Tyrus Thomas suspended one game for conduct detrimental to team
The sad saga of Tyrus Thomas and the Chicago Bulls continues. Ugh.
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WTF happened?
He decided what the hell, I’m gone anyway?
Possible indication a definite trade is nearly complete?
All your base are belong to Vinny.
Wasn't too hard to see this one coming
With Noah out, and Tyrus still not getting much playing time he probably (finally) got fed up and lashed out. Can’t say I blame him.
Neil takes the fun out of funk
it pisses me off too
although he has been a complete moron on the court for the most part
He played well against the Hornets I believe and Vinny didn’t even bring him back in the game.
by i_like_turtles on Feb 6, 2010 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
he was playing well against the sixers, too
and in a game where vinny was matching up deng with brand, we really needed him.
"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"
tyrus is a pretty impatient player to begin with, and he usually forces things, trying to "hit a home run"
every time he touches the ball. this of course has been exacerbated by his minutes getting jerked around, as its pretty typical for players in his situation to try to do too much in limited minutes. i think thats why hes been unusually… um… assertive lately.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
I can say that I blame him...
Way to put his agenda before that of the team…!!! Seriously, WTF has Tyrus done this season to entitle him to any minutes? His role is 15 minutes of filling time for the smart players, he should embrace that role for the next three months until he gets renounced in order to sign that max FA…oh, but its a contract year for Tyrus…he’s gotta get his!!!
Thomas, Miller, Salmons, James, Pargo, Gray, MLE, and (there is no LLE thanks to the Pargo signing) will not be here with a Max Free Agent...don't get too attached.
by Dionysus2.0 on Feb 6, 2010 11:12 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
good, i just want this team to loose.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
i think loosing will increase the likelihood of a trade, and decrease the chance that the org. says
“well we want 2010 but the team was winning and kirk gives so much to us.” this season barely matters anyways.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
I don't know, they seem pretty loose to me, hopefully they just win more games
Neil takes the fun out of funk
by Juiceboxjerry on Feb 6, 2010 4:37 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
It's almost like the Org. is trying to intentionally tank his trade value or something.
Are they really this stupid?
Thrusting toward the playoffs, one game at a time.
dumb and dumber
Tyrus and the Org. They deserve each other. Forget any hope of us getting decent value in return for TT now.
Sigh
That’s about as much as I can muster right now.
Joakim on whether he ever tried tennis: "I played a little bit. If anybody on the Bulls wanted to play me, I would kick their ass."
I'd like details
But from what I’m assuming, I can’t blame him.
I’d be pretty pissed too
Doesn’t take a genius to see this one coming
details for? we all know what the hell happen. Like someone said "it doesnt take a rocket scieniest to firgure it out"
by rosegirldotcom on Feb 6, 2010 5:13 PM CST up reply actions
but apparently....
it takes one to type that last sentence.
The only thing that matters this month is what happens coming up to that trade deadline
Neil takes the fun out of funk
by Juiceboxjerry on Feb 6, 2010 5:55 PM CST up reply actions
I'm gonna blame Tyrus
I’ll give a dissenting opinion compared to most people on the blog.
When Tyrus didnt get mins last night I did not blame Vinny. He came in and played dumb basketball. He had 2 quick goaltendings ( aggressive plays that didnt go in his favor) a horrid hook shot, and an awful turnover that led to a dunk. Any coach in the NBA would take a player out after that. If he was on the Spurs – Pop would yank him after the bad hook, Larry Brown would yank him for being in the wrong spot defensively.
How can it be Vinny and managements fault all the time? all the time? This wasnt the first time he did whatever he did…. what about the time he skipped practice in 08?
He has an incredibly dumb NBA basketball IQ and if the Bulls coaches don’t want to jeopardize the team that has a very very small margin for error to win games when Noah’s out …. then they can’t put him in.
Again its each Bulls fans right to root for whatever players they choose. I’ve given up on Tyrus a long time ago… now I’m getting really mad at him for not being a man and helping his team out when they miss Noah.
by Jscho316 on Feb 6, 2010 5:22 PM CST reply actions 7 recs
When rosegirldotcom starts getting recs
It makes me wonder if I ever wanna be rec’d again
by Option27 on Feb 6, 2010 5:49 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
except that brad miller constantly does dumb crap without fear of benching.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
And at times, Kurt..
