Tristan Thompson is a Canadian pro basketball player who plays as a heavy forward (sometimes center) at the Cleveland Cavaliers Club of the National Basketball Association. The player got into the NBA through a draft of 2011 under the fourth number. And in 2012 - in the second NBA rookie team. Tristan Thompson is 206 centimeters tall and weighs about 110 kilograms. He is the champion of the National Basketball Association 2016.
Since the fall of 2016, the athlete has been in a romantic relationship with the famous model and businesswoman Chloe Kardashian. In December 2017, it became known that the couple was waiting for their firstborn.
Biography: school years, early basketball career
Tristan Thompson was born on March 13, 1991 in the city of Toronto (Ontario, Canada). His family is from Jamaica. He grew up and was brought up in Brampton, where he went to a local high school. Here he showed his basketball talents and attracted the attention of many sports schools in the United States of America. Even major universities in the country in advance offered the young basketball player a good scholarship and general conditions for him to play in the student basketball league. Tristan had a choice - to study in Florida, Kansas or Texas. In the end, Tristan chose to study at the University of Texas, where he continued to hone his basketball skills.
The following year, the guy transferred to the Saint Benedict propaedeutical school in Newark (New Jersey), where he conquered the local championship. At the end of the season, Tristan was recognized as the best basketball player among all schoolchildren in the United States of America. Thompson then transferred to Findlay School from the city of Henderson (Nevada), where he studied for another year and a half. According to the results of the last graduating school year, Tristan became a member of the symbolic team of the country's school championship according to McDonald's.
Student league
In 2010, T. Thompson entered the University of Texas at Austin. Here he immediately began playing for the university team and became one of the best players in the entire championship. The statistics of Tristan Thompson was simply amazing - on average, a guy scored more than thirteen points per game, made eight rebounds and put two or three block shots. Ultimately, Tristan was named the best rookie of the Big 12 conference, and was also included in the symbolic composition of the student championship according to the USBWA publication.
Career at the National Basketball Association (NBA) as part of the Cleveland Cavaliers Club
In June 2011, Tristan was selected at the Cleveland Cavaliers through a draft at number four. During the NBA lockout period, the player returned to college to continue the training process. In December of the same year, on the eve of the preseason team, Tristan Thompson signed with the “cavalry” his first professional contract, designed for four years. Under the terms of the agreement, it was envisaged that Thompson would receive a salary of $ 16.5 million per year. He made his debut at the National Basketball Association on December 26, 2011 in a match with the Toronto Raptors - he played seventeen minutes, during which he managed to score twelve points and make five rebounds.
In the national team
Tristan Thompson represented his national team back in 2008, however, only at the youth level. It was the FIBA U-18 Championship, where Canada won the bronze medal. The following year, the player participated in the World Basketball Federation U19 Championship.
