The guy has no court awareness at all. He should be able to blow by most PF’s in this league with his quickness, agility, and speed and get to the lane at will. He plays like a guard. Thomas needs to use his strengths, and maybe vinny is the one who has to tell him how. Cause he just doesn’t get it. I mean the ratio at how often we see him shoot outside compared to how often we see him shoot in the paint is ridiculous. Tyrus needs to get smarter, and that can only come with court time.

was always more experienced than Tyrus…..he was given all the time on the court to learn through mistakes pre Skiles and looked like his confidence was just lost.

Tyrus looks insanely confident, but just hasn’t learned the new offense enough.

I don’t understand why the Bulls won’t say “we’re going to rebuild and play our young guys”….that puts pressure on VDN and crew to play more veterans who aren’t in our long term plans, rather than have the others learn through their mistakes.

Rose’s passing will be fine, but right now he can’t pass to Tyrus often because Tyrus is making dumb mistakes with the passes, he tries to pass to Joakim, but Joakim can’t get the ball into the basket because he’s not strong enough….

And Drew like you said is spending too much time at the top of the key or jump shooting.

in the Philly re-match at the UC that went to OT: In the 2nd half Tyrus slowly rolled off s/r in the lane with his eyes on his footwear. Remember? He was open but didn’t get the pass ‘cause he wasn’t looking.

Rose should’ve hit him in the head with the ball. Just like Magic Johnson said you do.

The Bulls use a pick and pop with Rose and Gooden a lot with Deng and BG as shooters and Noah/Ty/Gray on the baseline. CP3 and Chandler use a pick and roll where Tyson goes right to the rim after the pick, and their other big, usually David West, pops from the baseline to the high post area or somewhere 15 foot or so from the basket. They also employ Peja and Posey and Mo Pete as shooters to space the court. The Bulls can alter their pick and roll a little bit and will get more production out of Ty or Noah if we use the picker as a roller and not a popper and we can have Drew Gooden be the popper and not cause so much trouble for us.

Tyrus Thomas is not talented. He is an athlete, and thats about it. He can’t hit a mid-range jumper and has no touch around the basket. He’s got no hook and a very wild handle. What he does have is two pogo sticks………. and thats it. He has immense potential because if he ever does learn to shoot from 15-18 feet, defenders will have to crowd him and then his speed makes him a very tough matchup. But until he learns even one offensive move he will strictly be a dunker/shot blocker/rebounder, the type of player that can start on a team with four other very good starters(the Pistons of four or five years ago) or come off of the bench for a team with a better option at the four or five, kind of like Jason Maxiell, just with much more potential. Thomas just needs a tongue-lashing and lots of hours in the gym with a ball and a rebounder.

I think Tyrus does have some sort of mental issue, his head is never really in the game. He might have some kind of concentration disorder, not ADD but something like it. When he is focused, he makes great plays, but I dunno….he is so frustrating. there is no reason why he should have 3 alley oops a game minimum. Plus he can beat PFs off the dribble, he did that somewhat effectively last year. Remember when he got the and1 on Marvin Williams. He needs to go to a sports psychologist first off and second he needs to be placed no further than 10 feet from the basket. He always flares off when he makes a screen.

He is still super raw, unlike most NBA players, I don’t think he played much organized basketball…a little in HS and that one year at LSU so he is still super duper raw. When we drafted him, we knew he was a project. But he should be further along. A friend of mine at my job went to HS with Amare and supposedly Amare was pretty shitty during most of his HS years. Tyrus needs a big man coach ASAP, Noah too.