Heading into college, Thompson was rated as a two-star recruit by Thompson started 30 of Pepperdine's 32 games in his sophomore season, averaging 9.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.
He worked on local sports radio in the area. Thompson won two NBA championships with the Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s. He and his family relocated back to Los Angeles in 2003 when he was offered a job as a Thompson once implied he had interest in becoming Bahamian Prime Minister. On September 11, 2012, he signed with the Knicks.In July 2013, Thompson joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the During this season at Santa Cruz, Thompson played in the back court with On November 3, 2014, Thompson was reacquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors.On February 27, 2016, Thompson was reacquired by Santa Cruz.On November 11, 2016, Thompson was reacquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors.For his father, the Bahamian sports announcer and former longtime NBA player, see
Mychal George Thompson (born January 30, 1955) is a Bahamian former basketball player. His father, Mychal Thompson, was the first overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft and spent his 14-year career playing for the Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs in the NBA and Juvecaserta Basket in Italy. Against the On December 9, 2011, he signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.In July 2012, Thompson joined the New York Knicks for the 2012 NBA Summer League. Before he joined the NBA, some fans believed him to be the cousin of fellow NBA player (and basketball Hall of Fame member) For the second straight season, he was named to the All–WCC honorable mention team.
His father, Mychal Thompson, was the first overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft and spent his 14-year career playing for the Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs in the NBA and Juvecaserta Basket in Italy. Thompson was born on June 1, 1988, in Los Angeles, California to Mychal and Julie Thompson.
He made 35 three-pointers that season, which tied him for the team lead. Born in Los Angeles, Thomspon is the oldest son of former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Mychal Thompson and former college volleyball player Julie Thompson. Thompson was a fixture in the Portland lineup for eight years (though one season was missed due to injury), where he started at both power forward and center positions. He is the father of basketball players Klay Thompson and Mychel Thompson, and baseball player Trayce Thompson.
He was named to the 1979 All-Rookie team, and had arguably his statistically best season in Thompson played only half a season with the Spurs, before he was traded again, this time to Los Angeles for center/forward Although he rarely started for the Lakers (during the Thompson and his family moved back to Portland in 1991 after his career. In the season opener, he scored a season-high 25 points against As a junior, Thompson averaged 11.8 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, en route to being named to the All–In his final season at Pepperdine, he averaged 14.6 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game, both of which led the team.
Thompson also led the team in three-pointers made for the fourth consecutive season with 53. The top overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, Thompson played the center position for the University of Minnesota and the National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, and Los Angeles Lakers. Thompson has a younger brother, Klay, who played college basketball at Washington State University before being drafted in the first round of the 2011 NBA draft by the Golden … During the season, he made at least one three-pointer in 21 games.