Remember Derryck Thornton? The wispy point guard left Duke after his freshman year to go somewhere where he could find his destiny as more of a shooting point guard, with some angry comments from a relative/representative.
Well his USC career is over now and graduate Thornton finished his last season with 7.7 points and 4.3 assists. If you look at his career stats, moving to a weaker conference was probably a good idea but it didn’t help his stats much at all.
Maybe going down one more notch will let him find the role he wants.