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
awesome best continue country despite execute teams
We feel we are one of the best teams in the country despite our youth. If we continue to execute right we will have an awesome season.
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.
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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.
began campus couple experience helped point pull realized shared team
That was one of the times that the team began to really pull together, because we realized that at any point that could have been our campus that was hit. We helped out, and a couple of us shared tears. It was an eye-opening experience for us.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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We weren't going to let them get the best of us.
besides challenge feels fight mental physical
Besides the physical pain, it's also going to be a mental challenge for me to come out and fight through how it feels every day.
Big Baby. Y'all have to do your part. We've done our part.
buster douglas gave hard knocked mike punches swing swung texas
Texas gave us some hard punches and we had to be Buster Douglas and swing back. And we swung back at them. We knocked out Mike Tyson.
call leave man soldiers
Sometimes we call each other soldiers. And soldiers never leave a man behind.
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.