We miss you, Ben Gordon!
by Granny Waiters on Feb 7, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
I can definitely understand where you're coming from
Actually, part of me agrees with you. But you have to ask yourself this: has Tyrus gotten a fair shot this year? And, imo, the answer is definitely “no”. It’s kinda hard to expect a player to just come in cold for a few minutes every game and make all of the right plays, especially when he realizes that the slightest mistake will lead to him being benched. It could very well be that he never figures it out and the Bulls were right and had him pegged all along, but I would’ve liked to see him get a better shot. Especially this year, on this team.
Neil takes the fun out of funk
by Juiceboxjerry on Feb 6, 2010 5:33 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Vinny is dumber than Tyrus lets get that straight
playing brad miller 40 mins a night because u dont get along with a player or he screws up sometimes….VDN is just trying to make a point and it just went too far. TT needs to start now that Noah is injured. Even a High school coach could realise this
Do you really think that VDN is that vindictive?
Say what you want to about Vinny, but he seems like a total players coach. I just think that he’s scared to death of being fired and either a) the org doesn’t want TT to get big minutes and Vinny is cooperating out of fear or b) he really thinks that Tyrus is too much of a wild card and thinks Brad and Taj give them a better chance to win. I highly doubt that Vinny is trying to prove some kind of point to Tyrus.
Neil takes the fun out of funk
by Juiceboxjerry on Feb 6, 2010 5:51 PM CST up reply actions
sam smith certainly suggested that vinny loathes tyrus that much.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
and sam doesnt really like tyrus himself.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
Well thanks to the "players coach"
Thats another player out of the line up…no wait we have cris richards …
No, thanks to Tyrus Thomas,
we have another player out of the line up.
by BigBabyCollin on Feb 6, 2010 5:58 PM CST up reply actions
He obviously did something to get himself suspended,
so yes he kind of did suspend himself.
by BigBabyCollin on Feb 6, 2010 6:21 PM CST up reply actions
Whatever man, blame who you want.
But the fact remains that if Tyrus, didn’t yell at the coaches, he wouldn’t be suspended. I agree he should get more time, but that isn’t the way to get it.
by BigBabyCollin on Feb 6, 2010 6:53 PM CST up reply actions
Then seriously what is
I agree you can’t do that, but my goodness, even if he’s playing well he gets benched and has to sit and watch other guys suck it up all over the court. I’m just ready for him to be gone because this team is a joke.
Joakim on whether he ever tried tennis: "I played a little bit. If anybody on the Bulls wanted to play me, I would kick their ass."
That's a whole different issue that I have no idea what
the answer to is. All I know is that showing up the coaches never gets you anywhere in any situation.
by BigBabyCollin on Feb 6, 2010 6:58 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I know
I’m probably just as frustrated as Tyrus is. It’s like it’s too much to ask that the guys who are playing well be on the floor as much as possible.
Joakim on whether he ever tried tennis: "I played a little bit. If anybody on the Bulls wanted to play me, I would kick their ass."
exactly, he was brought in as a player's coach
Right, when Vinny was hired when Pax did interviews he always said we need someone in here who get’s along with the players better.
Vinny said he’d have his door open for a player to have “popcorn” with him ( thats a direct quote from him June of 08.
Noah vs. Tyrus
For all the Tyrus apologists out there…. why did Jokim Noah work.
If Bulls management and coaches don’t want to give a young player ( who has lashed out or treated the coaching staff poorly in the past) – how did Noah become what he is?
My guess is Noah learned his lesson that being out of shape or yelling at a coach is probably not something smart to do over and over and over. By playing within himself in the offense ( all of last season), being in the right spots on defense, and working really hard on both off. and def. glass Noah earned playing time.
So don’t give the excuse Tyrus get’s screwed because coaches wont let a young player get mins… the 9th pick did it, the 2nd pick cant.
by Jscho316 on Feb 6, 2010 6:06 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
its not hard to understand here. tyrus has a skill the bulls desperately needed last night.
it wasnt utilized because, as sam smith alluded to, vinny doesnt like tyrus. vinny let his emotions kill the teams chances of winning, however small they might have been. noahs success has nothing to do with this.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
thats if we even entertain your thesis, which is stupid since tyrus has the 4th best PER on the team
and the second best “simple rating” on the team He does annoying things but hes also a net positive… when he plays.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
David Schuster Reporting
Tyrus Thomas continues to spoil the broth. As the Bulls are furiously figuring out a way to deal the disgruntled forward Thomas is increasingly making it harder. The Bulls have suspended Thomas for what they are terming “Conduct detrimental to the team”. Apparently whether on the bench or following last night’s loss in Atlanta, Thomas let his emotions be heard as he berated the coaching staff for hardly playing him. It is true that he played only 5 minutes in the first half and just 16 overall but he certainly wasn’t productive totaling just 4 points and 4 rebounds.
