<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">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.''</div> Source Pippen is the perfect mentor for Tyrus and Thabo. When Pippen was helping out with the Lakers, he really improved Lamar Odom defensively.
Pip seems like hes happy after retirment. he always makes himself available to fans and always chats with the bulls announcers (Johnny "Red"). Scottie isnt a skybox whore like Mike is. Scottie could do nothing but help a guy like Thomas. Thomas wants to be a Beast and hes not afraid of hard work. I like his go getter attitude he will make it far in this league barring injury.
I read this earlier today, and was glad to see it. It's great that he wants to keep improving, and Pippen can really help him. I didn't know that he helped Odom before. That's kind of good to hear because he sure can help Tyrus then.. hopefully he can also teach him some things offensively.
Thats nice to see thomas went the extra length as a rookie to go the extra mile in getting better on and off the court. Pippen is a class act guy that will give him help for sure on how to carry himself through the league
