No. 12–Busan KCC Egis | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
League | Basketball Champions League Asia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Torrance, California, U.S. | September 16, 1988||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American / Ivorian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
High school | Torrance (Torrance, California) | ||||||||||||||||||||
College | North Carolina (2006–2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2010: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Ikaros Kallitheas | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Union Olimpija | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Alba Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Liaoning Flying Leopards | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Hapoel Jerusalem | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | San Pablo Burgos | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Žalgiris | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Unicaja | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Leones de Ponce | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Casademont Zaragoza | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Tofaş | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Shinshu Brave Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Indios de Mayagüez | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024–present | Busan KCC Egis | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
|
Deon Marshall Thompson (born September 16, 1988) is an American-Ivorian professional basketball player for the Busan KCC Egis of the Basketball Champions League Asia. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Standing at 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in), he plays the power forward position.
As a senior at Torrance High School in Torrance, California, Thompson scored 30 or more points five times and had 20 or more rebounds on six occasions, and led his team to the Division II-A finals in 2006 and quarterfinals in 2005. He averaged 21.5 points, 13.8 rebounds and 4.6 blocked shots as a senior.
Thompson wore number 21 for North Carolina; when his college career ended in 2010, he had played in a total of 152 games, at that time the most in NCAA Division I men's history. While the record was broken the following season by David Lighty of Ohio State, and is now held by Iowa's Jordan Bohannon, Thompson is now tied with Kentucky's Darius Miller for the most games among players who participated in the standard four seasons. [lower-alpha 1]
After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft, Thompson joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2010 NBA Summer League. [1] On August 1, 2010, he signed with Greek club Ikaros Kallitheas for the 2010–11 season. [2]
On July 20, 2011, Thompson signed a two-year deal with Slovenian club Union Olimpija. [3] [4] With Olimpija he won the 2012 Slovenian Cup. On August 7, 2012, he parted ways with Olimpija. [5]
On August 12, 2012, Thompson signed with German club Alba Berlin for the 2012–13 season. [6] With Alba he won the 2013 German Cup. At the end of the season he was named to the All-BBL First Team. [7]
On August 2, 2013, Thompson signed with Bayern Munich. [8] With Bayern he won the 2013–14 Bundesliga, and was also named to the All-BBL Second Team. [9] On August 14, 2014, he parted ways with Bayern. [10]
On August 26, 2014, Thompson signed with the Liaoning Flying Leopards of China for the 2014–15 CBA season. [11] On March 23, 2015, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League for the rest of the season. [12]
On July 20, 2015, Thompson returned to Bayern Munich, signing a one-year deal. [13]
On July 12, 2016, Thompson signed with Galatasaray for the 2016–17 season. [14] On January 2, 2017, he left Galatasaray and signed with Serbian club Crvena zvezda for the rest of the season. [15]
On August 19, 2017, Thompson signed with Spanish club San Pablo Burgos [16] and became the top rebounder of the 2017–18 ACB season with 6.7 rebounds per game. He was also named MVP of the week after performing and average index of 31 in the club wins at MoraBanc Andorra and versus Real Betis Energía Plus. On August 6, 2018, Thompson re-signed with San Pablo Burgos for an additional season. [17]
On January 6, 2019, Thompson left Burgos and signed with Lithuanian club Žalgiris Kaunas until the end of the season. [18] He helped Žalgiris reach the EuroLeague playoffs, and win the Lithuanian Basketball League championship.
