Tristan Thompson: NBA basketball career and relationship with Khloe Kardashian

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Tristan Thompson is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays as a power forward (occasionally center) for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association. The player entered the NBA through the 2011 draft under the fourth number. In 2012, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Tristan Thompson is 206 centimeters tall and weighs about 110 kilograms. He is the 2016 National Basketball Association Champion.

Since the fall of 2016, the athlete has been in a romantic relationship with the famous model and businesswoman Khloe Kardashian. In December 2017, it became known that the couple was expecting their first child.

Biography: School days, early basketball career

Tristan Thompson was born on March 13, 1991 in Toronto (Ontario, Canada). His family is from Jamaica. Grew up and brought up in Brampton, where he went tolocal high school. Here he showed his basketball talents and attracted the attention of many sports schools in the United States of America. Even the major universities in the country offered the young basketball player a good scholarship and general conditions in advance so that he would play in the student basketball league. Tristan had a choice - to study in Florida, Kansas or Texas. As a result, Tristan chose to study at the University of Texas, where he continued to hone his basketball skills.

The following year, the guy transferred to the Saint Benedict propaedeutic school in Newark, New Jersey, where he won the local championship. At the end of the season, Tristan was recognized as the best basketball player among all schoolchildren in the United States of America. Then Thompson is transferred to the Findlay School from the city of Henderson (Nevada), where he studies for another year and a half. Following the results of the last graduation academic year, Tristan was included in the symbolic team of the national school championship according to McDonald's.

Student League

In 2010, T. Thompson entered the University of Texas at Austin. Here he immediately began to play for the university team and became one of the best players in the entire championship. Tristan Thompson's statistics were simply amazing - on average, the guy scored more than thirteen points per game, made eight rebounds and put two or three blocks. Ultimately, Tristan was named the Big 12 Conference Rookie of the Year and was also named to the USBWA All-Star Collegiate Championship.

Career at the NationalBasketball Association (NBA) as part of the Cleveland Cavaliers club

In June 2011, Tristan was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the fourth overall pick. During the NBA lockout, the player returned to college to continue his education. In December of the same year, on the eve of the pre-season team, Tristan Thompson signed his first professional four-year contract with the Cavalrymen. Under the terms of the agreement, Thompson would receive a salary of $16.5 million a year. He made his debut in the National Basketball Association on December 26, 2011 in a match with the Toronto Raptors - he played seventeen minutes, during which he managed to score twelve points and grab five rebounds.

In the national team

Tristan Thompson represented his national team back in 2008, however, only at the youth level. It was the FIBA Americas Under 18 Championship where Team Canada won bronze. The following year, the player participated in the International Basketball Federation U19 World Championship.

Personal life: Tristan Thompson and Khloe Kardashian's relationship

In September 2016, the media reported that Tristan began dating the famous American television personality Khloe Kardashian, the sister of the notorious Kim Kardashian.

For the first time, a couple in love was captured by the paparazzi, it was just the same in September 2016. A week later, Khloe Kardashian and Tristana Thompsoncelebrated Labor Day together in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. However, it was then reported that there was only a slight affair between young people, supposedly Chloe and Tristan simply sympathize with each other. A week after covering all the flings, Khloe introduced her lover to all members of the Kardashian-Jenner family.

Over time, the couple stopped hiding their feelings. Together they began to attend public events and parties, showing their love to others. In December 2017, Khloe Kardashian publicly announced that she was expecting a child from Tristan.