NBA Trades: Tyrus Thomas Has The Opportunity To Blossom For Bobcats

The brief NBA career of Tyrus Thomas has been filled with valuable teaching moments which the youngster sometimes failed to grasp, and his lack of progression is one of the reasons the Chicago Bulls were willing to part with him.

Throw in a questionable attitude, a perception that he was hard to coach, and a rash of injuries, and you have the perfect recipe to derail a promising future before it has a chance to start.

Life is all about second chances and the NBA mirrors that concept, so Thomas has been given the opportunity to revive his career in Charlotte, playing for Larry Brown, a coach all-to-familiar with difficult personalities.

Talent or skill has never been an issue for Thomas who was blessed with other-wordly athleticism and great leaping ability, but discipline, instinct, and the ability to accept instruction has.

So Thomas gets a return to the classroom for a coach who is renown as a teacher, and is unafraid to impose his will on the practice court or during the game, in order to persuade his team to adhere to his scheme.

Brown may be exactly what Thomas needs as his brief time in the league has been highlighted by displays of immaturity and very public clashes with his coach and teammates.

Thomas could have benefitted from more time at LSU because even though he has shown the potential to be a breath-taking player, he is lacking in the fundamentals department, and most of his game relies on sheer athleticism.

Although his skills are limited, the third year player still managed to average nine points and 6.3 rebounds with the Bulls, while also accounting for almost two blocks per game, so imagine what he could do if he ever learned to play.

In Charlotte Thomas will get that chance and he will be able to sit on the bench and observe the play of Boris Diaw, one of the more fundamentally sound power forwards in the NBA.

Diaw isn't blessed with Thomas' athletic ability but he does have a keen understanding of the game and he is well-disciplined on the style that Brown prefers to see on the floor.

So it would serve Thomas well to take advantage of the gift which has been presented to him because a player only gets so many second chances, and if he can't learn the game from Brown, then he lacks the capacity to learn.

Thomas has the chance to bey a key piece to a team seeking it's first postseason spot, and he becomes another athletic player to go along with Stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace, and Raymond Felton.

Success however lies entirely in the hands of Thomas, and demonstrating he has learned from some of his past trials will go miles in determining how bright his future really could be.