On June 17, 2019, Thompson signed a two-year contract with Unicaja of the Liga ACB. [19]
On October 28, 2021, Thompson signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. [20]
On October 14, 2022, Thompson signed with Tofaş of Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). [21] On February 20, 2023, he parted ways with the club. [22]
On August 18, 2023, Thompson signed with Shinshu Brave Warriors of the B.League, [23] where he averaged 11.4 points and 8.3 rebounds in 29 minutes. [24]
On March 26, 2024, Thompson signed with the Indios de Mayagüez of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. [24]
In July 2019, Thompson was listed as a preliminary squad member of the Ivory Coast national team for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. [25]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011–12 | Union Olimpija | 10 | 5 | 23.6 | .443 | .000 | .476 | 4.1 | .8 | .3 | .2 | 8.8 | 6.0 |
2012–13 | Alba Berlin | 23 | 22 | 26.6 | .524 | .250 | .792 | 5.4 | .8 | .7 | .7 | 12.0 | 13.6 |
2013–14 | Bayern | 21 | 11 | 18.8 | .454 | .200 | .568 | 4.7 | .5 | .3 | .4 | 7.3 | 7.0 |
2015–16 | Bayern | 10 | 8 | 23.1 | .482 | .000 | .769 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 |
2016–17 | Galatasaray | 13 | 0 | 11.6 | .500 | .000 | .636 | 2.1 | .7 | .5 | .4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
2016–17 | Crvena zvezda | 13 | 0 | 10.5 | .561 | .000 | .500 | 1.5 | .5 | .3 | .3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
2018–19 | Žalgiris | 17 | 0 | 13.8 | .596 | .000 | .571 | 3.1 | .5 | .5 | .4 | 4.7 | 5.8 |
Career | 107 | 46 | 18.7 | .499 | .111 | .649 | 3.8 | .7 | .5 | .5 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
Ratko Varda is a Serbian-Bosnian former basketball player who played professionally for 22 years. Standing at 2.13 m, he played the center position. He first represented FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro junior national team, and later represented Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally.
Siim-Sander Vene is an Estonian professional basketball player for San Pablo Burgos of the LEB Oro. Standing at 2.03 m, he plays both the small forward and power forward positions. Vene represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally, and was named Estonian Basketball Player of the Year in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Viacheslav "Slava" Kravtsov is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers of the P. League+. He also represents the Ukrainian national basketball team.
Mirza Begić is a retired Bosnian-born Slovenian professional basketball player. The 2.16 m center, he represented the Slovenian national team in the international competitions.
Zoran Dragić is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian League and the ABA League. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 1.96 m, he plays the shooting guard and small forward positions. He is the younger brother of Goran Dragić.
Martynas Pocius is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team.
Deividas Gailius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he plays the small forward and shooting guard positions.
Tremmell Lequincy Dushun Darden is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Crailsheim Merlins of the German Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he plays at the small forward and power forward positions.
Xavier "Xavi" Rabaseda Bertrán is a Spanish professional basketball player for Surne Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League. He is a 1.98 m tall shooting guard-small forward.
Daniel Díez de la Faya is a Spanish professional basketball player who last played for Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB. He also represents the Spanish national team in international competition.
Augusto César Lima Brito is a Brazilian-Spanish professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He is 6'10" (2.08m) tall and he can play as either a power forward or a center. He is left handed, but at the age of ten, his parents forced him to learn to write and shoot with the right. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.
Niels Giffey is a German professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he plays the small forward and shooting guard positions. He also represents the Germany national team.
Gregory Alexander Renfroe is an American-born naturalized Bosnian professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the Spanish Liga ACB.
Ognjen Jaramaz is a Serbian professional basketball. Standing at 1.93 m, he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
Paul Victor Louis Zipser is a German professional basketball player for MLP Academics Heidelberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Standing at 2.03 m, he mainly plays at the small forward position. He was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 48th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.
Nikola Radičević is a Serbian professional basketball player for Cedevita Olimpija of the Adriatic League and the Slovenian Basketball League. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he plays at the point guard position.
Ondřej Balvín is a Czech professional basketball player for Jiangsu Yannan Suke of the National Basketball League. Standing at 7 ft 1.5 in (2.17 m), he plays at the center position. As well as Latvia, Balvin has played club basketball in the Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, and Japan.
Bruno Fitipaldo Rodríguez is an Uruguayan-Italian professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at a height of 1.84 m, he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
Tyrus McGee is an American professional basketball player who last played for SIG Strasbourg of the French LNB Pro A. He has previously played for Iowa State.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)