Christion Thompson is Transferring

Bos8 · Unread post by **Bos8** » 5 years ago

Per Jeff Borzello and others, Christion Thompson is transferring. Immediately eligible.

Rhodyram · Unread post by **Rhodyram** » 5 years ago

Why did he wait so long to announce?

Shaolin Swat · Unread post by **Shaolin Swat** » 5 years ago

Wasn't expecting to see something like this today but, I wish him nothing but the best in the future.

bkoeppen · Unread post by **bkoeppen** » 5 years ago

wow - sad news - wish him the best

KevanBoyles · Unread post by **KevanBoyles** » 5 years ago

I wish him the best and thank him for his time at Rhody. He is a class act. Our experience level will take a hit but it will open up the logjam at the 2-3 for the younger players.

Rhodyhooopz · Unread post by **Rhodyhooopz** » 5 years ago

Best of luck to him!!!!

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

Bummer. Great kid.

rhodyruckus · Unread post by **rhodyruckus** » 5 years ago

That's a shame: hopefully his overall experience at the school was rewarding, but his basketball career just didn't go as planned. A change of scenery may kick-start things...

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 5 years ago

He had to make sure he was going to graduate. If he hadn't, he would've stayed.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 5 years ago

I wish things had worked out better for him here but he likely would have seen his minutes diminish.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 5 years ago

I do believe I said this after the A10 tournament, but what did I know- I only talked to the kid, and what I said to him then is still true-

Would’ve loved to have him back but thanks for everything he did here.

Did everything the right way. He definitely had some questionable nights but he figured it out at the end. Best wishes wherever you go CT.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 5 years ago

That sucks :/

The last of a Rhody Generation right there.

Will suck to not have his experience and I still held out hope that he would have his best year next year.

Best of luck CT!!!

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

Great teammate and representative of the school, high quality guy in general. Wish him nothing but the best!

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

There are three scholarship players left from Rhody’s 2017-18 team - Jeff, Cyril & Fatts.
Four players recruited by Dan transferred/left - Akele, Layssard, Tertsea & Thompson.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago There are three scholarship players left from Rhody’s 2017-18 team - Jeff, Cyril & Fatts.
Four players recruited by Dan transferred/left - Akele, Layssard, Tertsea & Thompson.

And two recruited by Cox in 2018 have left (Silverio, Aris).

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 5 years ago

Plus Brendan Adams, who backed out of his commitment. Lot of turnover...

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

ace wrote: ↑5 years ago
Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago There are three scholarship players left from Rhody’s 2017-18 team - Jeff, Cyril & Fatts.
Four players recruited by Dan transferred/left - Akele, Layssard, Tertsea & Thompson.
And two recruited by Cox in 2018 have left (Silverio, Aris).

True. I don’t count Aris. Practice player brought in.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago
ace wrote: ↑5 years ago
Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago There are three scholarship players left from Rhody’s 2017-18 team - Jeff, Cyril & Fatts.
Four players recruited by Dan transferred/left - Akele, Layssard, Tertsea & Thompson.
And two recruited by Cox in 2018 have left (Silverio, Aris).
True. I don’t count Aris. Practice player brought in.

They relocated a guy from Greece. I count him.

bkoeppen · Unread post by **bkoeppen** » 5 years ago

Ha! - I would hope the staff could find practice players closer to Kingston next time.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 5 years ago

It's funny how before Aris played here he was a prospect Kevin Sutton was able to bring in due to his connections, then after we saw him play he was just a practice guy and he shouldn't be counted...

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 5 years ago

As long as the good players aren't the ones leaving, I'm OK with it.

bkoeppen · Unread post by **bkoeppen** » 5 years ago

RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑5 years ago It's funny how before Aris played here he was a prospect Kevin Sutton was able to bring in due to his connections, then after we saw him play he was just a practice guy and he shouldn't be counted...

Rhodyram · Unread post by **Rhodyram** » 5 years ago

Wish him the best at his next school and good on him for graduating but I don’t think he’ll be missed much on the floor or in the locker room.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

I believe Aris holds the NCAA record for fouls per minute for his career. He put Rhody in the record books. He has to count.

ram1980 · Unread post by **ram1980** » 5 years ago

Concerned that we have lost a veteran depth piece just like last year with Akele. Rotation needs to be deeper than last year.. hopefully new players will step up or CT will be replaced by another capable depth piece

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 5 years ago

Have we ever had a 4 year player not get acknowledged on senior night before?

