HAYS' HIT: "We need David to get healthy but he is an athletic kid with a good feel for the game. He has a knack around the basketball."

LD BELL HIGH: A three-year letterwinner at LD Bell High School, from which he graduated from in 2007...A second team all-District selection as a senior...Coached by Randall Duran.

PERSONAL: Born Nov. 14, 1988, to David and Cheryl Thompson...Has three brothers, Malcolm, Felician and Godwin, and two sisters, Chante and Anjunae.