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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Bahamian basketball player (born 1945)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For his eldest son, also a former NBA player, see <a href="/wiki/Mychel_Thompson" title="Mychel Thompson">Mychel Thompson</a>. For other people with similar names, see <a href="/wiki/Michael_Thompson_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Michael Thompson (disambiguation)">Michael Thompson</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:26em"><caption class="infobox-title fn summary">Mychal Thompson</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mychal_Thompson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Mychal_Thompson.jpg" decoding="async" width="218" height="321" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="321" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Thompson in 2014</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1955-01-30</span>) </span>January 30, 1955<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 69)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Eleuthera" title="Eleuthera">Eleuthera, Bahamas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Bahamian / American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">216 lb (98 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Miami_Jackson_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Jackson High School">Jackson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_basketball" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball">Minnesota</a> (1974–1978)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_draft" title="1978 NBA draft">1978</a>: 1st round, <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">1st overall pick</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1978–1992</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">43, 00</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978</a>–<a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1986</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–1987</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1987</a>–<a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1991</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">1991–1992</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Juvecaserta_Basket" class="mw-redirect" title="Juvecaserta Basket">Juvecaserta Basket</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/NBA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA champion">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1979</a>)</li> <li>Consensus first-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1978 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1978</a>)</li> <li>Consensus second-team All-American (<a href="/wiki/1977_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1977 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1977</a>)</li> <li>3× First-team All-<a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> (1976–1978)</li> <li>No. 43 <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_basketball#Retired_numbers" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball">retired by Minnesota Golden Gophers</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career NBA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">12,810 (13.7 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">6,951 (7.4 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">1,073 (1.1 bpg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/78331">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2566308#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thompmy01.html">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Reference">Basketball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2566308#P2685" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mychal George Thompson</b> (born January 30, 1955) is a Bahamian sports commentator and former professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player. The top overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_draft" title="1978 NBA draft">1978 NBA draft</a>, Thompson played the <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> position for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a> and center and <a href="/wiki/Power_forward" title="Power forward">power forward</a> for the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. Thompson won two <a href="/wiki/NBA_championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA championships">NBA championships</a> with the Lakers during their <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(basketball)" title="Showtime (basketball)">Showtime</a> era in the 1980s. He is the father of basketball players <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mychel_Thompson" title="Mychel Thompson">Mychel Thompson</a>, and baseball player <a href="/wiki/Trayce_Thompson" title="Trayce Thompson">Trayce Thompson</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mychal_Thompson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thompson was born to a Catholic family in <a href="/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nassau, Bahamas">Nassau, Bahamas</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he grew up playing pickup basketball on the local courts and fostered his love for the game.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He eventually moved to the United States as a teenager in order to compete at a higher level. Settling in <a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>, Thompson attended <a href="/wiki/Miami_Jackson_Senior_High_School" title="Miami Jackson Senior High School">Miami Jackson Senior High School</a>. In his senior year in 1974, as part of a basketball starting lineup nicknamed the "Jackson 5" featuring himself, three other Bahamians and a Cuban, the Generals mowed through the regular season, beating opponents by an average of 30 points per game en route to a 33–0 record and winning the Class 4A state championship over <a href="/wiki/Winter_Park_High_School" title="Winter Park High School">Winter Park High School</a>. The title was won with four key ineligible players (due to falsified birth records), including Thompson, on Miami Jackson's team.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thompson then attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a> where he had a standout collegiate career. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career">NBA career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mychal_Thompson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: NBA career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> selected Thompson with the first overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_draft" title="1978 NBA draft">1978 NBA draft</a>, making him the first foreign-born player to be selected first.