This is not the first time that Thomas has caused the Bulls headaches with his childish act but it comes at the most inopportune time as the Bulls are trying to talk other teams into taking him off their hands. It also comes at a time when Joakim Noah is out and other players have assorted injuries.
This story isn’t even close to over and further ramifications could follow.
-David Schuster
this article is biased
theres no mention of that game when he played 5 minutes in the first half and had the most points and rebounds, in five minutes….its clearly making tyrus to be the bad guy. I rather get a story about what was said in the locker room that led to teh suspension, not some writer biased of who was right and wrong (they were both wrong)
On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, majoyenrac, Bullshooter and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light!
by piccolomair on Feb 6, 2010 6:33 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Ya this is bullshit
How was 4 and 4 in 16 minutes not being productive? Taj finished with 11 and 7 in 33 minutes! Tyrus was for all intents and purposes on pace for somewhere about there! But because “Mr. Hardhat and lunch pail” works so hard and keeps his mouth shut because he is getting way more playing time than he deserves at the expense of TT, nobody says shit. Fuck this Org.
by DRose01 on Feb 6, 2010 6:36 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Did you watch the game?
Doubt it…or you would have seen two bad goaltendings and one terrible running left handed layup in the lane…not to mention that 20 foot jumper early in the clock.
Thomas, Miller, Salmons, James, Pargo, Gray, MLE, and (there is no LLE thanks to the Pargo signing) will not be here with a Max Free Agent...don't get too attached.
I have an idea, have a good player play badly,
then take him out of the game and DON’T LET HIM PLAY ANY MORE.
Man, Noah got dunked on? He had a turnover at the end of the game? Geez, we have to bench him for the rest of the game now! Oh wait, we lost the game because we didn’t have any rebounders in. I wonder how that happened.
Maybe it was magic pixie dust.
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
they just discussed it on the NBATV pregame show
They interviewed KC:
He basically echoed Schuster by saying that Tyrus’ “frustrations boiled over” by not getting enough minutes lately. He had some words for the coaching staff.
That was pretty much it.
KC tends to "echo" a lot, doesn't he?
Neil takes the fun out of funk
by Juiceboxjerry on Feb 6, 2010 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
KC also said
the Bulls will definitely make a move by the trading deadline. He said to look for a salary dump (either Fish or Kurt). He said most likely the player to be traded is Kurt.
i gotta know man
on a scale of 1-10 how happy were u (10 being the happiest)
;)
On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, majoyenrac, Bullshooter and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light!
lol
dude, i honestly could care less at this point…i’ve mentally convinced myself that somehow he’s gonna play out his current contract (perhaps even his lifetime) for this team. It wouldn’t surprise me anyway.
I don’t dislike him (well maybe a little)…I just liked and valued BG way more. I was always on the BG side of the on-going Ben vs. Kirk argument.
I don’t hate Kirk, I just hate how this org constantly over-values him ever since he stepped onto the scene.
But to answer your question…maybe a 7 :)
by NormVanBeer on Feb 6, 2010 7:02 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
heh
i figured it would be a 7…also yea i remember ure dislike from kirk is rooted more from what happened to bg as opposed to the actual player….one of the things i hated the organization for is creating such a civil rivalry between bulls fans…
On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, majoyenrac, Bullshooter and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light!
That's funny because just
this week KC said they don’t want to trade Kirk unless they can’t trade Fish. I don’t think anyone knows what is going on.
OK I don't know shit about basketball.
by SoulEater7 on Nov. 5, 2009 9:51 PM CST
i already dislike and distrust kc
kc and gar foreman to me are lackeys of JR. They lie to fans and tell fans what they feel the fans want to hear or that spin stories and conspiracies around the organization.
On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, majoyenrac, Bullshooter and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light!
He also had 2 steals and 2 turnovers
and for what it’s worth, he had the best +/- of the bulls team at -1.
Schuster sounds like a tool.
The stats aren’t that bad. If he wanted to make an argument based solely on points and rebounds, are Taj’s 11 points and 7 rebounds in 33 minutes better? How about Miller’s 10 points and 5 rebounds in 40 minutes?
Tyrus has problems, but they’re no in his stats, they’re in his efficiency, turnover %, and the fact that he needs to occupy the space around the basket ot be successful, which is the same place Rose, Deng, and Noah want to be as well.
