Tristan Thompson is a Canadian basketball player who plays for the ‘Cleveland Cavaliers.’
Tristan Thompson
@Sportspersons, Birthday and Childhood
Mar 13, 1991
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: March 13, 1991
- Nationality: Canadian
- Famous: Sportspersons, Basketball Players
- City/State: Toronto
- Partners:
- Khloé Kardashian
- Known as: Tristan Trevor James Thompson
- Childrens: True Thompson
Tristan Thompson born at
Toronto
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Tristan Trevor James Thompson was born in Toronto, Canada on 13th March 1991. He studied at St. Marguerite d’Youville Secondary School located in Brampton before transferring to multiple schools. While studying at St. Benedict, he started displaying his extraordinary sporting skills and soon he gained national attention. Later he studied at Findlay Prep and led their team to two national championships at the ESPN National High School Invitational. He was sought by the top basketball programs of the country.Thompson once dated Jordan Craig. She gave birth to his first child, Prince Oliver, in December 2016.
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Personal Life
He is currently dating Khloe Kardashian, sister of Kim Kardashian, a famous American TV personality. Khloe announced her pregnancy in December 2017 and gave birth to their first child in April 2018.
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He joined the University of Texas and played college football for the Texas Longhorns. He won the team’s Most Valuable Player award for his performance. He won multiple other honors as well. Though he had initially planned to play for the team in his sophomore season, he later changed his mind and declared himself for the NBA draft. He was drafted as the fourth overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. This made him the highest drafted Canadian born player in history.
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Career
He made his professional debut in a match against his hometown team Toronto Raptors. In just seventeen minutes, he scored 12 points and 5 rebounds. His performance grew better in the next few games. He finished the season with averages of 8.2 points and 6.5 rebounds. He also became the first ever Canadian to earn All-Rookie Team Honors in the NBA.
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His performance in the 2012-13 season was also remarkable. He became the ninth player in the franchise history to total at least 30 double-doubles in a single season. Throughout the season, he averaged 11.7 points on .488 shooting, 9.4 rebounds and 0.9 blocks in 31.3 minutes per game.
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In the 2013 off-season, he made the decision to switch his shooting hand to right rather than his left. Despite this change, his performance was almost the same in the 2013-14 season as it had been in the previous one.
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During the next season, he helped the Cavaliers reach the 2015 NBA finals. They faced the Golden State Warriors, and were defeated in six games in the series. After the season, Thompson became a restricted free agent.
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