Career
Having naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he also represents the Israeli national basketball team Standing on 2.03 meters, he is very athletic and top-class rebounder. Tyus played for his first two years of high school for Hazelwood Central High School in Saint Louis.
He then played for two years for Harmony High School, leading it to the prep school national championship game in 2006.
As of 2012, his 1,333 career points were 22nd-best in school history. To start off his professional career, Tyus signed with Maccabi Ashdod after finishing four years at Florida.
On July 12, 2012, Tyus signed a contract with the Italian team Pallacanestro Cantù where he played his first Euroleague season. On July 1, 2013, Tyus signed a two-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
He has been named the Most Valuable Player of the Euroleague for month April.
He was one of the key players to help Maccabi advance to the Final 4 of the Euroleague. On July 21, 2015, Tyus signed a one-year contract with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes.