Thompkins’ stock dropped after his conditioning came into question, while Leslie had to overcome doubts he is anything more than an athletic dunker.
ESPN analyst Jay Bilas said Thompkins was “a great value” for the Clippers to get in the second round but brought up Thompkins’ body-fat percentage, which was measured to be 15.5 percent at the NBA combine.
“That’s pretty good if you’re a sealion,” Bilas said. “He could have used another year in school, as could his Georgia teammate Travis Leslie.”
Thompkins earned first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors the past two years. He led the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding each of his those years and concluded his UGA career with 1,396 points and 693 rebounds. Those figures rank 13th and 10th, respectively, on the school’s career charts.
Leslie was a second-team All-SEC pick by the league’s head coaches this past season. He averaged 14.4 points and 7.2 rebounds in 2011, second on the team behind Thompkins in both categories. Leslie also handed out 97 assists. He finished his career 1,099 points, which ranks 30th in UGA history.
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Brian
June 23rd, 2011
11:18 pm
Bad decisions
PHIL
June 23rd, 2011
11:22 pm
Does anyone have the names of the people that told Trey and Travis they were going to get picked high in the draft?
Poor advice, poor decisions to leave
CDizzle
June 23rd, 2011
11:24 pm
Both going to the clips!
Brian F.
June 23rd, 2011
11:36 pm
Should have stayed for senior seasons. Apparantly, they got some rotten advice. What a shame !!
Remarkable
June 23rd, 2011
11:42 pm
Wish they had of stayed. Now they are in Basketball purgatory.
Jody Patton
June 23rd, 2011
11:44 pm
Those who actually watched these two play, these picks in the second round were about where they needed to be. Whoever told them they would be first round picks was smoking something funny. They will ride the bench and probably be demoted to the minors. They should have stayed in school.
Blake Barnes
June 23rd, 2011
11:46 pm
Jeremy Price went in the lottery right?
HoopDawg
June 23rd, 2011
11:51 pm
Love these two guys, but the writing was on the wall, they should have stayed. Unless you know you are going to crack top 30 you should stay….tough luck for them and the Dawgs because they could have gone much deeper in the tourny with the help coming in next season. Frustrating for them, and for Dawg fans who now wish they stayed even more. Seriously though, good luck in LA fellas! We’ll be pulling for you!
HockeyDawg
June 24th, 2011
12:05 am
This is no surprise at all. These guys were both very good college players who were poised to have great senior years and position themselves to be 1st round picks next year. Unfortunately, they were both somehow deluded into thinking they’d be 1st round picks this year. As a result, we may have heard the last we’ll hear of these guys for several years to come. I don’t feel that bad for them – they are the ones to blame for their poor decisions to come out. It’s Coach Fox and the Georgia team that I feel sorry for. With those two guys, UGA would’ve probably been a preseason Top 25 pick. Instead, they’ve now got to replace 3 starters.
My question is – Where were their parents during this decision-making??? Dumb, dumb, dumb…
Know It Alls
June 24th, 2011
12:08 am
Know It Alls who know nothing tell these young guys all sorts of stuff they want to believe. Reminds me of the Jumaine Jones situation.
ATH FEST
June 24th, 2011
12:24 am
Real poor decision…Trey would have been lock to be a middle first rounder if he stayed till next year and got that body fat down
Thomas Brown
June 24th, 2011
12:45 am
Not good.
They did not get the analysis they needed while they were here. Clearly, both considered that they did not need to return. Mark Fox knows what he is talking about, and his words ring true on both.
Now, is that selfish of me wanting them both back next season ?
I don’t think so.
The team had some excellent wins, because of them. And, the games were really fun. I don’t want Mark Fox to have a drop-off. Still, a new gym would do wonders for both the women’s and the men’s basketball programs. I’ll follow them; what is the team, again ? Never heard of them. I have not been a fan of the NBA in a long time. Nowadays, you could walk in with 12 seconds to go in every game and see the whole game. The rest of the game is just a waste. I don’t watch it. I would like to watch men’s basketball doing well here at UGA.