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thompson was in the Portland lineup for eight years, where he started at both power forward and center positions. He was named to the 1978 All-Rookie team, and had arguably his statistically best season in <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a>, where he averaged 20.8 points and 11.7 rebounds per game. In the 1987 off-season, Thompson was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for center/forward <a href="/wiki/Steve_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Steve Johnson (basketball)">Steve Johnson</a>. </p><p>Thompson played only half a season with the Spurs, before he was traded again, February 1987, this time to Los Angeles for center/forward <a href="/wiki/Frank_Brickowski" title="Frank Brickowski">Frank Brickowski</a>, center <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A9tur_Gu%C3%B0mundsson_(basketball)" title="Pétur Guðmundsson (basketball)">Pétur Guðmundsson</a> plus a 1987 first-round draft pick and their 1990 second-round draft choice, along with an undisclosed amount of cash. Thompson was acquired as a back-up center and power forward. This gave the <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a>-coached Lakers a team that had four players who were overall #1 selections in the NBA draft, including <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> (1969), <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (1979), and <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> (1982). The trade proved valuable to the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">1986–87</a> Lakers, who went on to defeat Boston for the 1987 NBA title. Thompson thrived as Abdul-Jabbar's backup. In Game six of the <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987 NBA Finals</a>, he had 15 points and nine rebounds and played 37 minutes, as the Lakers won the series.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thompson appeared in 193 of a total of 197 regular season Laker games from the time of his acquisition through the 1988–1989 season, nine of them as a starter. He proved to be a reliable backup during <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">1987–88</a> and <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">1988–89</a> seasons for the aging Abdul-Jabbar (and later <a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Vlade Divac</a>) and power forward for <a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">A.C. Green</a>. The Lakers won another title in 1988, beating the Detroit Pistons, and reached the Finals in 1989, falling to Detroit, and again, in 1991. He retired later that year. </p><p>As of 2022, Mychal and his son <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay</a> are one of five father-son duos to have each won an NBA Championship as a player; the others were (in chronological order of completing the feat) <a href="/wiki/Matt_Guokas,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Matt Guokas, Sr.">Matt Guokas, Sr.</a> and his son <a href="/wiki/Matt_Guokas,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Matt Guokas, Jr.">Matt Guokas, Jr.</a>, Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a> and his son <a href="/wiki/Brent_Barry" title="Brent Barry">Brent Barry</a>, Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a> and his son <a href="/wiki/Luke_Walton" title="Luke Walton">Luke Walton</a>, and Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> and his son <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton_II" title="Gary Payton II">Gary Payton II</a>. The Thompsons, along with the Waltons, are also the only father-son tandems to have each won at least two championships, with the Thompsons being the only tandem to each win in two consecutive years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career_statistics">NBA career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mychal_Thompson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: NBA career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> <b>Bold</b>  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #afe6ba; border: 1px solid black;"> †  </td> <td>Won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA championship</a></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mychal_Thompson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978–79</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1978–79 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>73</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>29.4</td> <td>.490</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.572</td> <td>8.3</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>.9</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>14.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1980–81 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>35.3</td> <td>.494</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.641</td> <td>8.7</td> <td>3.6</td> <td>.8</td> <td><b>2.2</b></td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1981–82 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>78</td> <td><b>39.6</b></td> <td>.523</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.628</td> <td><b>11.7</b></td> <td>4.0</td> <td>.9</td> <td>1.4</td> <td><b>20.8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1982–83 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td><b>80</b></td> <td>37.7</td> <td>.489</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.621</td> <td>9.4</td> <td><b>4.8</b></td> <td>.9</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>15.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1983–84 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>74</td> <td>33.5</td> <td>.524</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td>8.7</td> <td>3.9</td> <td><b>1.1</b></td> <td>1.4</td> <td>15.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1984–85</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>55</td> <td>33.1</td> <td>.515</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.684</td> <td>7.8</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>18.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–86</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1985–86 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>78</td> <td>31.3</td> <td>.498</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.641</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.4</td> <td>14.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–87</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1986–87 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>49</td> <td>6</td> <td>24.7</td> <td>.436</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.735</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.8</td> <td>12.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–87</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>1</td> <td>20.6</td> <td>.480</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>.743</b></td> <td>4.1</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.4</td> <td>.9</td> <td>10.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>0</td> <td>25.1</td> <td>.512</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.634</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.5</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>11.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–89</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>8</td> <td>24.9</td> <td><b>.559</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.678</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.7</td> <td>9.