Before Tristan Thompson would be drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers as the 4th pick overall
in the 2011 NBA Draft.
Before Tristan Thompson would help his team win the 2016 NBA Championship against the
Golden State Warriors.
Before Double T started dating Khloe Kardashian and knocked her up which caused significnt
controversy among Cavs fans on Twitter, ya know, because of the Kardashian curse.
We got a good ol' Canadian boy to document today.
In fact Tristan grew up only 20 minutes away from where I grew up in the Suburbs of the
six.
At the time of this recording there are a total of only 18 Canadian's that play in the
NBA but Tristan is in a league of his own as the only Canadian dating a Kardashian.
This video ain't about their relationship it's about Tristan's come up and he has a
remarakable come up story coming from a Jamaican immigrant family making it to the NBA and
starting off with an all-rookie team selection culmination with a five year $82 million dollar
contract with the Cavs.
What's going on guys?
My name is Michael McCrudden documenting the life and career of Tristan Thompson prior
to fame, here for you on Before They Were Famous.
In the past we have done videos on other CAV super stars including Kevin Love, Isaiah Thomas
and of course ....
In fact we recentley did a Rich Life on King James you should definitley check out.
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Tristan Trevor James Thompson was born on March 13th 1991 in Toronto, Ontario Canada
and grew up in the suburb of Brampton an hour north west of Toronto with a population of
570K.
Other notable alum include Russell Peters, Tory Lanez and Jus Reign.
His dad Trevor worked as a truck driver and his mom is Andrea Brooks a school bus driver.
Both were born in Jamaica and raised Trevor and his 3 younger brothers Amari, Daniel and
Dishawn Thompson in a modesst home.
Both of his parents both had previously had their own pursuit in athletics with his dad
playing soccer and his mom who once ran track and field back when they were in Jamaica.
Tristan was pushed into sports playing soccer untill the 8th grade.
But at the years passed and he continued to tower over her peers as the tallest kid in
his class he started to transition to basketball which was encouraged by his uncle who would
take Tristan to see Toronto Raptors games.
Sitting in the $2 nose bleeders he watched Marcus Camby and Damon Stoudamire on the court
and that's when he decided that he would work his way up to be in the NBA.
Do you know who else spent some one on one time with Damon Stoudamire?
This guy right here -
Ya, that little guy was my.
Tristan continued to grow at a incredible rate shooting up two or three inches ever
year untill he got into the 11th grade.
When he was just 10 years old he promised his mom that we would make it to the NBA.
She did her part keeping him grounded and made sure that academics came before ball
which resulted in him being an A student.
His mother was very supportive of your young boy and as his basketball games required travel
she would take timm off of work three days at a time, losing money she didn't have, but
knew that her son would some day make it.
Tristan attended St. Marguerite d'Youville Secondary School in Brampton for grade 9 where
he accomplished his first dunk, he qucikly realized that if he was gonna become the best
he would need to be playing against more skilled competitors and told his mom that he wanted
to go play ball down south.
He ended up at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in New Jersey, where he spent his sophomore
and half his junior year, but there he would end up having an epic falling out there with
his over the top coach.
Luckily, he quickly got another scholarship this time to Findlay Prep School in Nevada
and it worked out for the better.
In 2008 Thompson represented Canada at the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship, where
Canada won the bronze medal placing behind Argentina and the United States.
As the NBA headed for a lockout Tristan opted to play one year of College Basketball for
Texas which allowed him to finish his college degree, he then declared himself eligible
for the 2011 NBA Draft.
A first-round pick.
Chosen no.4 overall.
At that time he drafted higher than any other Canadian-born player since 1953.
A title he lost in 2013 to Anthony Bennett, who was also drafted by the Cavs.
He was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers and signed to a contract on December 9th,
2011 and in ironic turn of events, played his debut game was against the Toronto Raptors
on December 26.
Thompson scored 12 points and pulled in 5 rebounds.
Thompson was inserted into the starting lineup on March 18 2012 against Atlanta.
He finished the season with an average of 8.2 points and 6.5 rebounds in 60 games.
He earned NBA All-Rookie second team honors, becoming the first Canadian to ever ever do
so.
In the 2012 – 2013 season he averaged a career-high with 11.7 points, 9.4 rebounds,
and 1.3 assists per games.
In 2013 he also began the Amari Thompson Foundation, which is named after his younger brother who
has epilepsy, and works to raise funds and increase awareness working with Epilepsy Toronto.
His brother Amari suffers from seizures that occurr almost daily and Tristan is trying
to make things better for his youngest brother, and other families deaing with similar situations.
You can find out more about these efforts at www.epilepsytoronto.org.
This same year he represented Canada once again in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship,
where he averaged 11.6 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.
In 2015 and 2016, Thompson made a playoff appearance.
And signed a five-year contract with the Cavaliers worth 82 million.
He also won the 2016 NBA championship along with LeBron James, Kevin Love, and Kyrie Irving.
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Before Khloe, Thompson was in a serious relationship with model Jordan Craig, who by the way is
cousins with Eniko Parrish, Kevin Hart's wife.
Their relationship was so serious, they had a child together back in December of 2016
although Jordan and Thompson split during the pregnancy, in fact, Thompson was already
dating Khloe by the time his son Prince was born.
As for the rest of the story, well you know the story because this is Before They Were
Famous.
My name is Michael McCrudden and we make all sorts of celebrity bio's on this channel.
Be sure to let us know who you want me to document next – hit subscribe and ill see
you guys in another video.