Maybe we can get back to that. These guys made their shots. That is what I like to see, not jacking the ball up and making less than a third of them. Good Luck Mark Fox. You’ve had some good players, right out of the gate, and you told them both to stay for another year. The recruits should note that you are 100 percent correct.
Nothing in this article about their expected incomes, but it is not a good prognosis – not now and not in the future. Mistake.
RaleighDawg
June 24th, 2011
1:31 am
Excellent personal decisions by both Travis and Trey. Neither player would benefit from playing for Mark Fox another season and – even if cut by the Clippers – will be better served focusing full time on playing ball, getting paid, and learning some valuable “real life” lessons that it will take hard work to get to and stay in the NBA from Blake. Best of luck to both young men and they will always be DGDs.
Not even close
June 24th, 2011
2:29 am
Lucky 2 even get picked at all………..LOLOLOLOL !!!! Both of these DUMMIES !!!! 1 is FFAT & the other 1 is a BRICKLAYER who can dunk = http://www.2drafteddummiesfromuganla.com !!! Hey its even the wrong L.A. team 2 get drafted by….their agents should be in a photo lineup right now or taking mug shots!
PHIL
June 24th, 2011
2:59 am
I wish someone would run down the names of the NBA people who gave these kids advice and publish them.
Thomas Brown
June 24th, 2011
3:45 am
George O’Leary, Georgia tek former coach, who lied on his resume and was fired by Notre Dame for that, yesterday was in Court defending himself of wrongful death of 1 of his football players on the practice field where he refused to allow the players to have water in that Florida heat down there at the university of South Florida.
Head trainer at UCF also took the witness stand in the wrongful death of the George O’Leary football player when O’Leary ordered all water removed from the entire practice area, and stated that in addition, UCF had advised George O’Leary that the football player who died had sickle cell trait. This attacks the vascular functions with the heart obviously stressed when it is hot and all water had been ordered off the practice field by Head Football Coach George O’Leary.
George O’Leary also testified that he knew the now dead football player had sickle cell trait, exactly as the head trainer at UCF stated that the trainer had advised George O’Leary of his sickle cell trait. Proper procedures for protecting the 19-year old kid were not followed for those with sickle cell trait.
Wrongful death.
Bobby Dodd award was given to this George O’Leary, Bobby Dodd of course the college drop-out at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Bobby Dodd also never beat, and always lost every game against Vince Dooley. That the Bobby Dodd award was given to this scandalous coach, is a serious bad mark on the award.
Georgia tek Lost Scholarships and was put on Probation by the NCAA for the years George O’Leary coached at Georgia tek. The loss in scholarships and Probation of the football program at Georgia tek was long-lasting.
UCF players testified that George O’Leary abused the sick boy during the practice and cursed him just before he collapsed and died.
PROBATION FOOTBALL GEORGIA tek
6 Scholarships were stripped by the NCAA for Georgia tek 2005 year, 6 more the 2006 year, 2006-2007, and 2007-2008 – all stripped of 6 Scholarships in football for
MAJOR INFRACTIONS
Georgia tek had allowed 17 student-athletes to compete who were NOT ELIGIBLE.
They had bad grades, but played anyway. Georgia tek argued it was STUPID and did not know what the NCAA rules are – that they thought they could play anyone who was any good regardless of their grades.
George O’Leary will lose every penny he can scrape together for the 19-year boy’s family. At no point yet, have I read George O’Leary apologize for any of all the history he has of wrong-doings in this sport of college football and they are many and never-ending.
Guess what else ?
UCF
STILL
HAS
GEORGE O’LEARY as their head football coach. That is what is truly amazing about this story in today’s paper no one wants to talk about. Now, you know the whole story.
Top Row Dawg
June 24th, 2011
4:40 am
Fine legacy George O. But he did win 3 straight (4 now counting Liberty Bowl) against Georgia.
Of course they were before the era of instant replay. Where is Al Ford now anyway?
Would these two cats have turned Pro if they knew they would only be 2nd round picks to the lowly CLIPPERS? Shame for them and Georgia and Coach Fox, if the answer is no.
