Tristan Trevor James Thompson is a Canadian-American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He played one season of college basketball for the Texas Longhorns before being drafted fourth overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2011 NBA draft. Thompson was the highest drafted Canadian-born player in NBA history, until Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins were selected with the first overall pick in 2013 and 2014, respectively. He has also played for the Canadian national team.
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Tristan Trevor James Thompson is a Canadian-American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He played one season of college basketball for the Texas Longhorns before being drafted fourth overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2011 NBA draft. Thompson won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016. He has also played for the Canadian national team. Thompson was the highest drafted Canadian-born player in NBA history, until Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins were selected with the first overall pick in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Thompson attended St. Marguerite d’Youville Secondary School in Brampton for his freshman year. He went on to attend Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey for his sophomore year along with fellow University of Texas at Austin commit Myck Kabongo. Thompson and Joseph both committed to Texas and were the fourth and fifth Canadians to be named McDonald’s All-Americans, after Bill Wennington, Barry Bekkedam and Olu Famutimi. Thompson averaged 13. 1 points and 7. 8 rebounds per game for the Longhorns in 2010–11 as he won the team’s Most Valuable Player award, as voted on by his teammates. He was one of five finalists for the Wayman Tisdale Award, an honor given to the National Freshman of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. During the 2011NBA lockout, Thompson attended classes at the University ofTexas to finish his college degree. Thompson signed his rookie contract with the Cavs on December 9, 2011, when he was also the first time three Texas Longhorn basketball players went in the first round of a draft, when Thompson’s former teammate Jordan Hamilton was selected 26th overall.
He continued to make history in 2014 and 2014 as the only two Canadians selected in the same draft round on two separate occasions. He is one of only two other Canadians were selected in that round of the draft, the other being Leo Rautins, who was selected 17th and 25th respectively in 1983. Thompson is also one of the few players to have played for both Canada and the United States at the same time, having played for Canada at both junior and senior levels. He also won the Canadian National Championship at the ESPN National High School Invitational in 2009. Thompson has also been named a Jordan Brand Classic All-American and was named a McDonald’s World All-Star by the McDonald’s Association in 2010 and 2011. He helped lead Findlay Prep to their first National Championship. He won the Big 12 Freshman Of the Year honours as well as first-team NABC All-District 8 and USBWA All- district VII honours. He led the team in rebounding, blocked shots, double-doubles and field goal percentage while ranking second in scoring. Thompson told media after the NCAA tournament that he planned to return to Texas for his second season but changed his mind. On April 21,2011, he declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his three years of college eligibility.
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