Sam Thompson undoubtedly has some of the best hops in college basketball and he showed that on Thursday night. In a loss at Penn State, Thompson rose up to swat Tim Frazier so strongly that the ball traveled 3/4 the length of the court before a Nittany Lion retrieved the ball.
An NBA team is probably going to wind up using a second-round pick on the 6’7” junior just off of his athleticism.