Nearly every drill at Sindarius Thornwell basketball camp includes a running clock and a buzzer. That’s by design. The camp’s namesake wouldn’t have it any other way.
The former South Carolina star turned Los Angeles Clipper was hanging with the kids Saturday morning at Cardinal Newman High School. Thornwell’s youth camp, which comes with stops in Spartanburg, Columbia and his hometown of Lancaster, is into its second year. Its main theme is reflective of the 2017 SEC Player of the Year.
“We focused on competing in every drill,” Thornwell said, “whether that’s sprints, passing. Whatever we were doing, we were focusing on trying to win.