Thompkins tries to hang on

Some more NBA Dawg news for you as the summer drags on.  Trey Thompkins has resurfaced with the Lakers and has a chance to make it to training camp.  His offense has looked good:

Offensively, he’s skilled.  He has a face-up jumpshot that extends out to 21′.  He showed a couple of post moves 12′ away from the basket, where he backed down a defender after a couple dribbles, and used a fadeaway jumpshot to create spacing.  He showed good touch in the painted area, but did not demonstrate tremenous post-up skill, such as a jumphook, finishing with either hand, using and up-and-under, etc.

His defense has been shakier:

 Defensive issues arose during the week as well.  While he had a couple of games of solid defense, he had three games of four fouls or more with roughly 20 minutes per game.  While he played in the paint, he’s not a tremendous shotblocking or rebounding presence.

Nothing in the article will surprise anyone who has watched Trey play.   The author claims Thompkins barely makes the cut size-wise as an NBA center prospect, but I'd be stunned if he caught on as anything other than a 4.

I'd still consider him a long shot to make an NBA roster this year, but here's hoping he impressed enough in summer league to get an honest look.

h/t Mike Garcia