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>70</td> <td>70</td> <td>26.9</td> <td>.500</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.706</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.5</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>10.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1990–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>72</td> <td>4</td> <td>15.0</td> <td>.496</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.705</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.3</td> <td>4.0 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>935</td> <td>454</td> <td>29.7</td> <td>.504</td> <td>.083</td> <td>.655</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>.7</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>13.7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mychal_Thompson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NBA Playoffs">1979</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978-79_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>40.3</td> <td>.500</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.500</td> <td><b>10.3</b></td> <td>2.0</td> <td>.7</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>19.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 NBA Playoffs">1981</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980-81_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1980-81 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>44.0</b></td> <td><b>.608</b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.722</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td><b>3.0</b></td> <td><b>25.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 NBA Playoffs">1983</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982-83_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1982-83 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>40.6</td> <td>.471</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.658</td> <td>8.0</td> <td><b>5.6</b></td> <td>.9</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>15.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 NBA Playoffs">1984</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983-84_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1983-84 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>30.3</td> <td>.500</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>.773</b></td> <td>7.3</td> <td>3.8</td> <td><b>1.3</b></td> <td>.8</td> <td>15.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 NBA Playoffs">1985</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984-85_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1984-85 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>27.8</td> <td>.490</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.673</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>.8</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>14.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NBA Playoffs">1986</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985-86_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1985-86 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>35.0</td> <td>.574</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.538</td> <td>8.3</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.8</td> <td>19.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 NBA Playoffs">1987</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986-87_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>18</td> <td>0</td> <td>22.3</td> <td>.453</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.680</td> <td>4.9</td> <td>.5</td> <td>.4</td> <td>.9</td> <td>8.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 NBA Playoffs">1988</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987-88_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td><b>24</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>25.6</td> <td>.513</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.581</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>.5</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.9</td> <td>9.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 NBA Playoffs">1989</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988-89_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1988-89 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td>25.1</td> <td>.508</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.683</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.4</td> <td>.8</td> <td>11.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 NBA Playoffs">1990</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989-90_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1989-90 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>9</td> <td><b>8</b></td> <td>25.0</td> <td>.477</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.615</td> <td>4.3</td> <td>.2</td> <td>.2</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>6.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 NBA Playoffs">1991</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990-91_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>.286</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.0</td> <td>.0</td> <td>.4</td> <td>.5 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>104</td> <td>12</td> <td>26.0</td> <td>.501</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.648</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>.5</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>10.9 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-NBA_career">Post-NBA career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mychal_Thompson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-NBA career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thompson and his family moved back to Portland in 1991 after his career. He worked on local sports radio in the area. He and his family relocated back to Los Angeles in 2003 when he was offered a job as a <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentator</a> for the Lakers. He was first a co-host on the "Loose Cannons" radio show on KLAC AM570 in Los Angeles but was let go, due to the move of Lakers broadcasts from AM570 to KSPN AM710 for the 2009–10 season. With the move to KSPN AM710, he joined <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Siciliano" title="Andrew Siciliano">Andrew Siciliano</a> as co-hosts on the "LA Sports Live" radio show on KSPN AM710 until the show was canceled on December 26, 2010. On June 4, 2015, it was announced that Thompson would be teaming up with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trudell" title="Mike Trudell">Mike Trudell</a> as co-hosts on the show "Thompson & Trudell" on KSPN AM710 until the show was canceled on October 19, 2017. </p><p>Thompson is currently employed as the Lakers radio color commentator. He first worked with <a href="/wiki/Joel_Meyers" title="Joel Meyers">Joel Meyers</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Spero_Dedes" title="Spero Dedes">Spero Dedes</a>, and is currently paired with <a href="/wiki/John_Ireland_(sportscaster)" title="John Ireland (sportscaster)">John Ireland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mychal_Thompson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thompson married his wife Julie in 1987,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they have three sons, <a href="/wiki/Mychel_Thompson" title="Mychel Thompson">Mychel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trayce_Thompson" title="Trayce Thompson">Trayce</a>. Mychel briefly played in the NBA for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, while Klay is a shooting guard for the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> and has won four NBA championships, and Trayce is an outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>. </p><p>Thompson is nicknamed "sweet bells" after <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Walt Bellamy</a>, who was nicknamed "bells."