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SF David Lighty (Most Career Buckeye Wins, ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket - France)

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Leaders like David Lighty are not plentiful in this world. People like David Lighty are certainly not plentiful in this world.

Despite the result tonight, this young man has quite the future either in the NBA or in his life. This attitude and his focus will serve him well.

I will miss Mr. Lighty, it just won't be the same not seeing #23 in the Scarlet and Grey next season.

I'm feeling quote-y tonight. I found one for Lighty. It fits PERFECTLY with his nick name "The Glue"

Peter F. Drucker said:
?The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'. They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but 'we' gets the credit.... This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.?
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David has a future in the NBA as a defensive stopper at the 3 and he will do it perfectly.

He never had an amazing outside shot, and he never had an amazing inside game. But he just brought something you coudn't take away from him on the court. He's going to have a niche in the next league, and it will be fun to follow him.

He is absolutely that guy that GOOD franchises target in the second round. Good character, a winner, and someone who brings a trait to their team.

I see him on a team like San Antonio, Dallas, Lakers, or Boston.

He just has a winning mentality and a winning team will recognize that.
 
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David Lighty Named to Lowe's Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team

COLUMBUS, Ohio - David Lighty was named to the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team, announced Friday in Houston by Lowe's, an official corporate partner of the NCAA, during open practices for the Men's Final Four. Lighty is joined on the first team by Devon Beitzel (Guard, Northern Colorado), Jimmer Fredette (Guard, BYU), E'Twaun Moore (Guard, Purdue) and Tyrel Reed (Guard, Kansas).
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http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=205128180
 
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Lighty probably has the best chance of making it in the NBA. Many mock drafts project Lighty as a second-round selection.

His defense and finishing ability have drawn praise among talent evaluators, and coach Thad Matta said throughout the year that Lighty is exceptional defensively.

"I've been saying it for four years: He's the best defender in college basketball," Matta said in a press conference before a game against Michigan on Jan. 12. "I think he's the national defender of the year, and he's been that way ever since the day he guarded Jeff Green as a freshman in the Final Four."

Lighty did not return multiple phone calls for comment, but he said on Twitter that he's ready for the future.

"The next 3 months will be the biggest and craziest months of my life... I'm ready for the challenge tho," Lighty said Monday on his personal Twitter account.
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http://www.thelantern.com/sports/now-all-eyes-are-on-the-nba-1.2143168
 
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Ohio State's men's basketball star David Lighty couldn't watch NCAA title game: Buckeyes Insider
Published: Friday, April 08, 2011
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer

COLUMBUS -- David Lighty could have watched Connecticut-Butler in person on Monday night. The Ohio State senior was in Houston as part of the Lowe's Senior CLASS awards, with the Cleveland native one of several players honored for his achievements on and off the basketball court. He worked on a community service project, saw some of the Final Four practices and judged a high school slam dunk contest.

He also had a ticket to the national title game at Reliant Stadium. And he couldn't make himself go.

"We got tickets to it, but I wasn't able to watch that. I couldn't do that to myself," Lighty said this week. "That would have just made me angry. I knew we should have been there, that's why."

The result of that game only would have made it worse. UConn and Butler combined to shoot 26 percent from the field in the Huskies' 53-41 win, playing at a level below what the Buckeyes as the No. 1 team in the nation showed for much of the year.

Lighty spent the evening at his Houston hotel room, basically ignoring the game, and in talking later to his OSU teammates, he said they couldn't watch it, either. With their loss to Kentucky in the Sweet 16, the Buckeyes finished at 34-3, while the Wildcats went on to lose to Connecticut in the Final Four. Winning 92 percent of your games is a year to remember, but Lighty can't shake the idea that he should have been in Houston as a player, not as a frustrated non-fan.

"The ball didn't fall our way [against Kentucky], so there's no regrets about the season," Lighty said. "In the end, we still had a great season."
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While working out in both Columbus and Cleveland, Lighty said he was interviewing agents and hoping to decide on one in the next few days. He then expects to land at a predraft camp in the coming weeks.

Lighty is projected as the No. 39 overall pick, the ninth pick in the second round, by NBADraft.net, while ESPN.com has him as the No. 116 overall prospect on a list that includes many underclassman, with a projection as a second-rounder. Diebler is listed as the No. 126 prospect.

