Shevon Thompson 6'11 Center Signs with GMU!

[GMUheckler]

JucoJunction ‏@JucoJunction 8m
Shevon Thompson 6'11 center Harcum College signs with George Mason according to Harcum College Assistant Coach Steve Hobbs

 

[GSII]

Hesitated golf clap.

 

[GSII]

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Shevon Thompson


StatusSigned LOI with George Mason

Year2012 (SO)

PositionCenter

Height7-0

Weight220

HometownClaredon, Jamaica

High School

Junior CollegeHarcum College
- See more at: http://verbalcommits.com/players/shevon-thompson#sthash.zbXqnGA6.dpuf

 

[JBiggs]

Nice! Welcome, Shevon!

 

[MasonFanatic]

Thompson and Hewitt were both born in Jamaica. I'm sure that helped.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

This could be a real welcome addition.

 

[MasonFanatic]

Am I reading correctly that he shot 72% last season? Does that mean that we might finally have someone who can finish at the rim?

 

[JBiggs]

Am I reading correctly that he shot 72% last season? Does that mean that we might finally have someone who can finish at the rim?

Hard to miss when you're dunking over guys who are 5 inches shorter than you...

 

[Pablo]

Shevon set single season records at Harcum for total rebounds (414) and rebounds per game (11.2) - http://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2013-14/div1/players/shevonthompsonexkb.

http://harcum.edu/s/1044/edu/ath.aspx?sid=1044&gid=1&pgid=1145

Harcum Basketball ‏@HarcumMensBball Mar 24
Shevon Thompson's 414 rebounds this year shattered school record for rebounds in a season. Old record was 304! #Harcum.

 

[EXpatriot13]

Hewitt is gunna put him at the point.

 

[GMUgemini]

I wonder if this means they're thinking of red-shirting Porter?

Now the million dollar question: what is Hewitt planning on doing at the 2 and 3 positions?

 

[Mason2005]

I wonder if this means they're thinking of red-shirting Porter?

Now the million dollar question: what is Hewitt planning on doing at the 2 and 3 positions?

Hewitt has said Lockett And Mayimba are the replacements for BA and Wright.

 

[smccart5]

Seems pretty exciting. Can't wait to see a whole new team next season. Hoping at least 2 of these guys can contribute right away

 

[Pablo]

Thompson and Hewitt were both born in Jamaica. I'm sure that helped.

JAMAICA BBALL ASSOC ‏@goteamja 1h
@shevon_thompson has signed with George Mason and wishes to thank the schools who recruited him or helped him connect with his Jnr college

 

[gmujim92]

Wow, Hewitt really is a magician on the recruiting trail.

ODU wanted him bad and had a vacancy at the 5 spot. Thompson could've walked in there and started from Day 1.

But despite Hewitt's tenuous employment status and the fact that we finished last in the A-10 last season, he still convinced a 7-foot kid to come to Mason and compete for a starting job with a rising senior whose uncle is an assistant coach.

F-ing unbelievable. At some point, I'm gonna kidnap Hewitt and take him to Alaska so I can watch him sell ice to Eskimos.

Oh yeah, welcome to Mason, Shevon! Gonna be nice to have a 7-foot shot blocker in the middle when those A-10 guards start running the layup line against us.

 

[emjayar08]

It sure was hard to find a video of him. Quite the "Mystery Mon"

@16:00 mark:
edit:nice putback over a little guy @35:00
edit2:we've got ourselves a southpaw!

 

[TweederGMU]

Nice get. Hopefully this guy will actually make Lay-ups and not foul out in the first half

 

[Quentin Daniels]

We'll deff. have some height next season w/five players 6'8" or taller in Copes, Gujanicic, Royal, Porter & Thompson.

The good - Harcum seems to be legit for a NJCAA program. Made it to the NJCAA Div 1 semi-finals/Final Four and had a #1 ranking at one point during the year for Juco teams. Not surprisingly, Shevon was a defensive force under the basket averaging 11.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game.

The concerning - He only averaged 18.2 minutes (5th on the team) and might not be the best at passing out of the post with a ratio of 50 turnovers to 7 assists on the season.
http://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2013-14/div1/teams/harcumcollege?view=lineup&r=0&pos=st

 

[Pablo]

Retweeted by shevon thompson
Lamar Butler ‏@Butler2two 3h
RT @cdurlak: Welcome to George a Mason @shevon_thompson #A10<--yes sirrrr!! #MasonNation

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Hope springs anew...nice get. If he can stabilize things down low where Copes has so far failed it will help things a lot.

Very interested to see how big we go next year and how much zone we play.

I don't think Hewitt knows, unknown on who can step up their game.