Tyrus Thomas
Tyrus Thomas
Tyrus Wayne Thomasis an American professional basketball player who last played for Eisbären Bremerhaven of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for Louisiana State University before being drafted fourth overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2006 NBA draft. He was then traded to the Chicago Bulls where he went on to play three and a half seasons when in February 2010, he was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth17 August 1986
CityBaton Rouge, LA
seems shock
It's not a shock to us at all. We've been doing this for so long that it all seems natural.
blocked frustrated happen kept motivating picking shot team
Everybody's going to play bad. I was a little frustrated and aggravated. My first shot got blocked and I hadn't had that happen all year. The team kept motivating me and picking me up.
means school
It means a lot for the school as whole, the state, the city.
basketball displaced orleans people traveled
It's just basketball. But as we traveled around this season, we had a lot of people come up to us ? displaced people who are from New Orleans ? and they tell us that we make them happy.
woke
It kind of woke us up. It could have been any of us.
clown coaches focus focused practice quiet study task team uptight
We're not an uptight bunch. We just like to have fun. A lot of coaches like the team to be quiet and focused before a game. The way we focus is to clown around. We think about the task at hand. But we don't worry. We like to have fun, study and practice hard.
satisfied
We're still hungry, we're not satisfied with what we've done. We've got a lot to prove.
double objective open saw took
We were in the double bonus, so the objective was to get fouled. But I saw an open lane, so I took it. And I just scored the ball.
flame lost national program ready supposed
They used to be a powerhouse program. I know they have 11 national championships. They lost their flame for a little bit, but now it's back burning. We've got to be ready to play because they're going to try to put their program back where it's supposed to be.
coaches knew
You said I was on nobody's radar. That's other people's fault. I knew what I could do. Coaches knew what I could do.
full good head noticing people shot stutter toward
People are noticing I'm a good shot blocker. I used to see people going full throttle toward the goal. Now, I see more head fakes and stutter steps.
brings gives katrina outlook playing reminds victims
It gives me another outlook and more to play for than just myself and my team. It brings me back and reminds me that I am playing for the state, for the victims of (Hurricane) Katrina and Rita.
doctor good looking quick ready sore worse
It got sore real quick and I thought it was something worse than it really was. The X-rays were negative, and the doctor told me I'm just going to have to play through the soreness. I was just being a little cautious, but it's looking good for me to be ready to go Thursday.
double giving helps hitting jump loosen teams worked
Hitting the jumpers helps loosen things up. Teams are giving me that shot. It worked for me tonight. They didn't double Glen as much after I made those first two jump shots.