DraftExpress.com ranks Lighty as the No. 54 prospect and projects him as the 15th pick in the second round. DraftExpress also lists Diebler as the No. 83 prospect. David Aldridge on NBA.com ranked Lighty as the seventh-best shooting guard prospect and sees him as a second-rounder, while Aldridge ranked Diebler as the No. 10 shooting guard. He also ranked OSU junior William Buford as the No. 6 shooting guard, but Buford has said he'll be back at Ohio State for his senior year.

After five years in Columbus, Lighty has to move on.

"I've been working on everything," Lighty said. "My ball handling, and NBA range is a lot deeper than college range, so I'm working on my shot. My shot has gotten better each year, so I'm trying to continue to improve my 3-point shooting. And the NBA game is a lot more one-on-one, so you've got to be able to create your own shot."
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http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/04/ohio_states_lighty_couldnt_wat.html
 
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Spurs?

-- During the past season, I mentioned in conversations with others that I thought David Lighty has a chance to play in the NBA if some team values his intangibles and has a role for a versatile, on-ball defender, as the San Antonio Spurs long did for Bruce Bowen.
Interesting, then, to read today on IlliniHQ.com that "the Spurs have taken a liking" to Lighty, according to contacts Paul Klee of the Champaign News-Gazette talked with this week at the Portsmouth (Va.) Invitational for draft hopefuls.
Lighty isn't at Portsmouth, having elected to skip the event to wait and prepare for the NBA pre-draft camp in Chicago in May.
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http://blog.dispatch.com/hoopsscoops/
 
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Lighty returns to Northeast Ohio, has eyes on future (with two videos)
Published: Sunday, April 10, 2011
By John Kampf
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David Lighty had barely passed through the doorway at a Strongsville Holiday Inn on Saturday when a man on the other side of the room yelled, "Hey!" rose from his chair, approached Lighty and hugged him.

"Big fan, man. Big fan," said the man to Lighty.

That man was former Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith.

Smith wasn't alone with those feelings on Saturday. Sandwiched between two Heisman Trophy-winning players from Ohio State ? Smith and the legendary Archie Griffin ? on the mid-afternoon autograph schedule, the person with the least amount of hardware to his name might have had the largest following waiting for him.

"That's crazy," Lighty said of the crowd. "I didn't know it would be like that. I thought it would just be a line and people coming in and I'd be signing stuff.

"(The crowd size) gives you a sense of accomplishment, I guess."

Only a few weeks have passed since Lighty's college basketball career ended via Ohio State's 62-60 loss to Kentucky in an NCAA tournament regional semifinal. Still stinging from that loss, Lighty had a smile brought to his face by the supportive crowd who came to Strongsville to be part of Lighty's first paid autograph signing.

"They gotta draft me," said Lighty with a smile when two fans told him they hope the Cavaliers draft him this summer.

With his mother, Emily, smiling broadly on the far side of the room, one of her son's former teachers came through the line. The smile broadened further when a young girl in a wheelchair perked up when seeing Lighty, with her father telling her happily, "See. I told you he'd be here." Continued...

A stack of pens of different shades and sizes were dumped next to Lighty for his use on whatever fans brought, whether it was photos, basketballs or magazines. Lighty, who admitted he used to practice his signature in high school, greeted each fan with a smile and thanks for attending.

In the coming weeks, Lighty will turn his attention from public appearances to his future basketball career. The winningest player in Ohio State basketball history ? he helped the Buckeyes to 129 wins in his career ? Lighty is hoping to be drafted in June's NBA draft.

"I've seen first round. I've seen not drafted," Lighty said of the mock drafts of which he has caught a glimpse. "All of them are different. That's why you don't pay attention to them."

Lighty exited Ohio State with career averages of 9.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game. But there is no consensus on what Lighty projects to be at the next level.

"Of course, everyone says Bruce Bowens," said Lighty of comparisons he has heard, adding in the names of Wesley Matthews and Raja Bell.

"I have no problem with that at all."

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http://news-herald.com/articles/2011/04/10/sports/nh3867892.txt?viewmode=fullstory
 
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