It’s hard for me to figure out what to think about Tyrin Lawrence, because I have to separate the theoretical from the reality.
In theory, Lawrence is an ideal player: at 6’4”, he has the length and quickness to be a lockdown defender, and he should be a pretty good offensive player. In reality, while he’s not a bad defender (and is definitely better at that than Trey Thomas), his defense isn’t what I would call “lockdown” — his 99.4 defensive rating is basically average, and it was worse than Vanderbilt’s overall defense.
And offense, well... that was a problem last season.