Al-Ahli Amman | |
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Position | Small forward |
League | Jordanian Premier Basketball League |
Personal information | |
Born | Paterson, New Jersey | March 25, 1992
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | NIA Prep ( Newark, New Jersey) |
College | Cincinnati (2012–2016) |
NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016 | Austin Spurs |
2017 | Gimnasio Indalo |
2017–2018 | Memphis Hustle |
2019 | Kordall Steelers |
2019 | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
2019–2020 | S.C. Lusitânia EXPERT |
2020–2021 | BC Prievidza |
2021–present | Al-Ahli Amman |
Shaquille Thomas (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Al-Ahli Amman of the Jordanian Premier Basketball League. He played college basketball for Cincinnati.
Thomas was a four-star recruit out of NIA Prep. [1] He averaged 28 points and eight assists per game as a senior. [2]
Thomas redshirted his freshman season at Cincinnati and gradually increased his playing time. As a sophomore, he posted 6.8 points per game. [1] As a junior, he averaged 6.4 points and 2.9 rebounds. [3] He had a three-game stretch as a junior in which he scored 18 points at Houston, 13 points against UCF and 11 points at Tulane. [2] As a senior, he played 28 games and averaged 6.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game. [4] He sprained his right ankle in the Bearcats' 58–57 win at Connecticut on January 28, 2016, and missed some time. [5]
After not being chosen in the 2016 NBA draft, Thomas joined the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League, with whom he played five games with before leaving in December. [4] In February 2017, he signed with Gimnasio Indalo in Argentina as a temporary injury replacement. [6] He played six games, in which he averaged 4.5 points and 2.3 rebounds.
For the 2017–18 season, Thomas was acquired by the Memphis Hustle. [7] He averaged 6.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game with the Hustle. Thomas missed a game in March 2018 due to a bicep injury. [8]
In January 2019, Thomas moved to Luxembourg and joined the Kordall Steelers. [9] In April 2019, he joined the Hawke's Bay Hawks in New Zealand as a temporary import stand-in for Brandon Bowman. [10] [11] [12]
On August 25, 2019, he has signed with S.C. Lusitânia EXPERT of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol. [13]
In 2020, Thomas signed with BC Prievidza of the Slovakian league. On December 27, 2021, Thomas signed with Al-Ahli Amman of the Jordanian Premier Basketball League. [14]
Thomas has an older sister, Essence Carson, who is a WNBA player. His uncle, Tim Thomas, played in the NBA. [1]