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For bigs, we usually have three simple moves - and the hook-shot is one of those moves that's a forgotten art. But it's always been an effective move in our league.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Forgotten
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Sometimes, it's the little plays that I make that can change the outcome of the game - whether it's blocking a shot or blitzing a guard or getting an offensive rebound.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Offensive
Rebound
Blocking
Guard
Outcome
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I don't really pay attention to the guy I outwork for the rebound, it's really just hearing the crowd just be like, 'Ohhhhh.' They just get frustrated. That's a good feeling.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Attention
Frustrated
Good Feeling
Guy
Pay
Pay Attention
Rebound
Feeling
Just Be
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Me, guarding the best post players in the league, it definitely takes a toll on your body. But that's why I get massages regularly, cold tub, foot baths, rest and the weight room.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Baths
Guarding
Weight Room
Best Your Me
Best Me Your
Foot
Post
Regularly
Toll
Tub
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In the draft you always have a special bond and connection, especially if you have one that goes right after you, so it's kind of always, I guess everybody thinks you're competing.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Competing
Draft
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Obviously, Steve Nash making the NBA and becoming a two-time MVP gave us the hope that if we work hard, we might have a chance to just be in the NBA. Seeing his success gave us hope.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Nba
Steve
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I think it's important at the end of the day you know obviously playing in the NBA is a great thing, but representing your country at the highest level is something totally different.
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Nba
Representing
Great End Of The Day Day
Great Thing
Highest Level
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The big goal is playing in June, so I'd rather be in the best shape I can be in health-wise than be dragging with nagging injuries or not being 100 percent trying to get to the Finals.
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Finals
June
Dragging
Best Trying I Can
Injuries
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Without the community, as pro athletes, we're nothing, so I feel it's important to give back and definitely connect with supporters the fans and the people that help us earn our living.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Community Important People
Athletes
Earn
Pro
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At the end of the day, we play for the community. They come out there and parents spend their hard-working money to come support us and fill the stadium, so it's only right to give back.
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Fill
Hard-Working
Stadium
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Well, history always repeats itself, so there's probably a baby Shaq out there in a crib somewhere, sipping on a bottle, and when he gets old enough, he'll bring the post-up center back.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Repeats
Sipping
Bottle
Crib
Old Enough
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Ever since I joined the Cavilers, my job has always been the same. I just come out and play hard. Be a hard hat guy, punch in the clock and just play my game. That's not going to change.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Clock
Change Always Game
Hat
Joined
Punch
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My favorite movie is 'Coming to America.' It's a great movie! Eddie Murphy. Arsenio Hall. It kind of reflects my life - being from Canada and coming to America. I can kind of relate to it.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Canada
Murphy
Life Great My Life
Eddie
Eddie Murphy
Favorite Movie
Great Movie
Hall
Reflects
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In any household, whenever you are a family that's going through something tough - whether it's an illness or whatever the case may be, families tend to close their doors and become more private.
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Doors
Illness
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I have to always go back to Tim Horton's, it's my favorite spot. I remember growing up as a kid - my mom, every Saturday morning she'd go the hairdresser and she'd give me two dollars to go buy donuts.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Dollars
Donuts
Give Me
Growing Up
Hairdresser
Saturday
Saturday Morning
Buy
Favorite
Horton
Spot
Tim
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Don't put the fast food in your body. Yeah, there are a couple days where you want some Burger King. That's fine, but you can't rely on that stuff. You have to eat healthy, get your carbs, get your rest.
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Burger King
Carbs
Fast Food
Rely
Burger
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We've been able to handle any team that you guys put in front of us. We've had confidence since day one. ... We feel like any team we play against, we've got what it takes to put ourselves in a position to win.
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Nba Championships
Team
Winning
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Basketball is definitely basketball and that's what we love to play, but in the NBA, there's a business side of it. It's a very serious matter and it's important. It's important to me, it's important to my family.
