Sindarius Thornwell (born November 15, 1994) is an American professional

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player who last played for Frutti Extra Bursaspor of the Turkish

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(BSL). He played

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for the

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. Thornwell was selected by the

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with the 48th overall pick in the

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before he was traded to the

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High school career

Thornwell attended Lancaster High School in Lancaster, South Carolina for his first three years of high school. He then transferred to Oak Hill Academy for his senior year where he averaged 26.8 points per game and averaged 8.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists as well. He led them to a 33–5 record. He was ranked as the 39th-best player by ESPN.com and a four-star recruit by

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, who also ranked him as the 11th-best shooting guard in his class. He also competed in the 2012

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playing in four games.

College career

After committing to South Carolina on October 2, 2012, Thornwell was second on the South Carolina basketball team in scoring with 13.4 ppg and 4.0 rebounds per game. He also averaged 3.0 assists per game. During conference play, he was averaging 15.0 ppg as well. On January 22, 2014, Thornwell had a career-high 26 points against the

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. As a result of his production that season, Thornwell was named a member of the All-SEC Freshman Team. His sophomore year in the 2014–15 season was not as productive as his freshman season. His junior year, on the other hand, would provide relatively similar results to what he had in his freshman year. However, it would be his senior season where Thornwell would come into his own as a player, as Thornwell would average 21.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals in 34.2 minutes of action per game. As a result of his production that season, he was not only a member of the All-SEC First Team, but he was also named the

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thanks to votes from the coaches of the

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. Furthermore, Thornwell would be the main leader to help the No. 7 seeded South Carolina proceed all the way to the Final Four in the 2017 NCAA tournament, which was the highest results in South Carolina's history.

Professional career

Los Angeles Clippers (2017–2019)

On June 22, 2017, Thornwell was selected with the 48th pick in the

by the

, but his draft rights were then traded to the

. Thornwell signed with the Clippers on July 26.

Rio Grande Valley Vipers (2019–2020)

On August 4, 2019, Thornwell signed with the

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and played in three preseason games before he was waived on October 16. On October 26, 2019, the

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traded Thornwell to the

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for a first-round

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pick in 2020. Thornwell averaged 9.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game on 42.9 percent shooting in the 2019–20 season.

New Orleans Pelicans (2020–2021)

On July 6, 2020, Thornwell was signed by the

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as a substitute player for the remainder of the 2019–20 season. On December 1, he re-signed with the Pelicans. After waiving Thornwell on February 23, 2021, the Pelicans signed him to a 10-day contract the next day. On March 10, he was signed to a second 10-day contract.

Orlando Magic (2021)

On May 4, 2021, Thornwell signed a

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with the

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. He averaged 3.4 points, 1.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game in seven games played.

ratiopharm Ulm (2021–2022)

On November 11, 2021, Thornwell signed with

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of the German

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. Thorrnwell joined the

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for the

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Frutti Extra Bursaspor (2022)

On October 19, 2022, he has signed with Frutti Extra Bursaspor of the Turkish

(BSL).

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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College

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, 33 , , 33 , , 30.6 , , .340 , , .268 , , .716 , , 4.9 , , 2.2 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , 11.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;",

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, 31 , , 31 , , 33.9 , , .444 , , .392 , , .830 , , 7.1 , , 2.8 , , 2.1 , , 1.0 , , 21.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 132 , , 132 , , 31.8 , , .392 , , .339 , , .771 , , 5.2 , , 3.0 , , 1.5 , , .6 , , 14.7

References

External links

South Carolina Gamecocks bio
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