That once Tyrus starting to show that near perfect form and hit those jump shots, it became more and more clear that he envisions himself a SF, and for a tweener who coming in looked like a SF, it’s a shame we continue to play him out of position out of need as a pure PF.

I’d like to see some PF and SF time with Tyrus, move him more and more to the SF to see what we have there. With his athleticism and myriad of skills he seems like he can get comfortable there, and his ability to play lock down D at times and good help defense at others, will only bolster his effectiveness on D as he won’t be as caught out of position trying to guard the 4’s inside when he’s hanging around the wings covering his SF counterpart….

Thanks for the article, why this guy isn’t writing in place of KC is beyond me…

I’m not saying either way (though I’d lean to “no” for the past season)….he certainly looks good, but he uses his legs and his shot is much “longer” than most post and pop players who typically have very simple shots that rarely if ever miss.

The question is: What is a good percentage for absolutely open 15 foot “set” shots? What percentage does Tyrus hit? I feel like with some players (and not always what you’d consider a good player) that shot is almost an 80% make. Now maybe that player can’t do anything else that Tyrus can do, but they make that open shot every time they get it.

Can we get “open shot” shooting percentages? ; >

I still prefer Tyrus as a 4. He is a better mismatch at the 4. He has decent handles and is much quicker than most PFs and his strengths are being no further than 10 ft from the basket. I’d rather him get more alley-oops and putbacks than him clanking jumpers all game. He has decent form but shooting J’s shouldn’t be his game. If the Bulls insist on using him at the 3, then they should study how Thad Young made the transition. Young is a good example of a 3/4 tweener being effective.

Keeping Tyrus at the 3 encourages him to just shoot 18 footers all game and it will greatly reduce his rebounding. Keep him at the 4 and maybe use him at the 3 in certain situations…

Yeh I understand his ability to make jumpers will open up his ability to drive. Problem is he forgets to drive and falls in love with shooting jumpers. There is a difference….he rarely dives into the lane after a pass, he will float to the perimeter. NOT ACCEPTABLE. His blocks and rebounds will decrease if he was a SF. I simply don’t think his skillset serves him being a fulltime SF….maybe a few minutes a game but again he should be encouraged to stay around the basket. Good things happen for him there. His coaches at LSU only told him one thing:stay around the basket. And he shined in the tournament following that advice.

Him and Derrick should work on pick and roll alley-oops all summer long. Keep him at the 4 and run a real offense and he could average 14-16 pts/7-9 rebounds a game. He needs to work on his body control too so when he drives, it’s not like the usual bull in a china shop deal.

…the door after spending about a day as a Chicago Bull are the same things we are hearing about Tyrus Thomas now….yet I’d be willing to bet that many Bulls fans wouldn’t mind having the ultra athletic J.R. Smith running around in a Bulls uniform now (considering how much complaining there is about Ben Gordon).

As said in an earlier post, Thomas simply hasn’t been coached very well. He has been GROSSLY mishandled in Chicago. No coaching staff since he’s been here has really put him in position to be successful. I always saw him as a Shawn Marion type. He can’t create his own offense and you don’t have to run a single play for him yet when you just let him run and jump he will be a force on both ends. Problem before was that the Bulls didn’t have the PG to push the pace in such a way that Thomas could be effective playing that way offensively. Well, now the Bulls have the best PG to do that.

As for defensively, is there any doubt the Bulls are a different on that end of the court when he’s in the game? Tyrus Thomas began to have a mini- Dwight Howard effect, meaning people started to “hear footsteps” when going to the basket. If the Bulls can get Thomas to understand (or if he understands) that there is no need for him to try to create offensively, then this kid can be special. He can shoot the ball and he’s a willing and capable defender. You don’t get rid of this guy….unless of course moving him gets you a front court all-star…preferrably named Stoudemire or Bosh but we’ll see how that works out.