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Nba
Love Family Business
Business Side
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The bruisers and the bump-and-grind guys, use your athleticism on the floor, try to wear them out - run them through a lot of pick-and-rolls, run the floor, do a lot more athletic stuff just to try to wear them down.
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Floor
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The weight room prevents you from getting injuries, keeps your body durable and, working out even during the season, it helps a lot. It keeps your body loose, it keeps strengthening your body, especially the functional stuff.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Strengthening
Weight Room
Functional
Durable
Injuries
Loose
Prevents
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Coming off the bench, I'm able to view the game, see how their bigs are playing. And what I bring to the table is energy. The starters go in and run their bigs for a bit. When I check in it's time to punch the clock and play hard.
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Clock
Starters
Bench
Check
Punch
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The one bad thing sometimes when you switch 1 through 5, guys think it's easier and they relax. You have to be just as aggressive. If we're going to switch 1 through 5 we got to meet that point of entry at the ball and be physical.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Aggressive
Entry
Relax
Bad Thing
Switch
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It was more my uncle - my mom's brother - and my aunt who turned me on to hoops. He was more into basketball and he'd take me to Raptors games. And then my dad started taking me with him. And I started falling in love with the game.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Aunt
Falling In Love
Love Mom Dad
Falling
Love Dad Mom
Hoops
Uncle
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I try to attack the glass, get rebounds and create possessions for my teammates because that's what I'm here to do. But if they face guard or put two or three guys on me I'm going to keep going to the glass and keep being relentless.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Relentless
Teammates
Glass
Guard
Possessions
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At the end of the day, coaches, fans, everyone can live with the team playing hard and giving an effort. Fall short, you can live with those results. But if you're not giving yourself an effort or a fight, you've got no chance in this league.
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Coaches
No Chance
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If a guy is shooting a shot in the corner 70 percent of the missed shots usually come off that other side and 30 percent hits off the front rim so just playing the percentages and kind of studying your teammates' shots throughout the course of the game.
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Teammates
Corner
Missed
Rim
Studying
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I think that's my job to be a little nasty - to bring that energy, protect the paint and really just protect our guys. That's the role of a big man. It's not cute; it's not pretty being a big. You have to come in and do the little things, do the dirty work.
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Cute
Dirty Work
Little Things
Nasty
Paint
Protect
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It's the little things. That's kind of what I bring to the table in terms of doing things that might not show up in the box score. Diving for a loose ball, or switching out on a guard and getting that big stop, cutting someone's water off if they've made a couple shots.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Cutting
Diving
Little Things
Switching
Guard
Loose
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Some guys have to score more off the bench because that's what their team needs. But some other teams need someone that's going to assist or rebound. It all depends on what he brings to that team and how much it helps their win-loss record and how much they change their team.
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Rebound
Assist
Bench
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I think when I moved to the United States and saw how serious basketball was and how good I was compared to everyone else. You just came from Canada and you're top five in the country; you're young and everyone says you can be a pro. That's when I started thinking: if I work hard, the dream can come true.
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Canada
Work Good Thinking
Everyone Else
Pro
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What I really lick my chops for is when you get the offensive rebounds at the end of the third quarter, fourth quarter. That really just sucks the life out of the opponent. You can see it in their face, especially when you're on the road, it just takes the whole energy out of the arena. That's what I live for.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Arena
Fourth
Offensive
Chops
Lick
Opponent
Quarter
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Coach Blatt's been great! He comes with a worldly dynamic and I think that's what our game has been lacking. He's coached and played all over the world, so his perspective on the game of basketball is kind of different from most traditional NBA coaches. But at the same time, it makes it interesting and exciting.
Tristan Thompson / Basketball Player
Coaches
Lacking
Nba
Worldly
Time Great World
Time Great Game
Coached
Dynamic
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I wouldn't even feel sorry for us if I was going against us. I know teams are licking their chops. The Bulls or Milwaukee, they're excited. Even though somebody is hurt they're still excited because they feel like we're a man down and we might not be as strong, but we're confident here. We got the players to still make something special happen. Guys just have to step up as a unit.
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Hurt
Sorry
Strong
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