The Top Ten UCLA Basketball Players Of The Last Decade

10. Dijon Thompson

Dijon Thompson is one of two players on this list that came from the Steve Lavin era. He was a skilled 6’7″ player that could go inside and out. Not only was he a versatile shooter and rebounder, but he could also hit the shot from beyond the arc. Thompson is 10th in the Bruins all-time in 3-pt attempts (252) and 11 in all-time in made shots (90).

Thompson was both leading scorer in his last two years as he averaged 18.4 points per game as a junior and 14.4 points in his senior year. Thompson was drafted by the New York Knicks after his senior season, but was traded and played his first professional season with the Phoenix Suns. He last played int he NBA in 2008 with the Atlanta Hawks and in 2007, he took his career to Europe. He lasted played professionally in Russia for BC Nizhny Novgorod in 2014.