Article: THOMAS' CHARACTER REFRESHING.(Sports)

After the Tim Thomas free-agency tour screeched to a halt Monday in the same city where it began, I couldn't help but rewind the videotape to a scene at the Kohl Center last fall.

It was only an exhibition game, but it was the kind of night -- a little guard, a little forward, a lot of scoring -- that would become common for Thomas in his first full season with the Milwaukee Bucks. Afterward, the versatile sixth-man was asked what he considered to be his natural position.

``I'm a three,'' Thomas said.

He said it with such conviction that it instantly raised a red flag, given his free-agent-to-be status. You see, in basketball-speak a ``three'' ...

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