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Joe Thomasson
American basketball player
Joe Thomasson (born August 16, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Playtika Tel-Aviv of the Israeli Premier Basketball League and the EuroLeague.[1] He plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.[1]
| No. 24 – Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
| League | Israeli Basketball Premier League EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1993-08-16) August 16, 1993 (age 30) Dayton, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Thurgood Marshall (Dayton, Ohio) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–2017 | Dinamo București |
| 2017–2018 | Polpharma Starogard Gdański |
| 2018–2019 | Start Lublin |
| 2019–2020 | Stelmet Zielona Góra |
| 2020–2021 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| 2021–2022 | Baxi Manresa |
| 2022 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 2023 | Promitheas Patras |
| 2023–2024 | Covirán Granada |
| 2024-Present | Maccabi Playtika Tel-Aviv |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Thomasson was born in Dayton, Ohio.[1] His parents are Joseph E Thomasson Sr and Autumn Daye Bryant.[2] He is 6' 4" (193 cm) tall, and weighs 165 pounds (75 kg).[1]
Thomasson attended and played basketball at Thurgood Marshall High School ('12).[1][3] His senior year he was the team captain and averaged 16 points per game, and was named All-Region.[2]
Thomasson then attended State Fair Community College.[4][5] He played basketball there, veraged 14.2 points per game as a freshman, and was named Region 16 First Team.[4] As a sophomore he averaged 18 points, six assists, and four rebounds a game, and was named a Junior College All American.[4]
He attended and played basketball at Wright State University ('16).[1] In 2014-15 Thomasson was second in the Horizon League with a .576 two-point field goal shooting percentage, and ninth in blocks, with 25.[6] In 2015-16 he was fifth in the league with a .819 free throw percentage, sixth in the league in defensive rebounds, with 167, and seventh in assists, with 117.[6] In 2016 he was named to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team.[7]
On August 5, 2019, he has signed with Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB.[8]
Thomasson played for Hapoel Gilboa Galil in the Israel Basketball Premier League, which he joined in May 2020.[9][7][10][11]
On July 7, 2021, he signed with Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB.[12]
On July 11, 2022, he signed with Russian powerhouse Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League.[13] He deleted his Twitter account after other Twitter users criticized him for signing with a Russian team, in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.[14]
On January 7, 2023, Thomasson signed with Greek club Promitheas Patras for the rest of the season, replacing Joe Young. In 14 domestic league matches, he averaged 12.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.3 steals, playing around 27 minutes per contest.
On May 2, 2023, Thomasson moved to Spanish club CB Granada for the rest of the season.
- "Joe Thomasson - Men's Basketball". Wright State University Athletics.
- Harris, Doug (August 28, 2016). "Thomasson not your average Joe". Dayton Daily News.
- Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2015-2016, November 13, 2015.
- Archdeacon, Tom (October 31, 2014). "WSU's Thomasson feeling right at home". Dayton Daily News.
- "Joe Thomasson College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- Maggi, Alessandro (August 5, 2019). "Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Gora signs Joe Thomasson". Sportando. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- Skerletic, Dario (August 23, 2020). "Hapoel Galil Gilboa keeps Joe Thomasson". Sportando.
- Skerletic, Dario (July 7, 2021). "Joe Thomasson joins Baxi Manresa on two-year deal". Sportando. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- "Joe Thomasson joines Zenit". en.bc-zenit.com. July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- Abrams, Jonathan (September 20, 2022). "Despite War and Griner's Arrest, American Men Hoop in Russia". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.