A need for a fresh start motivated Thompson to join Dallas. In his own words, “sometimes change can spur greatness.” ...

‘Mamba’ beginnings Thompson was 10 years old when Mychal Thompson told his wife, Julie, that their middle son was going to be an NBA player. Mychal Thompson, the top overall pick in the 1978 ...

Just one game into what he hopes will be a long and fruitful NBA career, Bronny James already holds an all-time league record ...

Advertisement Lakers forward Mychal Thompson walked to the bar ... than Nicholson has with the Lakers and the NBA. On Sunday, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will add Nicholson ...

His mother Julie McDaniel was a former volleyball player at the University of Southern California while his father Mychal Thompson played basketball professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers ...

In 15 NBA seasons and counting ... then 11.8 in the 2007 run. In 1978, Mychal Thompson became the first foreign-born player to be selected No. 1 overall. He spent eight seasons with the Portland ...

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His father, Mychal Thompson, is also a former NBA player who was drafted in the 1978 NBA draft with the first overall pick. Laura Ruth Harrier, born in 1990, is an American actress and former ...