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Rookie forward Tyrus Thomas went to the Bulls brass recently and asked if there was a way he could contact Scottie Pippen. Quicker than you could say ''Bulls legend,'' Thomas had Pippen on the phone.
The two have become fast friends, to the point that Pippen has been working with Thomas after the team's practices at the Berto Center the last few days.
''Just working on my overall game,'' Thomas said. ''On and off the court, he's just being a mentor. I call him and talk to him about basketball, life.''
Bulls operations chief John Paxson is happy Thomas reached out to Pippen, whom Paxson said would make an excellent coach.
Thomas, 20, admitted initially being in awe when working with Pippen.
''At first, it was crazy,'' Thomas said. ''But this is the [NBA] life, I'm amongst the elite. So I just try to live my life like that and am trying to get my game to be better so I can be mentioned as one of the elite of the elite.''
The two have become fast friends, to the point that Pippen has been working with Thomas after the team's practices at the Berto Center the last few days.
''Just working on my overall game,'' Thomas said. ''On and off the court, he's just being a mentor. I call him and talk to him about basketball, life.''
Bulls operations chief John Paxson is happy Thomas reached out to Pippen, whom Paxson said would make an excellent coach.
Thomas, 20, admitted initially being in awe when working with Pippen.
''At first, it was crazy,'' Thomas said. ''But this is the [NBA] life, I'm amongst the elite. So I just try to live my life like that and am trying to get my game to be better so I can be mentioned as one of the elite of the elite.''
i think its awesome that tyrus is working with pippen, that explains why he has been at alot of games lately, more than usuall. might be the reason hes been playing really good lately too?