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Is Tyrus Thomas the No. 1 pick in the draft?

By Chad Ford
ESPN Insider

Sunday, June 4, 2006

Tyrus Thomas is hungry. He's working out in a gym in Orlando, and providing ESPN Insider a first, exclusive look at the player many think will be one of first three picks in the NBA Draft -- perhaps the very first pick. He's shooting 3-pointers in a gym in Orlando. With every swish he remembers a slight, a doubter, someone who said his dream was impossible. He comes from a broken home in Baton Rouge. His father was in and out of prison. His mother worked two jobs to keep him off welfare. ...

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