Former South Carolina men's basketball star Sindarius Thornwell made his NBA debut Thursday night, when he checked in against the Los Angeles Lakers-Los Angeles Clippers at the start of the second quarter. The Lancaster product was drafted in the second round by the Milwaukee Bucks, and then traded to the Clippers.
He hit a 3 almost as soon as he came in.
Thornwell kept his four-year gamecocks career by becoming the school's first SEC Player of the Year, and then leading the program to the first Final Four in its history. He averaged an SEC-best 21.4 points and 2.