"I skim a LOT of what gets said here
in a race to put in a smirky retort."
-your friendly BullsBlogger on Jul 16, 2009 4:52 PM EDT
I am so tired of this team
It’s no wonder that no team is willing to take on Tyrus, the Bulls basically screw themselves over by tanking his value barely playing him and then suspending him on a night like this. Why would any team willing to take on a player that you treat like trash?
"You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless! You gotta hope even more, and cover your ears and go 'bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla!'"
VDN speaks
about the Tyrus thing
“It’s unfortunate timing, but in the short run, there’s a responsibility,” coach Vinny Del Negro said. “No one player is bigger than the team, and there’s a responsibility to do things right. … It’s not one person. It’s a group, and you have to be committed to what your role is on the team. You have to be committed to your teammates, your coaches, the organization. That doesn’t go just for Tyrus; it goes for everybody.”
"you have to be committed to what your role is on the team. You have to be committed to your teammates, your coaches, the organization."
Vinny repeats the word committed like he repeats the word….run, play, attack.
The only one in the Bulls organization who should be committed is Vinny Del Nincompoop and if he doesn’t get dumped soon for gross incompetence, all the Bulls fans who continue to follow this team will wind up being committed as well because his stupidity is going to drive many of them insane.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost. You can still call him vile names.
Elbert Hubbard
by Tyrusmancrush on Feb 6, 2010 8:51 PM CST up reply actions
to be honest i think thats how vinny talks
every pregame inteview he tends to use “long and athletic” to describe the teams he plays…but he says it about ALL the teams he plays…if u ever hear him talk or give a speech he tends to use the same words over and over again did that in his first press conference and continues too…
On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, majoyenrac, Bullshooter and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light!
This crap amazes me.
Tyrus is a really solid player on his good days unfortunately they come maybe once a month. instead of complaining about the coaching staff limits his minutes why not complain about how his boneheadedness is hurting the team. Tyrus has done nothing so far in his career to dictate that he deserves 30 minutes a game. His athleticism is incredible and I jump out of my chair every time he blocks a shot or throws down a dunk but when he consistently puts forth the least amount of effort on the team (lindsey hunter uses more energy just holding his head up on the bench) its tough to rout for a guy like that. I hope he does well wherever he ends up but right now he has played himself out of the lineup. Add to that attitude issues and he just isnt worth the trouble.
by Teh Immortal Batman on Feb 6, 2010 10:14 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Except for produce when he has gotten a consistent spot
only to get injured and then lose his spot to somebody playing worse than him.
Which, I’m sure, made him very happy.
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
by Prevenge on Feb 7, 2010 3:25 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
very true
Tyrus has become a joke and vinny couldn’t coach his way out of a paper bag. hopefully the Org. can get its shit together and clean up our cap situation so we are in play for someone this offseason or i fear derrick will try to leave when his rookie deal expires
by Teh Immortal Batman on Feb 6, 2010 10:19 PM CST up reply actions
Tyrus Tyrus Tyrus
smh
I love his ceiling but I hate the way its heading. Good luck bro..I would be surprised to see you a Bull next year, but not surprised to see you in China with Marbury
Sam Smith
let’s say tyrus went beyond the pale in abusive verbal behavior in front of everyone
Ha, yes!
What I would give to hear what Tyrus actually sadi
Thrusting toward the playoffs, one game at a time.
LOL
me too
Joakim on whether he ever tried tennis: "I played a little bit. If anybody on the Bulls wanted to play me, I would kick their ass."
I believe it was something like
Damnit Vinny , you keep pulling my fucking chain back to the bench to put in Taj and I just cant take it. I will now sulk away with my hurt vagina
by Teh Immortal Batman on Feb 7, 2010 12:22 PM CST reply actions
what! misogynism on a sports blog? now ive seen everything.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
This makes four
This now makes FOUR top 4 picks overall (Jay Williams, Tyson, BG, & Tyrus) that the Bulls organization has failed to develop and/or will leave and the Bulls will get nothing in return. 4 in only 9 years I might add. Granted, the “Dookie Kinievil” incident was not really the Bulls’ fault, but still.
So disappointing.
Dude, what are you talking about?
We got J.R. Smith for Chandler! He’s developed into a fine outside shooter IMO, which is exactly what we need!!! Honestly it’s worked out pretty well so far right?… Right?
How can we have the worst offense in the league when everything about our team owner and coach is offensive?
by Khalid El-Amin on Feb 9, 2010 4:13 PM CST up reply actions