Get a better evaluation, get deeper in NCAA tourney, beat Vanderbilt, before making poor choices. Thanks for choosing Georgia and laying foundation for future success of Coach Fox and program, can’t help but feel bad for you now though, along with Coach Fox, your Georgia teammates left behind, and Georgia fans.
Go Clippers, let’s get some UGA NBA stars, kinda sparse legacy right now. Oh and please get a degree both you guys, don’t forget the real reason you went to college in the first place. Again, thanks for the memories damn good dogs.
Make the Clippers a success, it can’t be much harder than raising Georgia from the depths they were in when you both came there.
Buzz Me
June 24th, 2011
4:47 am
Best of luck, both good kids
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jomps
June 24th, 2011
6:28 am
Poor decision to leave…if you don’t make it in the First round then the money will not be there, you won’t get any playing time and you’ll be out of the league when your contract is up or you will be a journey man…
dawgerbrown
June 24th, 2011
6:39 am
HockeyDawg………agree 100% Where were their parents? Sadly,they were probably trying to figure out how much of their new found money their kids might send their way.
dawgerbrown
June 24th, 2011
6:40 am
HockeyDawg…..agree with you. Where were their parents? Sadly, probably trying to figure out how much of their kids new found wealth might be coming their way.
Paddy
June 24th, 2011
6:52 am
This will be the last you hear of them till they are released or go to Europe to play.
Proud-Dawg
June 24th, 2011
6:56 am
There is a ton of haters on the board. First off, Trey’s parents are wealthy, so I’m sure they aren’t looking to bank on their son. This is the weakest draft in years, so they had nothing to gain by coming back. Keep in mind, next years draft is going to be loaded, so their chance of making it into the 1st round in 2012 was slim to none. Good luck in LA and gooooo Clippers!
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home&home
June 24th, 2011
7:41 am
Proud-Dawg, I tend to agree with you. Sure, the results seem to indicate a poor decision but there were no guarantees that waiting a year was going to help them either. Trey wasn’t going to grow 4 inches and becoming muscular and athletic in a year won’t happen either. He’s a tweener in every way and that wasn’t going to change. Same with Travis–he was drafted as an athlete and a defender–period. He’s no two guard due to his size, lack of shooting ability and inability to dribble. He sure as heck can’t play the point. No way does he develop those skills in one year. Bottom line is that both kids were probably tired of school and ready to try and play professionally. There’s not a lot of money in the D-league but it’s more than the NCAA pays (unless you’re Auburn or O$U) and there is plenty of money to be made overseas.
FRIEND OF FAMILY
June 24th, 2011
7:48 am
SORRY PROUD DAWG TREY PARENTS ARE NOT WEALTY ANYMORE MOM WORKING A 9 to 5 ,DAD IS IN THE WORKING WORLD ALSO.IT WAS THEM PUSHING HIM OUT THERE SO THEY CAN LIVE THAT LIFE STYLE AGAIN BUT IT BACK FIRED HE NEEDED TO STAY IN SCHOOL AND GOT HIS DEGREE JUST IN CASE THINGS DID NOT WORK OUT.SORRY TREY LOVE YOU BUT WRONG CHOICE.GOOD LUCK ANYWAY
Marie
June 24th, 2011
7:50 am
Congrats Travis and Trey! Go Clips!
What does this site have to do with George O’Leary?????? UH, NOTHING!
Dawg1
June 24th, 2011
7:52 am
Hmmm… First, your not either one of these kids. You do not know their famililes financial situation. You could also make the argument that if Trey had left the year before that he would have went higher in the draft.
As far as the Clippers are concerned. No doubt that this team has always been at the bottom of the barrel. But that have been putting a pretty good team together over the last couple of years and just got a lot more athletic. This is a good place for both of these players and hopefully they’ll stick together, work hard and be contributors.
Living in L.A. verses Athens… You may as well be on another planet. This could be great for both of them or awful. I’m an optimist. I think they will thrive on this team, push each other and have successful careers.
Congrats to both..
Jborodawg
June 24th, 2011
8:00 am
I can maybe see Trey leaving early, but not Travis. Leslie should definitely have stayed one more year.
