Quintrell Thomas

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Quintrell Thomas
Personal information
Born (1990-02-21) February 21, 1990 (age 34)
New York City, New York
NationalityAmerican / Jamaican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school St. Patrick (Elizabeth, New Jersey)
College
NBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Position Power forward / center
Career history
2013–2014Kirovgrad
2014–2016 Interclube
2016–2017 Al-Hilal
2017 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2018 Oliveirense
2018–2019 Maccabi Hod HaSharon
2019–2020 Ironi Kiryat Ata
2020–2021 Al Khor
2021 Maccabi Ra'anana
2021–2022Nardò
2022–2023 Defensor Sporting
2023 Força Lleida
Career highlights and awards

Quintrell Daron Thomas (born February 21, 1990) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Kansas and the University of Nevada in Las Vegas before playing professionally in Ukraine, Angola, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Israel and Qatar.

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Early life and college career

Thomas was born in New York City, New York. He attended St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks and two steals per game as a senior. Thomas was named his team's MVP. [1]

Thomas started his college basketball career at the University of Kansas, where he played in 26 games and made one start, averaging 1.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. [1] On July 7, 2009, Thomas was transferred from Kansas to the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, but sat out the 2009–10 season at UNLV per NCAA Transfer rules. [2] Thomas played three years at UNLV, where he averaged 3.6 points and 3.5 rebounds in 12.4 minutes per game in his senior year. [1]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, he started his professional career with Kirovgrad of the Ukrainian Basketball Higher League, where he became the second best scorer in the League. Thomas averaged an impressive 19.8 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, leading his team to win the Ukrainian Higher League championship title. [3]

On October 24, 2014, Thomas signed with G.D. Interclube of Angolan Basketball League, [3] where he finished his second season with Interclube as the league best rebounder (10.4 rebounds per game) and the second-leading scorer (17.1 points per game), while shooting 52.4% from the field and 82.3% from the free throw line. [4]

On December 24, 2016, Thomas signed with Al-Hilal of the Saudi Premier League, where he led the league in rebounds with 12.7 per game, to go with 24.1 points, 2.4 assists, and 1.3 blocked shots per game. In April 2017, he joined Al-Ittihad for the rest of the season. Thomas won the 2017 Saudi Premier League championship, leading his team in scoring and rebounding during the Playoffs. [4] [5]

On March 1, 2018, Thomas signed with U.D. Oliveirense of the Portuguese Basketball League. In 22 games played for Oliveirense, he averaged 12 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1 block per game. [6] Thomas won the 2018 Portuguese League Championship title with Oliveirense.

On August 9, 2018, Thomas signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Hod HaSharon of the Israeli National League. [7] In 30 games played during the 2018–19 season, he led the league in scoring (23.5), rebounding (12.1) and efficiency rating (29.3) per game. On April 7, 2019, Thomas earned a spot in the Israeli National League First-Team. [8]

On July 4, 2019, Thomas signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata for the 2019–20 season. [9] He averaged 18.2 points, 12.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. On October 8, 2020, Thomas signed with Al Khor of the Qatari Basketball League. [10] In July 2021, Quintrell Thomas signed a contract with Next Nardò of the Serie A2

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Quintrell Thomas - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics". UNLVRebels.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Thomas transfers from Kansas". UNLVRebels.com. July 7, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Quintrell Thomas pens with Desportivo Interclube". Court-Side.com. October 24, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Hart Sports Management: Quintrell Thomas". HartSportsManagement.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Ittihad wins Saudi Basketball Federation title". SaudiGazette.com. April 21, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Quintrell Thomas - Oliveirense Basquetebol". OliveirenseBasquetebol.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Maccabi Hod Hasharon tabs Quintrell Thomas". Eurobasket.com. August 9, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ "חמישיית העונה לעונת 2018/19". twitter.com (in Hebrew). April 7, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  9. ↑ "קווינטרל תומאס חתם לעונה אחת בקריית אתא". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). July 4, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  10. ↑ Madwar, Ahmad (October 8, 2020). "Al Khor lands Quintrell Thomas". Latinbasket. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
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