Tina Thompson

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Tina Marie Thompson (born February 10, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is arguably the best woman basketball player in the world today. She plays professionally for the WNBA's Houston Comets and EuroLeague's Spartak Moscow Region. Thompson graduated from the University of Southern California in 1997.

Contents 1 College 2 WNBA 3 Other Professional Experience 4 External Links

College

• Selected to the 1997 Kodak District VIII All-American Team as well as the All Pac-10 First Team
• Finalist for Naismith Player of the Year in 1997
• Finished her career as the Pac-10’s third leading scorer (2,248 points) and its second leading rebounder (1,168)
• Scored 20 or more points in 23 games (1995-96 season)
• Named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 1994
• Earned her degree in sociology with a minor in psychology

WNBA

• One of ten players named to the WNBA All-Decade Team
• Averaged 15.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 0.81 blocks in 247 games with the Comets (1997-2006)
• All-WNBA First Team on three occasions (1997, 1998, 2004)
• All-WNBA Second Team four times (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
• WNBA Player of the Week three times
• WNBA All-Star Game starter five times (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
• 2000 WNBA All-Star Game MVP, recording 11 points and 13 rebounds
• Comets all-time leader in rebounds (1,656), 3-point field goals made (347), blocked shots (201) and minutes played (8,430)
• Started and scored in every game she has played in with the Comets
• 40 career double-doubles and five 30-point games
• Second player in WNBA history to reach 3,500 points (July 27, 2004 vs. Seattle)
• Second player to pass the 3,000-point plateau (August 1, 2003 vs. San Antonio)
• Fifth player in league annals to score 2,000 career points (July 10, 2001 vs. Sacramento)
• Hauled down her 1,500th career rebound on June 12, 2004 at San Antonio, becoming the second WNBA player to record 1,500 or more rebounds
• Second-ever WNBA player to post 1,000 career rebounds, setting the mark vs. New York on July 28, 2001
• Seventh player in the WNBA to reach 1,000 career points, hitting milestone vs. Sacramento on August 2, 1999.

Other Professional Experience

• Played on 2007 EuroLeague Champions Spartak Moscow Region, garnering these honors: EuroLeague Player of the Year, Forward of the Year, Import Player of the Year, first team All-EuroLeague (by Eurobasket.com) and EuroLeague Final Four MVP
• Played in 2003 with the Kumho Falcons of the Women’s Korea Basketball League (WKBL) and the Houston Stealth of the National Women’s Basketball League (NWBL)
• named MVP of the 2003 NWBL Pro Cup, leading the Stealth to a second-straight title
• played overseas with Rovereto Basket in Rovereto, Italy, following the 2001 WNBA season
• member of the 1999 USA Women’s National Team that finished 4-1 in the 1999 Winter European Tour
• named to the 1998 WNBA Touring Team, which went 3-1 against the best teams in Brazil
• was also a member of the USA Women’s 1999 Winter European Tour Team that played top teams from all over Europe

External Links

• WNBA.com Bio