BirdDog
June 24th, 2011
8:01 am
They are who we thought they are. Both could have benefited from another year in school, expecially Leslie. Oh well, good luck kids!
Jimmy Crack
June 24th, 2011
8:01 am
Travis will be fine in the NBA because nobody cuts a 6′ 4″ player who can jump 4 feet off the ground (and make free throws). Trey’s attributes are commonplace in the NBA unless he can consistently make shots from 15 feet (which he should). Good luck to both.
Joey
June 24th, 2011
8:14 am
They now don’t have to worry about going to class, and can practice all the hours they wish.
They are free from the joke that is the NCAA.
JB
June 24th, 2011
8:16 am
As a High school PE teacher and coach, you would make about 1.5 mil over a 30 year career. They will make that in a year or two. Good move I would say. Ask any teacher in for 10 years struggling to make ends meet.
Sloan
June 24th, 2011
8:17 am
The good news for Trey and Travis is that the Clippers had no first round picks. But making 12 man NBA roster when you are a second round pick with no guaranteed contract is still very difficult. I’ll be curious to see if they both last past this season or if one or both of them are in Europe or the developmental league by the 2012-13 season.
I completely disagree with those that say another year in school would have done them no good. Trey has basketball skills; he just needs to grow up and learn something about commitment and work ethic. Travis needs to learn some basketball skills, and in a hurry. Both should have stayed at UGA for their senior seasons.
tom
June 24th, 2011
8:18 am
Could have made a lot more money in a year. Apparently they could have been drafted higher if they were European.
Jim Crow
June 24th, 2011
8:34 am
tom
June 24th, 2011
8:18 am
Could have made a lot more money in a year. Apparently they could have been drafted higher if they were European.
And what is European code for tom?
Tuna
June 24th, 2011
8:48 am
2nd Round money still “good enuff for Mama!” “Thanks, baby! Now I can quits my job and nevuh work another day, all while my baby rides da pine! Mmm, mmm, mmm!”
Tobias Funke
June 24th, 2011
8:49 am
Don’t sign.
Mr. Dawg
June 24th, 2011
8:55 am
I wish them the best. But they should have stayed at UGA for another year particularly with a strike looming.
GT Fan
June 24th, 2011
8:56 am
UGA “stars” only second round talent.
At least GT can still put ‘em in the first round.
Shumpert will get a championship before both of those UGA clowns. What idiots they are…just like the rest of UGA faithful. Idiots.
Rueben Houston is a Tech man
June 24th, 2011
8:58 am
Apparently they would have been drafter higher if they were more rounded ball players than the Europeans. Neither had the patience to attend classes for another year and got bad advice from their handlers. Hard way to learn a life lesson, best of luck to both.
Jason
June 24th, 2011
8:59 am
Chip,
Actually Jarvis wasn’t the last DAWG to be drafted. Rashad Wright was taken with the last pick in the second round in 2004. Wish both Travis and Trey well at the next level, although, I think another year in college would’ve benefited them both. Especially with the lockout coming and summer leagues cancelled.
FRIEND OF FAMILY
June 24th, 2011
9:00 am
TRAVIS TELL THE FAMILY DO NOT QUIT THE JOBS YET OR GIVE UP THE HOUSE IN GA CAUSE YOU WILL NEED A PLACE TO COME BACK TO NOT A HATER BUT SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN SCHOOLBEST CHOICE FOR YOU.LOL
Theight
June 24th, 2011
9:09 am
Both kind of remind me of the antwan jamison and vince carter duo
lawdawg
June 24th, 2011
9:23 am
They surely could have used another year… but next year’s draft is supposed to be much deeper. Had they stayed and not improved their stock, might they have gone even lower or been left out of the draft entirely? Hard to know, but maybe they took that into consideration as well.
