“Who’s your favorite player?”
Sindarius Thornwell had a likeable crowd before him late Saturday evening. Roughly 30 minutes had passed since the Los Angeles Clippers lost their eighth consecutive game, but defeats are easier to swallow when familiar faces and colors are there to greet you afterward.
They came in both garnet and black, some from his hometown of Lancaster, others from Columbia and a majority situated right here in the Queen City. The crew sat together behind one basket at the Spectrum Center following the Hornets win over the Clippers, eager for interaction with the most popular NBA rookie in the Carolinas.