Matisse Thybulle
Matisse Thybulle was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States on March 4th, 1997 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 27, Matisse Thybulle biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Matisse Vincent Thybulle (born March 4, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies.
As a senior in 2019, he was recognized as the top defender in the nation with the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and the Lefty Driesell Award.
Thybulle also earned first-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12, and repeated as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.
He was selected in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft with the 20th overall pick.
Early life
Thybulle was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the son of Greg, a Haitian-born engineer raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, and Dr. Elizabeth Thybulle, a naturopath who died of leukemia in 2015. He was named after French artist Henri Matisse. When he was two, his family moved to Sydney, Australia, where they lived for around seven years. The Thybulle family lived in Sydney's North Shore while in Australia and the children attended elementary school at North Sydney Demonstration School. Matisse did not play much basketball in Australia and focused more on swimming while there, where he said lifeguards "were a really big deal". His family returned to the U.S. in 2005 and settled in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle.
Thybulle could not make layups consistently until around the eighth grade, when his coordination began matching his speed. He attended Skyline High School for two years, then transferred to nearby Eastside Catholic, where he was ranked a four-star recruit by Scout.com and three-star by ESPN, and graduated in 2015.
Personal life
Thybulle is Catholic, having been confirmed as a child.
On April 10, 2022, it went public that Thybulle was not fully vaccinated for COVID-19. This made him ineligible to play in Canada during the 76ers opening round of the NBA playoffs against the Toronto Raptors. “Yeah, I’m not fully vaccinated,” he told The Athletic’s Rich Hofmann. “This was a decision I made a long time ago. I thought a lot about what I would say here. Essentially I made this choice and I thought I can keep it to myself, I can keep it private, but people are always going to wonder why.” Thybulle, who said that he was brought up in a "holistic household" with "Chinese medicine and naturopathic doctors" did say that he had received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine but did not continue on for the following shot.
College career
Based on his friendship with Huskies coach Lorenzo Romar, Thybulle decided to attend the University of Washington in Seattle. In 2015–16, he appeared in all 34 games as a true freshman, averaging 6.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.6 assists in 24.1 minutes per game. He averaged 10.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.1 steals as a sophomore in 2016, but the Huskies lost only two games in conference and were 9–22 in Romar's 15th season as a senior.
Thybulle considered leaving the program after his coach left. After speaking with new coach Mike Hopkins, he decided to return for 2017-18. Jim Boeheim, the former Syracuse assistant, sold him on the Orange's lauded 2–3 zone defense system, which he had intended to install at Washington. In an 82-59 victory over Colorado, Thybulle scored a career-high 26 points on February 17. Possessing a 7-foot (2.1 m) wingspan, he was instrumental in the Huskies' zone defense, which was a major contributor to the team's first 20-win season since 2011–12. He was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player to be honoured in school history. Thybulle averaged 11.2 points per game, set a Huskies single-season record of 101 steals, and led Washington with a team-leading 49 blocks. He made his second appearance in Pac-12 history with at least 90 steals and 40 blocks in the same season, after joining Jeff Trepagnier (USC, 1999–2000).
Thybulle had 17 points, six steals, and five blocks in a 64–55 home win over Colorado, assisting the Huskies in winning a share of the Pac-12 regular season championship. He earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career, with a win over Utah earlier this week. Thybulle received the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and Lefty Driesell Award as the country's best defensive player. He was also named first-team All-Pac-12 and became the second player in conference history to repeat as Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. He led all NCAA Division I players with 126 steals, smashing the Pac-12 single-season record set by Jason Kidd. Thybulle also ranked ninth nationally with 83 blocks, becoming the first player in the United States to ever record at least 100 steals and 80 blocks in a row. He was one of three players in the last 20 years to hit minimums of 2.0 steals and 2.0 blocks per game in a season. With 331, Thybulle became the first in Pac-12 history with two 100-steal seasons, surpassing Gary Payton to become the conference leader in career thefts for the first time in history. He also tied for the first time in Washington's career blocks record of 186 held by Chris Welp, and he is the only Huskies player to earn a top ten in both career thefts and blocks.
Professional career
During the 2019 NBA draft, the Philadelphia 76ers targeted Thybulle. The Toronto Raptors, who had lost in the second round of playoffs, were looking for someone who would immediately contribute to their cause of a championship. Thybulle had to be out for other teams in exchange for a promise to select him in the first round with their No. 76ers. Overall, a 24th pick. They effectively ended up at No. 1 after being pushed up to No. 1. In a trade for Philadelphia's 24th and 33rd picks, 20 to select him, with the Boston Celtics granting him draft rights. Thybulle signed with the 76ers on July 3, 2019. He made his NBA debut on October 23, rising from bench for 107-93 victory over the Celtics with three points, a rebound, an assist, two steals, and two blocks. Allen Iverson, the only sixers rookies to record five threes and three steals in a game since 1983, led to 20 points, five three-pointers, and three steals in a victory over the Raptors on December 8. Thybulle began a series of vlog style YouTube videos showcasing the 2020 NBA Bubble at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, on July 11, 2020.
Thybulle was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in his second season, but he only played 20 minutes per game. He was the NBA leader with 3.8 steals per 100 possessions and 5.6 deflections per 36 minutes.
The 76ers selected Thybulle's team option on October 29th, 2021, extending his deal through the 2022–23 season.
National team career
Thybulle is a dual citizen of Australia and the United States and is therefore eligible to represent either national team or the United States. Thybulle said he was proud of his Australian roots but did not expect automatic selection when asked if he would represent the Australian Boomers in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Thybulle was listed in the Australian Boomers squad for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which began immediately after the 2021 NBA Finals. Thybulle helped Australia win their first ever Olympic medal in men's basketball by defeating Slovenia in the bronze medal match.