The Tyrus Thomas sequence

SportsWorld · Post #2 » by **SportsWorld** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 5:43 am

"Get in the weight room James Posey" -Stacey King

SephCast · Post #3 » by **SephCast** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 5:55 am

That last one is hilarious.

jStuNNa · Post #4 » by **jStuNNa** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 5:59 am

Tyrus was right .. he did get fouled on that dunk.

jcuuofd · Post #5 » by **jcuuofd** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 6:08 am

Tyrus is playing so well because everyone on the team is beginninh to givr good passes and alley-oops to him.

madvillian · Post #6 » by **madvillian** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 6:20 am

that's excellent. Tyrus is playing very well lately. He's embracing the role of a 4 and his game is responding. He is grabbing quite a few offensive rebounds and blocking shots while not goaltending too much.

Tommy Turtle · Post #7 » by **Tommy Turtle** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 6:26 am

Tyrus is as old as a college senior. Tyrus got his nose broken by a thug in his first NBA game. Tyrus has 2 1/2 years of stunted growth under 3 coaches. Tyrus now knows he belongs.

Paxson knew what he was doing. Tyrus and Noah are good young players. MJ (GOAT) did not win until his seventh year. Pippen and Grant were good young players that made mistakes. Give them some time instead of trying to trade them for crap.

I remember outrage from Bull's fans for replacing Doug Collins for Phil Jackson. (No head coaching experience in the NBA). How did that work?

Post #8 » by **kulaz3000** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 6:32 am

Watching Tyrus and Noah develop with solid minutes, and not having Gooden or anyone else interfering with their minutes is really helping their game out, and also their confidence, because they don't have to look over their shoulders when they make mistakes.

This period reminds of when Tyson and Curry putting together good games, when we just let them go and allowed them to play through their mistakes. Brings a smile to my face.

But if we get a player like Bosh or Amare, I'll ship them in a second!

Tommy Turtle · Post #9 » by **Tommy Turtle** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 6:35 am

That's the thug that broke his nose!

Post #10 » by **Payt10** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 7:15 am

Tyrus is becoming a beast on the defensive end. If he can have games where he gets 3 or 4 dunks a night with a jumper and free throws he will be just fine. I'm more worried about him being a consistent rebounder and defender than I am his offense. His O will be predicated on how well Derrick makes him in the future. I predicted he'd become a more skilled Tyson Chandler on offense as Rose is like a Chris Paul.

ChicagoChris · Post #11 » by **ChicagoChris** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:02 pm

is there a vid? i got nothing.

molepharmer · Post #12 » by **molepharmer** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:25 pm

I know this isn't the same dunk, but I never did understand why they took that one dunk away from him. Something about being in the rim for his second attempt (an offensive goaltending), at least that's what they said - I just never saw that.

Cliff Levingston · Post #13 » by **Cliff Levingston** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:30 pm

Tommy Turtle wrote:Tyrus is as old as a college senior. Tyrus got his nose broken by a thug in his first NBA game. Tyrus has 2 1/2 years of stunted growth under 3 coaches. Tyrus now knows he belongs.

Paxson knew what he was doing. Tyrus and Noah are good young players. MJ (GOAT) did not win until his seventh year. Pippen and Grant were good young players that made mistakes. Give them some time instead of trying to trade them for crap.

I remember outrage from Bull's fans for replacing Doug Collins for Phil Jackson. (No head coaching experience in the NBA). How did that work?

Settle down there killer. Cliff Levingston has been one of Tyrus' biggest supporters throughout his tenure here but he's got a little ways to go before we can call both him and Noah "good" NBA players. For the first time in both their careers we're actually handling them properly and they're responding positively which is very nice to see. Let's see them continue this for a little while longer, and more importantly, let's see how they perform against some really good NBA competition. We've got Dallas coming up so Tyrus and Noah will get to square off with Dirk and Dampier.

Magilla_Gorilla · Post #14 » by **Magilla_Gorilla** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:31 pm

molepharmer wrote:I know this isn't the same dunk, but I never did understand why they took that one dunk away from him. Something about being in the rim for his second attempt (an offensive goaltending), at least that's what they said - I just never saw that.

I don't think the first dunk touched the rim after it slipped from his hands, so when he jumped and grabbed the ball again it was a travel.

But the replay didn't have a good angle so I'm not entirely sure.

ChronicKerr · Post #15 » by **ChronicKerr** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 3:32 pm

He grabbed the rim to help him pull himself up I believe after he missed the first shot. I don't know if it was called goaltending or just a violation of something or other.

musiqsoulchild · Post #16 » by **musiqsoulchild** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 6:54 pm

Magilla_Gorilla wrote:
molepharmer wrote:I know this isn't the same dunk, but I never did understand why they took that one dunk away from him. Something about being in the rim for his second attempt (an offensive goaltending), at least that's what they said - I just never saw that.

I don't think the first dunk touched the rim after it slipped from his hands, so when he jumped and grabbed the ball again it was a travel.

But the replay didn't have a good angle so I'm not entirely sure.

I am pretty sure thats a different game you are referring to Magilla ( on this West Coast swing though).

tyrissius · Post #17 » by **tyrissius** » Thu Feb 5, 2009 8:25 pm

kulaz3000 wrote:

is there anyway i can get this pic in hi resolution

jcuuofd · Post #18 » by **jcuuofd** » Fri Feb 6, 2009 12:32 am

At NBA.com top 10 highlights for Wednesday 2 of the 10 plays were Tyrus dunking. The first one was the long alley-oop from Gordon and the second one was the two handed dunk in the picture.

Lets hope he can keep this level of play up and that other teammates continue to give him assists.

DerrickRose16 · Post #19 » by **DerrickRose16** » Fri Feb 6, 2009 1:46 am

musiqsoulchild wrote:
Magilla_Gorilla wrote:
molepharmer wrote:I know this isn't the same dunk, but I never did understand why they took that one dunk away from him. Something about being in the rim for his second attempt (an offensive goaltending), at least that's what they said - I just never saw that.

I don't think the first dunk touched the rim after it slipped from his hands, so when he jumped and grabbed the ball again it was a travel.

But the replay didn't have a good angle so I'm not entirely sure.

I am pretty sure thats a different game you are referring to Magilla ( on this West Coast swing though).

No that was the Hornets game and his explanation is the closest to making sense that I've seen. At no point on that play did Tyrus grab the rim so that wasn't it. However, I also think that ball hit the rim so I was pissed when they called what I have to assume was traveling on Thomas.