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Donte Thomas

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Donte Thomas
Thomas with Donar in November 2019
Free Agent
PositionPower forward
Personal information
Born (1996-05-06) May 6, 1996 (age 28)
Olympia Fields, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight104 kg (229 lb)
Career information
High schoolThornwood
(South Holland, Illinois)
CollegeBradley (2014–2018)
NBA draft2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019KTP
2019–2020Donar
2020–2021Cantù
2021–2022Donar
2022–2024Heroes Den Bosch
Career highlights and awards
  • Dutch Cup winner (2022)
  • Second-team All-MVC (2018)
  • MVC All-Improved Team (2017)
  • 2× MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team (2017, 2018)

Donte Thomas (born May 6, 1996) is an American basketball player who last played for the Heroes Den Bosch of the BNXT League. He played college basketball for the Bradley Braves before turning professional in 2018. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), Thomas plays as power forward.

High school career

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Born in Olympia Fields, Illinois, Thomas attended Thornwood High School. He averaged 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in his junior season in 2012–13 and earned first-team all-area honours.[1]

College career

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Thomas committed to play for the Bradley Braves. In the 2017–18 season, he was named to the Second-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference.[1]

Professional career

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KTP

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On August 5, 2018, Thomas signed a one-year contract with KTP-Basket of the Finnish Korisliiga.[2] With KTP, Thomas averaged 15.5 points and 8.4 rebounds in 46 Korisliiga games with the team.[3]

At the end of his rookie year, Donte Thomas was invited by the Oklahoma City Thunder to participate in an NBA free agent mini-camp in June, 2019 [4]

Donar

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On July 6, 2019, Thomas signed a one-year contract with Basketball Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup participant Donar of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[5] The 2019–20 DBL season was cancelled prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 18 games with Donar, Thomas averaged 15.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in 27.6 minutes.[3]

Cantù

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On June 22, 2020, Thomas signed with Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[6] He averaged 7.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

Return to Donar

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On July 22, 2021, Thomas signed with Alba Fehérvár of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (NB I/A).[7] He did not play a game for the club. On November 14, 2021, Thomas returned to Donar after he signed a contract for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[8] He won the 2021–22 Dutch Basketball Cup with Donar.

Heroes Den Bosch

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On July 28, 2022, he signed a one-year contract with Heroes Den Bosch.[9]

Personal

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Donte is the son of Dontay Thomas and Latoya McCowan and has one sibling. He majored in social work at Bradley.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Donte Thomas - Men's Basketball". Bradley University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  2. ^ "Donte Thomas KTP-Basketin ensimmäinen amerikkalaiskiinnitys". Basket.fi (in Finnish). August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Donte Thomas Player Profile". Realgm.com. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Thunder holding free agent mini-camp with Donte Thomas, others". USA Today. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Donar contracteert Donte Thomas" (in Dutch). Donar. July 6, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "A CANTU' ARRIVA IL PRIMO AMERICANO, È L'ALA DONTE THOMAS" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 22 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Alba Fehervar officially announce Donte Thomas". Sportando. July 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Knollema, Kim. "Donar versterkt zich met Donte Thomas". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Heroes haalt Donte Thomas naar Den Bosch". Heroes Den Bosch. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
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