Tire Thomas

Tire Thomas
Player information
Full name	Tire Wayne Thomas
birthday	17th August 1986
place of birth	Baton Rouge , United States
size	206 cm
position	Power forward
college	LSU
NBA draft	2006 , 4th pick, Portland Trail Blazers
Jersey number	13
Clubs as active
2006–2010 Chicago Bulls 2010–2013 Charlotte Bobcats 2015 Iowa Energy (D-League) 2015 Memphis Grizzlies 2015–2016 Eisbären Bremerhaven 00000 00000

Tyrus Wayne Thomas (born August 17, 1986 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana ) is an American professional basketball player who was most recently under contract with the Eisbären Bremerhaven in the basketball league . The 2.06 m tall and 98 kg heavy player was drafted fourth in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and immediately traded to the Chicago Bulls for LaMarcus Aldridge , the second pick of the draft, along with Viktor Khryapa . Previously, the power forward played at Louisiana State College . In his only year of college, he scored 12.3 points per game, plus 9.3 rebounds and 3.1 blocks.

Career

Thomas played for the Bulls for three and a half years. He had his best year in the 2008-09 season when he scored 10.8 points, 1.9 blocks and 6.5 rebounds on average and was a starter on the field with 61 of 79 players. However, he could not meet the high expectations and was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats on February 18, 2010 for Ronald Murray and Acie Law . In the summer of 2010, he signed a $ 40 million five-year contract in Charlotte. After a good 2010-11 season, his performances were getting weaker, so that he played for the Bobcats until the summer of 2013. During the summer break, the Bobcats terminated the existing contract with Thomas by option. For the 2013-14 season, Thomas remained without a club.

On January 15, 2015, Thomas signed with Iowa Energy in the D-League . A few days later, Thomas was hired by the Memphis Grizzlies for 10 days , but then sent back to Iowa. The Eisbären Bremerhaven announced on September 4th, 2015 that they could sign the former NBA professional. In the 2015/16 season he will go hunting for basketball in the BEKO Basketball Bundesliga . He did not play the season to the end, as Thomas and Bremerhaven separated by mutual agreement in February 2016.

Web links

• Tyrus Thomas - player profile on NBA.com
• Tyrus Thomas - player profile on basketball-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ slamonline.com - Bobcats Acquire Tyrus Thomas , February 18, 2010
2. ↑ Bobcats Re-Sign Tire Thomas
3. ↑ Bobcats Waive Forward Tyrus Thomas, Designate Him as Amnesty Player
4. ^ Energy Acquire Tire Thomas
5. ↑ Memphis Grizzlies sign former 4th overall pick Tyrus Thomas to 10-day contract
6. ↑ POLAR BEARS BRING TYRUS THOMAS INTO THE BEKO BBL ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.