Georgetown University men's head basketball coach John Thompson III once told Sports Illustrated that he is "the smartest player I've ever coached." He continued: "That's a hell of a statement." "It meant a lot (to me). He's coached a lot of players in his career, so that was just a big confidence boost," the player said. Ever the unselfish player, he passed a lot of the credit to his teammates. "It didn't come easy, but they stuck behind me from the day that I got there. And the work we all put in together was big part of it. We worked and worked at it, got to know each other very wel ...