Taco
June 24th, 2011
9:28 am
Vince Carter and Antwan Jamison? Seriously? Lay down the pipe and back away. Even their mom’s wouldn’t make that leap. Two college superstars and long time pros being compared to two kids no one has ever heard of? I am sorry you did say”kind of”……both tall and african-american. Good luck boys and I hope it works out, but be careful what people tell you about how good you are or how good you can be. That is up to you only.
decaturdawg
June 24th, 2011
9:31 am
@ Theight
I believe you meant to say a “poor man’s” Antwan Jamison and Vince Carter duo
BG
June 24th, 2011
9:31 am
Good luck to both young men. GO DAWGS!!!!
AthFest Dawg
June 24th, 2011
9:35 am
This will be one of the last times you hear of the names Trey Thompkins or Travis Leslie. They are bound for long careers in Europe, Israel, or the D League. Shame on the grown men that lead these kids down the primrose path, inflating their egos and giving them an inflated sense of self.
Say What...
June 24th, 2011
9:42 am
GT Fan:
Any person who calls a group of people an idiot & bigot is normally one themselves. Case in point!
Like Mr. GT Fan…
Friend of the Family Forreal
June 24th, 2011
9:42 am
It is funny how so many people have so many comments without FACTS!!! What round did your son go in? The fact is he was drafted and it will be up to him so show ALL of you nay-sayers what he is made of. CONGRATULATIONS Trey and continued blessings on your life. You have made us ALL very proud. Your success is YOURS, the rest of you should get SOME!
McDawg
June 24th, 2011
9:45 am
they should both be grateful they were drafted –with all the foreign players and underclassmen-only the elite go 1st round
Ag Dawg
June 24th, 2011
10:11 am
Thomkins will be a total bust .. I was surprised he went to the pros, then again, maybe he was worried that he wouldnt start next year. Leslie has the potential to make it but not sure if he has the drive to improve his game . Good luck to both .. GO DAWGS
Ag Dawg
June 24th, 2011
10:17 am
Family… if I was 6′ 9 and weighed 240 i would average more than 17 pts and 8 rebounds/ game. He was a good player for the DAWGS but he needed to stay another year.. I believe that is why there are so many neg . comments.. I hope i am 100 % wrong and he makes a long career in the NBA
Delbert D.
June 24th, 2011
10:28 am
The Spirit should explore trading the Hawks for the Clippers.
Friend of the Family Forreal
June 24th, 2011
10:32 am
@ Ag Dawg…. well your NOT! So, you won’t.
A total BUST???!!!Another year is not guaranteed to any of us!
IlliniDawg
June 24th, 2011
11:00 am
Fox should put up a huge poster in the locker room with these two guys side-by-side, with the caption “Stay in School” underneath. Just to remind current and future players not to make similar bad decisions.
Thompkins-Leslie: poster children for leaving too early.
NewnanDawg
June 24th, 2011
11:19 am
Just like most who HAVE commented here, I don’t know enough about TT and TL to comment on their decisions. Regardless, they were highly instrumental in getting the Mark Fox era at UGA going, so I thank them for that and all of the entertainment at the games. I wish them the best whether they make it in the NBA or end up elsewhere.
Side note – voting is tight with Uga slightly down to the Notre Dame tradition with the “Play Like a Champion” sign. So, go vote for Uga!
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/6681916/1-notre-dame-vs-8-georgia
Go Dawgs!
AL E. GATOR
June 24th, 2011
11:41 am
Gators Ball playing against UGA and these two was fun to watch. Both solid college players that are oozing with potential. I do think they both would have been better served by staying at UGA for their senior year. However – if they both make the roster – then they will be getting paid a lot of money! So good for them – they have opportunity!!!
Where does this leave UGA’s basketball program?
The Price kid overachieved – but basically – UGA basketball was all about Thompkins and Leslie.
UGA will struggle to produce another 2010 season as they have a lot to replace.
Think 2010 will be Fox’s best year – and he will be stuck as a midpack SEC team – like UGA football!!!!
Dawg Tired
June 24th, 2011
12:02 pm
Hindsight is 20-20.
BuckheadBill
June 24th, 2011
12:02 pm
To GT Fan: Shows your “GT Klass”. Calling kids “Clowns”. Have you ever called anyone “Clown” face to face. I thought not,
Baffled
June 24th, 2011
12:05 pm
How can the Nerds (GT) have anything to say negatively about ANY other football or basketball program? Bring the GE College Bowl back & maybe their sliderule nerds can win a couple.
