Joe Thomasson
No. 32 – Covirán Granada
PositionShooting guard / point guard
LeagueLiga ACB
Personal information
Born (1993-08-16) August 16, 1993 (age 30)
Dayton, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High schoolThurgood Marshall
(Dayton, Ohio)
College
NBA draft2016: undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2017Dinamo București
2017–2018Polpharma Starogard Gdański
2018–2019Start Lublin
2019–2020Stelmet Zielona Góra
2020–2021Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2021–2022Baxi Manresa
2022Zenit Saint Petersburg
2023Promitheas Patras
2023–presentCovirán Granada
Career highlights and awards

Joe Thomasson (born August 16, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the Spanish Liga ACB.[1] He plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.[1]

Early and personal life

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]

College career

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]

Professional career

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Joe Thomasson Basketball Player Profile, Hapoel Galil Gilboa, News, Winner League, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". Eurobasket LLC.
  2. ^ a b "Joe Thomasson - Men's Basketball". Wright State University Athletics.
  3. ^ Harris, Doug (August 28, 2016). "Thomasson not your average Joe". Dayton Daily News.
  4. ^ a b c Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2015-2016, November 13, 2015.
  5. ^ Archdeacon, Tom (October 31, 2014). "WSU's Thomasson feeling right at home". Dayton Daily News.
  6. ^ a b "Joe Thomasson College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  7. ^ a b "Joe Thomasson Player Profile, Erie BayHawks, NCAA Stats, G League Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  8. ^ Maggi, Alessandro (August 5, 2019). "Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Gora signs Joe Thomasson". Sportando. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  9. ^ "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2019-20 Season | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Joe Thomasson". basket.co.il.
  10. ^ ""I'm ready to embrace the new challenge of being a leader and helping my guys get better" Joe Thomasson leads Gilboa to WINNER Cup QF with 78-72 win over Bnei Herzliya!". September 23, 2020.
  11. ^ Skerletic, Dario (August 23, 2020). "Hapoel Galil Gilboa keeps Joe Thomasson". Sportando.
  12. ^ Skerletic, Dario (July 7, 2021). "Joe Thomasson joins Baxi Manresa on two-year deal". Sportando. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  13. ^ "Joe Thomasson joines Zenit". en.bc-zenit.com. July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  14. ^ Abrams, Jonathan (September 20, 2022). "Despite War and Griner's Arrest, American Men Hoop in Russia". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.

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