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Early years
Tina grew up playing basketball with her brother TJ and his friends at Robertson Park in West Los Angeles California. She then went on to play basketball at the University of Southern California where Tina Thompson graduated in 1997. After the Comets were disbanded in 2008 Thompson joined the Los Angeles sparks where on August 2010 Tina Thompson became the WNBA's all-time leading scorer passing Lisa Leslie.

In 2011 Tina Thompson was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships. She is the WNBA's all-time leading scorer.