Tyrus Thomas
FameRank: 4

"Tyrus Wayne Thomas" is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League. 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 Hornets/Charlotte Bobcats.

More Tyrus Thomas on Wikipedia.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It was hard to sit out. It just hurts to sit out. There is no way to get used to it.

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.

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.

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.

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.