Marcus Thornton

Marcus Thornton
No. 23   Sacramento Kings
Shooting guard
Personal information
Date of birth June 5, 1987 (1987-06-05) (age 24)
Place of birth Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nationality American
High school Tara
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College LSU
NBA Draft 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43rd overall
Selected by the Miami Heat
Pro career 2009–present
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com

Marcus Terrell Thornton (born June 5, 1987 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA.

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High school career

He averaged 27 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a senior at Tara High School in Baton Rouge, LA.

College career

He played two years at Kilgore College, a junior college in Kilgore, Texas, where he earned All-American honors. He completed his collegiate career at Louisiana State University (LSU) where he was named the 2009 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

Professional career

Thornton was the 43rd pick by the Miami Heat at the 2009 NBA Draft, but his rights were traded to the New Orleans Hornets. On the 23rd of February 2010, Marcus Thornton broke the Hornets franchise record for the most points scored in a quarter with 23. He finished with 37 points. At the end of the season, he was named to the All-Rookie Second Team.

On February 23, 2011, Thornton was traded to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Carl Landry.[1]

On March 14, 2011, Thornton scored a career high 42 points against the Golden State Warriors.

NBA statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 New Orleans 73 17 25.6 .451 .374 .814 2.9 1.6 .8 .2 14.5
2010–11 New Orleans 46 0 16.2 .410 .376 .758 2.8 .9 .4 .1 7.8
2010–11 Sacramento 27 23 38.1 .450 .361 .805 4.7 3.4 1.7 .2 21.3
Career 146 40 25.0 .443 .371 .801 3.2 1.7 .8 .1 13.6

Personal

Thornton is a cousin of fellow NBA player Al Thornton.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Kings Acquire Marcus Thornton from the New Orleans Hornets in Exchange for Carl Landry". NBA.com. 2011-02-23. http://www.nba.com/kings/news/press_release_2011_02_23.html. Retrieved 2011-02-24. 
  2. ^ "Hornets Take UCLA's Collison". WDSU.com. 2009-06-25. http://www.wdsu.com/r/19863779/detail.html. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
First round
Second round

3 Honeycutt | 5 Salmons | 7 Fredette | 13 Evans | 15 Cousins | 20 Greene | 22 Thomas | 23 Thornton | 25 Outlaw | 31 Hickson | 32 García | 33 Whiteside | 34 Thompson | 42 Hayes

Head coach: Westphal | Assistant coaches: Eyen | Todd | Jackson | Smart