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thompson's documentary about his life "Trailblazer: The Mychal Thompson Story" screened at Regal Cinemas at LA Live in Los Angeles on November 21, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thompson's brother, Andrew (Andy) Thompson, was an executive producer of the Michael Jordan documentary mini-series <a href="/wiki/The_Last_Dance_(miniseries)" title="The Last Dance (miniseries)">The Last Dance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Andy Thompson pitched <a href="/wiki/Adam_Silver" title="Adam Silver">Adam Silver</a> the idea for the documentary while both were working for <a href="/wiki/NBA_Entertainment" title="NBA Entertainment">NBA Entertainment</a>, knowing that Michael Jordan used to write his name as "Mychal Jordan" since he idolized Mychal Thompson.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thompson once implied he had interest in becoming Bahamian Prime Minister. Before he joined the NBA, some fans believed him to be the cousin of fellow NBA player (and basketball Hall of Fame member) <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">David Thompson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A street in Nassau leading to the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Sports_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre">Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre</a> was named "Mychal Thompson Boulevard" in his honor during 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mychal coincidentally shared the same last name and the same birthday with the twins, <a href="/wiki/Amen_Thompson" title="Amen Thompson">Amen Thompson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ausar_Thompson" title="Ausar Thompson">Ausar Thompson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>. Mychal is related to neither Amen nor Ausar. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mychal_Thompson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAmick" class="citation web cs1">Amick, Sam. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2014/05/03/nba-clippers-warriors-doc-rivers-mark-jackson-monty-williams-religion/8658755/">"For NBA teams, religion can be unifying or divisive"</a>. <i>USA TODAY</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 29,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=USA+TODAY&rft.atitle=For+NBA+teams%2C+religion+can+be+unifying+or+divisive&rft.aulast=Amick&rft.aufirst=Sam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnba%2F2014%2F05%2F03%2Fnba-clippers-warriors-doc-rivers-mark-jackson-monty-williams-religion%2F8658755%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMychal+Thompson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thompsonfamily.foundation/new-page">"About – Thompson Family Foundation"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=About+%E2%80%93+Thompson+Family+Foundation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompsonfamily.foundation%2Fnew-page&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMychal+Thompson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Miami News, Oct 30, 1975</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Yao_Ready_For_This-47036-34.html">"Yao Ready For This?"</a>. <i>NBA.com</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 9,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sportscasting&rft.atitle=Larry+Bird+Was+Miffed+at+the+Spurs+After+a+1987+Midseason+Trade+With+the+Lakers&rft.date=2021-08-23&rft.aulast=Thomas&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportscasting.com%2Flarry-bird-was-miffed-at-the-spurs-after-a-1987-midseason-trade-with-the-lakers%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMychal+Thompson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/espnradio/losangeles/podcast/archive?id=8366805">"Thompson & Trudell Show – PodCenter – ESPN Radio"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Thompson+%26+Trudell+Show+%E2%80%93+PodCenter+%E2%80%93+ESPN+Radio&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fespnradio%2Flosangeles%2Fpodcast%2Farchive%3Fid%3D8366805&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMychal+Thompson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110836/http://www.espn.com/espnradio/losangeles/play/_/id/10007938">"Max & Marcellus: [hr2]"</a>. 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Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_draft" title="1988 NBA draft">1988</a>: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Manning" title="Danny Manning">Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_draft" title="1989 NBA draft">1989</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pervis_Ellison" title="Pervis Ellison">Ellison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_draft" title="1990 NBA draft">1990</a>: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Coleman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_draft" title="1991 NBA draft">1991</a>: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)">L. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_draft" title="1992 NBA draft">1992</a>: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_draft" title="1993 NBA draft">1993</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_draft" title="1994 NBA draft">1994</a>: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robinson" title="Glenn Robinson">G. 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_draft" title="2019 NBA draft">2019</a>: <a href="/wiki/Zion_Williamson" title="Zion Williamson">Williamson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_draft" title="2020 NBA draft">2020</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Edwards_(basketball)" title="Anthony Edwards (basketball)">Edwards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_draft" title="2021 NBA draft">2021</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cade_Cunningham" title="Cade Cunningham">Cunningham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_draft" title="2022 NBA draft">2022</a>: <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Banchero" title="Paolo Banchero">Banchero</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_draft" title="2023 NBA draft">2023</a>: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Wembanyama" title="Victor Wembanyama">Wembanyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_draft" title="2024 NBA draft">2024</a>: <a 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