Football is rarely discussed when University of Arkansas, Fayetteville associate head coach and running backs coach Jeff Traylor communicates with versatile Charvis Thornton.
"Coach Traylor and I talk everyday," Thornton said. "It's nothing about football. Nothing about me coming up there. Nothing about that. We talk about crazy stuff. Like who's going to win the [NBA] Finals."
Thornton, 5-11, 185 pounds, of Baton Rouge Southern University Lab has 15 scholarship offers from Arkansas, Colorado, Oregon State, Kansas, Memphis and Arkansas State, among others.
He and Traylor have been debating the NBA playoffs.
"At first, I had the 76ers beating the Celtics," Thornton said.