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
satisfied
We're still hungry, we're not satisfied with what we've done. We've got a lot to prove.
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.
focused games opponent playing supposed tougher win
We have to take every opponent seriously, but we were kind of focused on playing Connecticut. You have to take every opponent seriously. These are really tougher games to get up for, because we're supposed to win these games.
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.
final
Yeah, we did it. Final Four! No one thought we would.
head saw trying
When I saw him with his head down trying to dribble, I went over. With .5 I had the ball.
count jolly life team whenever
He's just a big, jolly Glen. I mean, whenever you're down or frustrated, you can count on him to be just Glen. He's the life of the team. He's the team clown. He's amazing.
jolly life
He's just a big, jolly ... Glen. He's the life of the team.
close media nine realize until
I didn't realize that I was so close to a triple-double until I got to the media room. I had no idea I had nine blocks.
loves practice rest run watching
Garrett loves to play defense. Really. He loves it. We're at practice and the rest of us want to run and shoot. Not Garrett. He's always watching film to be better at defense.
determined knew screaming season start tough
I knew this was a tough place to play with 18,000 screaming fans, but we were determined to start the new season undefeated. We were relentless.
against beat character crowd either feels good next ready team tonight wants
Duke's a team that everyone either wants to play for or against. And tonight we showed good character against a crowd that really wasn't with us, and we won. And it feels good to beat Duke. But we have to get ready for the next game.
against character coming crowd duke either good team tonight wants
Duke is a team everyone either wants to play for or play against. And tonight we showed good character by going down and then coming back against a crowd that really wasn't with us.
means school
It means a lot for the school as whole, the state, the city.