Comments on: Rose learning from Kobe, Tyrus imitating Magic

By: Where were the Bulls shooting? » By The Horns

Where were the Bulls shooting? » By The Horns — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:54:21 +0000

[…] Thoughts: Only five teams had their inside shots blocked at a higher rate than the Bulls. Maybe that explains their (relatively) dreadful inside shooting percentage. Well, that and the fact that their bigs have trouble finishing around the basket. Of course, as I mentioned, the Bulls didn’t shoot many threes, which meant that opposing teams could clog the paint and focus on protecting the rim. At any rate, the Bulls desperately need to improve in this area if they want to improve as a team. Good thing Tyrus has been practicing the 15-17 foot jumper… […]

By: felipe garcia

felipe garcia — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:19:53 +0000

I think if Tyrus Thomas does not improve at all this his season, the bulls should stop wasting their time on him and trade him for a true PF player like David Lee or Carlos Boozer, since they are expect to be traded earlier this season. I do agree with Brad and some other people saying that he needs to work more on his inside game, block out defenders, learn hot to rebound effectively and working on his interior defense, since he is considered to be more of a PF player then SF. I don’t see him being an effective SF, since their are a lot of players out their that are way better then him playing that position like Deng, Salmons and even James Johnson.

By: Stefan G.

Stefan G. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:06:25 +0000

Brad, you could not be more right. The fact of the matter is, Tyrus needs to absolutely KNOW his role. He should be driving and dunking like he did his rookie year when he had all those highlight plays. He doesn’t use his athleticism nearly as much as he should. I don’t mind him trying to add a jumper to his game, but he’s got to learn to use his ability the right way like fundamentals and slowing it down. Hey, I just want to see him dunk on somebody

By: Brad S.

Brad S. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:14:18 +0000

Wow…

…Some of you need to re-read what I wrote, some of you need to go and watch Bull Durham, and some of you need to re-take English class.

Look, if Tyrus was a guard or a small forward, I would be thrilled to hear that he has been working on his midrange jumper. It is an awesome and under-utilized tool in the modern game(See: The success of Rip Hamilton). Too often guards or SF’s want to drain the three or drive to the hoop, but the midrange pull-up is consistantly there all game long.

BUT TYRUS IS A POWER FORWARD …on a team with Rose, Kirk, Pargo, Luol, Salmons, & our new draftee Johnson. Wouldn’t you rather have any one of them take that same shot???

Besides, the knock on him has always been that he took too many jumpers, too far away from the basket. It’s like he heard the critism, but reacted the wrong way. I have no problem with him working diligently on his game, quite the contrary; I applaude it. It’s just that for a guy who plays PF, it seems to me that you should work on the fundamentals of interior play and help defense before you expand that to a solid 15-17 foot jump shot. Especially when that interior defense is what your team truly needs.

The sad fact is: We all know that Tyrus could do it and we are rooting for him. It’s why this is so frustrating. If he were just a scrub at the end of the bench, no one would be having this conversation.

Of course, It could be that I’m just a hater trying to keep a Tyrus down!!!

By: Mr Crater

Mr Crater — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:34:31 +0000

All I know is this everyone here is talking about jumpshots and Tyrus Thomas, correct me if I’m wrong but shooting happens at all positions, second just like when we were all playing growing up every year it was something different to approach whether it be ball handling, your jumper or even what shoes to get, it takes time to get better you must fall to stand. TT has a lot to bring he needs to get his mind in the right place and foucs only on what is important, but to him he is only thinking himself there are 12 other guys to think about, He needs to figure how to work on them to get better as whole.

By: mike killer

mike killer — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:18:31 +0000

So then eventually they will guard him more outside and take less pressure inside for him to score easy baskets.

By: mike killer

mike killer — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:15:22 +0000

Now as I think about it, I don’t think that TT is going have a bad season this year just b-cuz he was only working on this jump shot and putting on more weight. I do agree with most of you guys that are hating on TT saying that he needs to improve more on his inside game, rebound more & play harder defense. I think that if TT can learn how to hit a consistent jump shot that will give him another dimension in scoring and help the team. For example, we all know he can dunk on bigger guys when he needs to like JJN mention already, but if Tyrus Thomas can hit those jump shots at a higher percent, his inside game will be much easier for him b-cuz most player will only expect Tyrus to take it to hole then to hit a consistent jump shot.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:08:34 +0000

I agree with Rocky – it’s a longer-term project. If he can add a jumper this year, demonstrate it enough to the league that people take him seriously from 15-17 feet, and then add a consistent dribble-drive next year, he could be the next Shawn Marion sooner than we think. Tyrus has at least 10 good years of basketball in him, maybe 15. Let’s be patient and see what happens.

By: JJN

JJN — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:36:31 +0000

brad shut da fuck up ty is just tryn 2 come up in a different way dis year!
we all knoe dat he could dunk on pplz face bigger dan him!
so fuck all da haterz!!!!!

By: Granville Waiters

Granville Waiters — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:01:54 +0000

everyone remember this is basketball? and you’re pissed cuz a guy is working on his jumper? Yeah TT should be rebounding at a higher clip. but that doesn’t mean you don’t want him working on his shot. our guards should be working on post moves too.