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
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.
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.
hard hurts sit
It was hard to sit out. It just hurts to sit out. There is no way to get used to it.
cling people
It was just my nature. I never cling to people at first.
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.
means school
It means a lot for the school as whole, the state, the city.
fans love thank
All of these fans have been here with us from Day 1, and I wanted to thank them and show our love to them.
mentality
You've got to have the mentality it's like a battle. He wins, you die.
woke
It kind of woke us up. It could have been any of us.
seems shock
It's not a shock to us at all. We've been doing this for so long that it all seems natural.
best eye heart knew night opponent quit
When he started making eye contact, I knew I was in him. My mind-set is to take my opponent's heart and take his soul, and that's what I try to do night in and night out. Get the best of my opponent and make him quit before I do.