Al Thornton

Al Thornton ( born December 7, 1983 in Perry, Georgia ) is an American professional basketball player.

After four years of college with a convincing performance Al Thornton Draft 2007 was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in 14th place in the NBA. Due to injuries to teammates, he got especially in the second half of his first year with the Clippers relatively much playing time. His good performances have been All- Rookie First Team appreciated the NBA at the end of the season with a choice. In his second year he was able to improve its statistics on. He stood 67 times in the starting lineup and came to 16.8 points 5.2 rebounds per game. The good individual values ​​, reduced by a total of disappointing team performance. With 23 or 19 wins, the Clippers were in Thornton's early years one of the weakest teams in the league.

In the context of transfers involving the Cleveland Cavaliers, he joined in February 2010 on the Washington Wizards. After a year he was released on 1 March 2011 and two days later committed by the Golden State Warriors. There he could not prevail and got relatively little use of time. For the season 2011/12 he did not get a contract in the NBA.