td wrote:
> CHICAGO (AP)--The Chicago Bulls suspended forward Tyrus Thomas for two
> games after missing practice on Wednesday.
>
> Thomas, a former first-round pick who is averaging 6.3 points and 4.6
> rebounds in his second season, will serve the punishment when the
> Bulls host Cleveland Thursday and visit Boston on Friday.
>
> Local stories have it that he missed practice without letting anyone
> know and the team was unable to find him anywhere. This has to be the
> kind of thing Pax is talking about when he complains about "personal
> agendas".
>
> I have a bit of a different take on Thomas. I think he came out way
> too soon and isn't mentally close to being an NBA player to say
> nothing of the fact that he needs to improve his skills. The guy has
> all the athletic ability in the world which is why he'll put up some
> good numbers from time to time but he's almost always protected in the
> rotations and gets sat down whenever he gets into early foul trouble,
> which is almost always, or doesn't have a favorable matchup. Thus
> far he hasn't demonstrated to me that he's capable of having a career
> in the league. There shouldn't be any question of playing time
> between a guy like him and Gooden, or Joe Smith, or PJ Brown but there
> is and its on him imo.
To be honest, I'm amazed that Thomas was mentally close enough to
being a high school graduate. Maybe a lot of it is because he is
so young, but he doesn't come across as being very smart.
Rumors on the Score were that Thomas blew off practice as a
protest over his lack of playing time. Somebody needs to start
giving this kid better advice. He has had a terrible work ethic
since Day One, he is terribly inconsistent when on the court, he
seems lackadaisical at times, he has a surly attitude toward the
media and he just doesn't seem to get it.
If the Bulls had a leader on the team, then that guy could take
Tyrus aside and maybe straighten him out. You know that MJ
wouldn't have put up with this kind of stuff. But the Bulls
don't have anyone with that kind of attitude or status.
If Pax has plans for Thomas to be with the Bulls next year, he
better get a head coach that can whip Thomas into shape. I'm
just not sure that anybody can do it because Tyrus knows he'll
get at least one more decent contract and he'll never have to
work a real job if spends his money wisely. What's Eddie
Robinson doing these days?
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