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

ram1980 wrote: ↑5 years ago Concerned that we have lost a veteran depth piece just like last year with Akele. Rotation needs to be deeper than last year.. hopefully new players will step up or CT will be replaced by another capable depth piece

Rhody loses Thompson but adds Walker and Sheppard. I would also expect Tate’s and Harris’ minutes to increase next year. This even assumes none of the Fr are part of the regular rotation (I don’t think they will).

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

theblueram wrote: ↑5 years ago Have we ever had a 4 year player not get acknowledged on senior night before?

He wasn’t sure he was going to graduate and wasn’t sure if he was going to transfer.
EC wasn’t recognized after his 4th year. Obviously came back and was recognized after 5th year.

bwerner10 · Unread post by **bwerner10** » 5 years ago

Thompson I believe will land somewhere closer to home. It hurts our depth at guard, still would be nice to have five guards on the roster. Let’s go get a transfer.

McRam · Unread post by **McRam** » 5 years ago

bwerner10 wrote: ↑5 years ago Thompson I believe will land somewhere closer to home. It hurts our depth at guard, still would be nice to have five guards on the roster. Let’s go get a transfer.

I agree . We learned last year, when Cox did not have many choices when it was obvious that Fatts needed to be taken out. We go into next year with 2 undersized guards and jd and hoping that Hammonds contributes early. Really need to get another guard that can play right away.

I wonder if Amir might be eligible immediately since it was the school not him that forced the decision.

This a good test for Cox; can he find a way to upgrade the roster for next year with a better pick up that Thompson or does he wind up with a version of Aris. ?

LoveThoseRams · Unread post by **LoveThoseRams** » 5 years ago

Very disappointed with this news. I always had faith that Christion was going to have a great year. I never jumped on the bandwagon here, that he didn’t contribute enough. I for one, will miss him, as I do Nicola.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Best of luck to CT

I am happy with the news , I think it creates opportunities for others

Taylor Swift · Unread post by **Taylor Swift** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago
theblueram wrote: ↑5 years ago Have we ever had a 4 year player not get acknowledged on senior night before?
He wasn’t sure he was going to graduate and wasn’t sure if he was going to transfer.
EC wasn’t recognized after his 4th year. Obviously came back and was recognized after 5th year.

My observation is that he is very connected to his home base back in Louisiana. I wasn’t certain he’d have increased playing time this coming season anyway. Very good kid with a bright future.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Be interesting to see where CT lands ???

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

McRam wrote: ↑5 years ago
bwerner10 wrote: ↑5 years ago Thompson I believe will land somewhere closer to home. It hurts our depth at guard, still would be nice to have five guards on the roster. Let’s go get a transfer.
I agree . We learned last year, when Cox did not have many choices when it was obvious that Fatts needed to be taken out. We go into next year with 2 undersized guards and jd and hoping that Hammonds contributes early. Really need to get another guard that can play right away.

I wonder if Amir might be eligible immediately since it was the school not him that forced the decision.

This a good test for Cox; can he find a way to upgrade the roster for next year with a better pick up that Thompson or does he wind up with a version of Aris. ?

I don’t get a lot of the comments.
Thompson didn’t play PG or SG. He played the three. His minutes will be absorbed by Martin and Tate.
URI lost one player out of top 7 and adds Walker and Sheppard to the rotation not to mention 3 freshmen and people are worried about depth??? An 8 man rotation when you have two seniors that will play 30 minutes is good. Going deeper doesn’t happen in college BB.
Guards on next year’s roster - Dowtin, Fatts, Sheppard, Hammond.
SFs on next year’s roster - Martin, Tate, Long, Mading
PFs & Cs - Cyril, Harris, Walker, Tate

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago
McRam wrote: ↑5 years ago
bwerner10 wrote: ↑5 years ago Thompson I believe will land somewhere closer to home. It hurts our depth at guard, still would be nice to have five guards on the roster. Let’s go get a transfer.
I agree . We learned last year, when Cox did not have many choices when it was obvious that Fatts needed to be taken out. We go into next year with 2 undersized guards and jd and hoping that Hammonds contributes early. Really need to get another guard that can play right away.

