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Cleveland Cavaliers | #13 | Center-Forward

Tristan

Thompson

PPG

3.3

RPG

3.6

APG

1.0

PIE

9.1

HEIGHT

6'9" (2.06m)

WEIGHT

254lb (115kg)

COUNTRY

Canada

LAST ATTENDED

Texas-Austin

AGE

33 years

BIRTHDATE

March 13, 1991

DRAFT

2011 R1 Pick 4

EXPERIENCE

13 Years

6'9" | 254lb | 33 years

DRAFT

2011 R1 Pick 4

BIRTHDATE

March 13, 1991

COUNTRY

Canada

LAST ATTENDED

Texas-Austin

EXPERIENCE

13 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2016 NBA Champion with the Cleveland Cavaliers...Owns career averages of 8.7 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 25.8 minutes, appearing in 779 career regular season games (478 starts) for Cleveland, Boston, Sacramento, Indiana and Chicago...has shot .521 from the field and has scored in double figures 340 times in his career, including 21 games with 20+ points and one game with 30+ points...has grabbed double-digit rebounds in 289 career games, including five games with 20+ rebounds...has also tallied 186 double-doubles in his career. In the Cleveland Cavaliers record book, Thompson still ranks among the franchise's all-time leaders in offensive rebounds (second, 2,188), total rebounds (third, 5,567), defensive rebounds (fifth, 3,379), blocks (fifth, 461), games played (fifth, 668) and minutes (eighth, 17,922). His 447 consecutive regular season games played from Feb. 10, 2012 to April 4, 2017 remains the longest streak in Cavaliers history.

BEFORE NBA

Played one season at the University of Texas at Austin in 2010-11, appearing in 36 games (34 starts)...averaged 13.1 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 2.40 blocks in 30.7 minutes...was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2011 and was named Second-Team All Big 12 in 2011.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Tristan Trevor James Thompson…son of Trevor and Andrea Thompson…a native of Toronto, Canada…McDonald’s All-American as a high school senior and member of the World Select Team at the 2010 Nike Hoop Summit…played for Team Canada in the FIBA Americas Tournament in Caracas, Venezuela during the summer of 2013... favorite food is chicken teriyaki…his first job was a paper boy…favorite sport other than basketball is football…favorite TV show is Martin…favorite movie is Coming to America…favorite game is Monopoly.