Tyrus Thomas headed to Charlotte

[iggs111]

Wow, Ill take it.

12:10 pm It's official according to Mark Spears at Yahoo, Tyrus Thomas is headed to the Bobcats. The deal is for Acie Law, Flip Murray and a future first round pick. Denver had tried to get Thomas in a deal, but the Bobcats pick will be much higher and that was the deciding factor.
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11:46 am The Bobcats want front line depth and they appear ready to give the talented but unfocused Tyrus Thomas the chance to fill that role.

Ken Berger at CBSsports.com is reporting the Bulls and Bobcats are close to a deal that sends Thomas to Charlotte. What is not released yet what would head back to the Midwest, but it likely would include Acie Law and Flip Murray, both expiring deals. Charlotte may want to find a way to include point guard DJ Augustin, who the team has been trying to move for a while, however the Bulls want expiring contracts and DJ is in just the second year of his rookie deal.

At the same time, other reports say the Thomas to the Knicks talks have "lost traction."

Thomas has worlds of talent that he only shows in flashes. Even people close to Thomas said the recurring mantra of his coaches and trainers is to bring passion to his game every night. But the lack of that, combined with a healthy ego, led to clashes with coach Vinny Del Negro in Chicago.

Wait until Thomas meets Larry Brown.

Brown gets a lot of out of players and is maybe the best teacher among NBA coaches. Thomas could get a lot out of him, if he tunes him in. He can also get plenty of burn on the court. But if he tunes him out, Thomas will find Brown also has a very large dog house that can accommodate big egos.

[whodey]

damn bulls better get a big name neext year. here comes lebron

[iggs111]

yea you aint kidding. but Lebron is not coming here....

[Windy City Irish]

Dwade coming home??? next year

[iggs111]

Originally Posted by Windy City Irish

Dwade coming home??? next year

Doubtful.

My honest guess is we land Joe Johnson and Chris Bosh.

[iggs111]

Derrick Rose
Joe Johnson
Loul Deng
Chris Bosh
Joakim Noah

With a very good bench that is a scary team.

[iggs111]

I've talked about Tyrus Thomas(notes) more times than people should be allowed to count to. As currently presented, he's a backup power forward. As given to the NBA, in 2006, he was an All-Star-quality game-changer. His potential was that great (is that great, though it won't happen), but it was squandered due to odd minute allotments, iffy coaching decisions, strange rotations.

The prevailing theme here, though, is that this is Thomas' fault. He came into the league as an unmotivated head case, and he remains that to this day. At the end of his particular day, whether he musters a double-double off the bench or contributes two points on seven shots as a starter, Tyrus Thomas' lack of NBA success is due to Tyrus Thomas.

That doesn't mean Chicago didn't blow this. They could have handled him better. They could have turned him into something special. They focused on bootstraps and Ben Wallace(notes) instead. Pity.

He's off to Charlotte, now, in a deck chair swap that hands Chicago some guard "depth" in Acie Law(notes) and Flip Murray(notes). Law is pretty bad, and though Murray can get hot, he's just the sort of player who will shoot you out of games, contribute nothing else, while all your head coach can think about is the time last week when he scored 18 points on 11 shots in 22 minutes.

Thomas in Charlotte? It could work. Anything could work, and while I predicted Tyrus going off once he was sent elsewhere, I don't know if it will work. Larry Brown thinks of himself as the perfect coach for anyone, until it's time to coach less-than-perfect players. Then he mopes and throws his hands in the air and wishes that Tyrone Hill was still playing.

Bring up Allen Iverson(notes) all you want, but beyond that one Finals appearance in 2001, all I remember from that relationship is AI chafing in every year between 1996 and 2003; to say nothing of the infamous news conference from 2002. In the end, more rub-wrongs than rub-rights.

I hope Tyrus gets it right, because he has so much to get from this game, and his gifts. A lineup with him and Gerald Wallace(notes) and Tyson Chandler(notes), given health and proper attitude, could hold teams to 47 points per game. The Bobcats would only score 52 points per game themselves, but what's the point when you have two guys blocking a shot at once? Just two, mind you. Tyson just strained his back. 2-3 weeks.

[Raptors007]

bosh is staying in toronto. my guess.

[iggs111]

Originally Posted by Raptors007

bosh is staying in toronto. my guess.

until the summer when he joins the bulls.

[Raptors007]

dreams can come true.

[iggs111]

Originally Posted by Raptors007

dreams can come true.

That is no dream sir. Even if he doesnt become a Bull he will be going elsewhere next year. No way he stays in Toronto.

[Raptors007]

friendly wager? i think he will stay..max money over 6 years..Colangelo has to offer it. and if he does no way he turns it down...imo.
We all in toronto hate vince carter..but he stayed.

[iggs111]

Originally Posted by Raptors007

friendly wager? i think he will stay..max money over 6 years..Colangelo has to offer it. and if he does no way he turns it down...imo.
We all in toronto hate vince carter..but he stayed.

Sure. Even if they offered him max money he will turn it down because of having to pay taxes in both countries. What's the wager?