Thompson is nicknamed "sweet bells" after Walt Bellamy, who was nicknamed "bells. In the 1986 off-season, Thompson was traded to the Spurs in exchange for center/forward Steve Johnson. 20 Lorne Jackson. As of 2018, Mychal and his son Klay, are the fourth father-son duo to have each won an NBA Championship as a player; the others were (in chronological order of completing the feat), Matt Guokas, Sr. and his son Matt Guokas, Jr., Hall of Famer Rick Barry and his son Brent Barry, and Hall of Famer Bill Walton and his son Luke Walton. Mychal is currently employed as the Lakers radio color commentator. The title was won with four key ineligible players (due to falsified birth records), including Thompson, on Miami Jackson's team.The Portland Trail Blazers made 6'10" (208 cm) Thompson the number one pick in the 1978 NBA draft, the first foreign-born player to be selected first.
"Statistics" is included to allow non-English speakers to find our pages. He and his family relocated back to Los Angeles in 2003 when he was offered a job as a color commentator for the Lakers. Pronunciation: \MIKE-ull\ Mychal George Thompson Twitter: champagnennuts (Bells, Sweet Bells) Position: Center and Power Forward Shoots: Right 6-10, 226lb (208cm, 102kg) Born: January 30, 1955 in Nassau, Bahamas bs. Thompson was born in Nassau, Bahamas, but moved to the United States as a youth, settling in Miami, Florida and he attended Miami Jackson Senior High School. Salaries. Full Bio. In his senior year in 1974 as part of a starting lineup nicknamed the "Jackson 5" featuring himself, three other Bahamians and a Cuban, the Generals mowed through the regular season beating opponents by an average of 30 points per game en route to a 33-0 record and winning the Class 4A state championship over Winter Park High School. Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu. He was a co-host on the "Loose Cannons" radio show on KLAC AM570 in Los Angeles but was let go, due to the move of Lakers broadcasts from AM570 to KSPN AM710 for the 2009–10 season. Our experts break down the top choices.Smart accuses refs of changing call to keep Giannis in gameMarcus Smart claims the late overturned charge call was changed because it would have ended Giannis Antetokounmpo's night with his sixth foul.AD felt the intensity of the game even without fansAnthony Davis says that despite having no fans in attendance, the stakes and intensity of the Lakers-Clippers game were the same as normal.LeBron James discusses the Lakers and Clippers kneeling for the national anthem and says he hopes they made Colin Kaepernick proud.
underline indicates incomplete record; Transactions. "Thompson once implied he had interest in becoming Bahamian Prime Minister. Jr. Simi Valley, Calif. Simi Valley HS. Although he rarely started for the Lakers (in 1987–88 he played in 104 of the 106 games the Lakers played, all from the bench), Thompson proved more than a capable back up for the aging Abdul-Jabbar (and later Vlade Divac) and also played at power forward, forming a good relationship with Magic Johnson and helping the Lakers win consecutive titles in 1987 and 1988 while reaching the Finals in 1989. Name + "Statistics" Translations. Senior Portland, Ore. Stoneridge Prep.