NewnanDawg
June 24th, 2011
12:47 pm
Al E. – All of UGA’s backcourt players (some very strong ones in D. Ware & G. Robinson Jr.) are back + a big time recruit there also, so this year’s team will feature them much more strongly with a younger frontcourt group. Two returners, Donte Williams and Marcus Thornton, don’t have the size of a Price or Thompkins, so I expect to see a lot more movement in the Triangle with them this year. Coached properly, which I think they will be, there will be times of struggling, but I see this year’s defense being strong with a different vibe on offense, hopefully without a huge drop off; should still be fun to watch though.
Go Dawgs!
naynaymayo
June 24th, 2011
1:14 pm
To all you UGA fanatics. 1st knowing Trey and his parents since he was 5, I beg to differ with your comments about his “wrong decision”, and his parents “pushing” him out there for the money, etc. All are incorrect and guess what? No his parents didn’t push him to go forward with the NBA draft, it was his decision. And they are really good parents, actually the very best a child could have. 2nd, the ability to play in the NBA is not your decision, but it was the Clippers ownership & management’s decision. Actually you don’t have any money to pay him jack. And last the decision’s been made, and as long as he has his family, friends and prayers behind him, it matters not what you say!
Fact Checker
June 24th, 2011
1:23 pm
Congrats to these guys. Wish them well. However how about some press for Marshon Brooks the first round choice of the Celtics from Tucker High. Also how about some press for Marshon, Travis and Andrew Goudelock who all come from the same area. It’s no small feat when 3 NBA players come from the same small area. By the way Region 6 has won the last 10 class 4A state championships in boys basketball.
Friend of the Family Forreal
June 24th, 2011
1:30 pm
@naynaymayo… well said!
Lion's Den
June 24th, 2011
1:33 pm
Good Luck to both of these young men for following their dreams and be assured the South Dekalb County Community is PROUD of you.
Make your haters your motivators!
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CecilDawg
June 24th, 2011
3:19 pm
Has anyone else noticed that first-round picks are always known by all of us ahead of time? If you have to think about it too much, you ain’t first round. Shumpert moved up; good for him. But most kids should stay in school if it isn’t a sure bet. What’s so terrible about cruisin’ in college, anyway? Wish I could do it for about 10 years…
Beast from the East
June 24th, 2011
3:24 pm
http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20110624/ARTICLES/110629740/1136?p=2&tc=pg
SEC West predictions from one of the Gainesville Sun beat writers.
GT93
June 24th, 2011
4:05 pm
Wow! Congrats to Trey and Travis … they have not only achieved their dreams of playing in the NBA, but also get to go to the same team together. I wish them much happiness and success.
GBR
June 24th, 2011
4:56 pm
Words cannot describe how bad Trey’s decision was. He did not have a great season in 2010/2011 and reportedly showed up for the draft combine in less than great shape (15% body fat). In watching Trey last year he seemed frequently to be moaning to the Refs about getting filed and not getting a call. In hind sight the body fat and lack of muscle would tend to let you get pushed around, and Trey does not look like he spent much time in the weight room. It is always sad to see a kid with so many potential tools not do his best because he fails to work hard enough or on the right things.
EricB
June 24th, 2011
5:02 pm
Trey made a good move leaving now……..first team SEC two years in a row under how many head coaches and how many point guards that couldn’t create and pass?
This Kid will be conditioned and it will happen quickly with Griffin’s work ethic as a prime example…..he couldn’t get that at Georgia.
Trey’s a good size kid with good ball skills and a nice range shooter……..
Who cares what Bilas thinks? He knows nothing about playing NBA ball…..he got cut.lol
BILLY JACK
June 24th, 2011
5:28 pm
Whoever advised them to go pro should get out of the business.One more year at UGA would have made them many more millions of dollars.Both great kids but you need to listen to your coach.Big cautionary tale here.