I wonder if Amir might be eligible immediately since it was the school not him that forced the decision.

This a good test for Cox; can he find a way to upgrade the roster for next year with a better pick up that Thompson or does he wind up with a version of Aris. ?
I don’t get a lot of the comments.
Thompson didn’t play PG or SG. He played the three. His minutes will be absorbed by Martin and Tate.
URI lost one player out of top 7 and adds Walker and Sheppard to the rotation not to mention 3 freshmen and people are worried about depth??? An 8 man rotation when you have two seniors that will play 30 minutes is good. Going deeper doesn’t happen in college BB.
Guards on next year’s roster - Dowtin, Fatts, Sheppard, Hammond.
SFs on next year’s roster - Martin, Tate, Long, Mading
PFs & Cs - Cyril, Harris, Walker, Tate

83,
Who was SF when Dowtin played PG and Terrell and EC Matthews were on the wings?

Last season 3 point attempt leaders were:
Russell - 179 - 22.3%
Dowtin - 130 - 35.4%
Thompson - 106 - 25.5%
Martin - 106 - 31.1%

Thompson and Martin played similarly with Martin taking Thompson’s starting role.

Martin and Dowtin played similar roles to Terrell and Matthews. It’s a 3 guard offense and sometimes and increasingly often as the season went on, Hurley went with a 4 guard offense.

Our weakness was 3 point shooting that hopefully will improve significantly this season. Can’t go any lower.

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

Seems like a bummer at this point...hate to lose experienced guys that have played significant minutes.
Then again, they could have it covered just fine. Best luck to CT, seemed like a good dude.

Rhode_Island_Red · Unread post by **Rhode_Island_Red** » 5 years ago

Sorry to hear. He did a lot of good things that didn't necessarily show up on the scoreboard. I always thought he had more offensive skills but never showed them consistently. Hope he does well wherever he lands.

LoveThoseRams · Unread post by **LoveThoseRams** » 5 years ago

Rhodyram wrote: ↑5 years ago Wish him the best at his next school and good on him for graduating but I don’t think he’ll be missed much on the floor or in the locker room.

What does “or in the locker room” infer? Are you saying he didn’t get along with the team, if so, that’s the first I’ve heard of that...

Ramtastico · Unread post by **Ramtastico** » 5 years ago

Best of luck, thanks for the memories, great kid, great that he graduated but now let's remove his picture from the banner page and move on.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

LoveThoseRams wrote: ↑5 years ago
Rhodyram wrote: ↑5 years ago Wish him the best at his next school and good on him for graduating but I don’t think he’ll be missed much on the floor or in the locker room.
What does “or in the locker room” infer? Are you saying he didn’t get along with the team, if so, that’s the first I’ve heard of that...

I think he means that Christion wasn’t one of the leaders of the team.

Rhodyram · Unread post by **Rhodyram** » 5 years ago

LoveThoseRams wrote: ↑5 years ago
Rhodyram wrote: ↑5 years ago Wish him the best at his next school and good on him for graduating but I don’t think he’ll be missed much on the floor or in the locker room.
What does “or in the locker room” infer? Are you saying he didn’t get along with the team, if so, that’s the first I’ve heard of that...

On the floor, I personally didn't see max effort or particularly think he contributed much(stats back that up). His minutes will be used more effectively by others. In the locker room, I'm saying I heard there may have been some chemistry issues.

URIRecruitingInfo · Unread post by **URIRecruitingInfo** » 5 years ago

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 5 years ago

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 5 years ago

.......maybe for us this will turn out to be addition by subtraction.......

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

So, “I maybe heard something from somebody, not really sure” is enough to trash a guy on his way out? Cool, cool.

Best of luck to Christion!

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

The quick commit to Tulane points to this having been in the works for some time.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Good for CT close to his home

SandorClegane · Unread post by **SandorClegane** » 5 years ago

I’m a big Thompson fan. Great kid.

However, this makes sense for all parties. We have a log jam at SF so his minutes would be cut down. He made the decision to go to a place where he’d get more minutes.
Not a difficult decision for a 5th yr.

Best of luck Christion.

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