Report Card: Tim Thomas

by Tommy Dee on December 29th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

I got past the fact that the guy should have been better a long time ago. I remember him at Patterson Catholic (and Five Star) as one of the best players this area has ever seen, he had the tools to be Lebron before Lebron.

And that’s no stretch.

He was strong, could handle, had a jump shot and the athleticism to take over games every night.

To be fair he’s been a good NBA player. The guy is smooth and has a pretty decent stroke. But his great games, like the 26- point performance against the Nets a few weeks ago always have you thirsting for more.

He his what he is, and when he’s good you expect more, but there are often serious disappearing acts.

In fairness, I think this vote may be skewed by the fact that he was underwhelming in his first go around here, but I think he was decent then. There was just too high of an expectation level. He didn’t outplay Keith Van Horn and that says something, but Thomas was on a team that made the playoffs, as meaningless as that is.

So you have to deflate your expectations, as I have, and understand that the guy is a decent role player.

What grade do you give Tim Thomas?


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  • bob knick slave

    how come C and C- are not one of the choices?

  • http://theKnicksBlog.com Tommy Dee

    Good point, so does that mean you give him a C or C-??

  • http://www.thiswebsiteissoawesome.com/ The Frankman

    Tim Thomas can’t play D, won’t rebound, doesn’t hustle, and has poor defensive instincts. Worst of all he lacks passion, which is why his minutes are dwindling even with the lack of options on the bench.

    He’s basically good for one thing, scoring on jumpers. In essence, he’s a jumpshot-shooting version of Eddy Curry.