##1
June 24th, 2011
6:05 pm
Vote for UGA!
http://sports.espn.go.com/sportsnation/story?page=ncaatraditionsvote
Rhall55
June 24th, 2011
6:43 pm
Once again the S&C program shines!! Thompkins at 15.5% body fat; compared to a sea lion!!! What the heck is goin on out there? ‘You snooze, you lose”!!!! Evidence of letting ATL Celts Coach leave the state and become an Asst @ UCLA!!! Let’s see how many players go there!!! Just WIN baby!!!
Columbus
June 24th, 2011
6:56 pm
Of course the would have been better prepared for the NBA had they stayed their senior seasons. They should have stayed? Maybe. Maybe not. After the new NBA agreement, who knows if it would have mattered that much financially and even if it did, hey, they got to go to the SAME team and that is a rare thing and must be special to them both. I hope it works out great for them both. Man it would have been awesome to have them back to make that NCAA run this upsoming season though!
2011 DAWGS KICK BUTT
June 24th, 2011
7:20 pm
If you are a fan of any of the following loser teams or a dawg hater, go to the websites.
obviously, this is our schedule without coastal or nm state.
Boise State: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syu8jx_BA94
South Carolina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCtSJFVt4Yk&feature=related
Ole Miss: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auX1gsnG9eM
Mississippi State: http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/images/photos/001/034/491/72235052_crop_650×440.jpg?1285291133
Tennessee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFzYJ0HmQnk
Vanderbilt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co3togVBw0U
Florida: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhWVvsrq5k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJAQjqZg_zI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoVWyn07kpg&feature=related
Auburn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyx9jZYjSso http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foGHh14uvKk
Kentucky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWt2lIkX7c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H-dzE2kAIw&feature=related
Georgia Tech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgbVTm59C7A
Sven Ottke
June 24th, 2011
9:52 pm
Trey Thompkins got absolutely hammered by the ESPN crew. Stu Scott said he was going to be a stiff getting dunked on by Blake Griffin and Bilas equated him to being as fat as a sealion. What a riot!!! Great moves!
Hairy Dawg
June 24th, 2011
10:25 pm
This just be proofs how Dawgs have dominants over pestky buggy nerds of Techmites. Dawgs has twice as many players drafted as Techies and Dawgs done beating them nearly 2 to 1 to with 7-4 record over last 11 years. That makes Dawgs twice as good as nerdy bugs and running ownership of state in basketball likes we doing in football.
funny...
June 24th, 2011
10:28 pm
wish them well, but in a perceived “weak” draft class it would have helped their careers to stay in school.
Hoopster
June 24th, 2011
11:25 pm
Hairy Dawg = proof God did not intend for people to mate with sheep.
Turnt_UP!
June 25th, 2011
9:51 am
Hairy Dog: Everyone said Trey Tompkins was a 1st round lock, um no he wasn’t. Nor was Travis Leslie who didn’t like being compared to an NBA player who has had a long career. Meanwhile GT’s Shumpert goes 1st round and will get a guaranteed contract. Ever heard the say, ” A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” ?
NJ Dawg
June 25th, 2011
6:33 pm
Well, hopefully Blake Griffin’s work ethic will rub off on Thompkins and Leslie. Esp. Trey, given the bodyfat issue.
DAWG FAN
June 26th, 2011
9:49 am
DAWG FANS: VOTE FOR UGA AS COLLEGE FOOTBALLS BEST TRADITION VS NOTRE DAME. VOTE NOW.
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/6681916/1-notre-dame-vs-8-georgia
Wreckmaniac
June 26th, 2011
11:46 am
I hope things go well for these two young men. The overlooked point here is at UGA these two fellows learned from Mark Fox how to play team ball and have acquired a definite skill that Shumpert at Tech did not get from his coach. As a college hoops fan who dosen’t spend 5 minutes watching NBA ball, I see Coach Fox as a tremendous motivator who has totally outclassed his counterpart at Tech over the past three seasons. He is a gem and is the top story in UGA sports over the past three seasons.
bitter 10@10
June 26th, 2011
3:20 pm
L/A (lower alabamma) dawgs—————–uh!!!!!!!!!!!!—————-just saying———hahahahah
————-good luck on the west coast