Before there was Jonathan Isaac, Dwayne Bacon or even Malik Beasley, the best FSU basketball player this decade was Al Thornton. The forward from just up the road in Georgia came to Tallahassee and left as following a senior season in 2006-07 that saw him finish runner up for ACC Player of the Year along with being first team all conference and a third team All-American.
Fast forward a decade later and Thornton has returned to basketball in America – in a smaller version. Drafted 14th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers, Thornton spent the following four seasons in the NBA with the Clippers, Washington Wizards and Golden State Warriors before embarking on overseas basketball that took him to Puerto Rico, China and the Philippines.