Jobey Thomas

American retired basketball player (born 1980)
Jobey Thomas
Thomas with Pallacanestro Varese
Personal information
Born (1980-03-24) March 24, 1980 (age 44)
Charlotte, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High schoolIndependence
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
CollegeCharlotte (1998–2002)
NBA draft2002: undrafted
Playing career2002–2015
PositionShooting guard
Career history
2002−2003Queluz
2003–2004Andrea Costa Imola
2004–2006Basket Club Ferrara
2006–2008Sutor Basket
2008–2009Olimpia Milano
2009–2011Pallacanestro Varese
2011–2012Treviso Basket
2012–2013Pallacanestro Trieste
2013Basket Barcellona
2013–2015Benfica
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Conference USA (2002)

Jobey Wayne Thomas (born March 24, 1980) is an American retired basketball player who competed for a number of professional clubs, mostly in Italy, with a short but successful spell in Portuguese basketball.

In his college basketball career, Thomas holds the Charlotte 49ers record for three-pointers made and games played.[1]

Career

Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Thomas played basketball at Independence High School. He helped lead Independence to the 1997 North Carolina 4A state championship as a junior and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.[2]

One of the nations top guard recruits, he signed to play college basketball for the Charlotte 49ers in Division I NCAA, under Bobby Lutz. He ended his college career for Charlotte with then records for three-pointers made, games, consecutive games (130) and starts and single-season record for three-pointers (110), plus Conference USA records for career three-pointers made, single-season three-pointers made and single-season three-pointers in league games (60), while averaging 13.4 points per game.[1] He took part in ESPN's Three-Point Shooting Contest on 24 March 2002,[3] and on the 2002 NBA Pre-Draft summer camp in Chicago.[4]

After not being drafted, he moved to Europe and joined Queluz in the Portuguese Basketball League, playing only 18 games with an average of 24 points per game.[5]

He soon joined the Serie A in Italy, and in a five-year period, Thomas average more than 17 points per game in 163 games, representing three different teams.[5] After arriving at Olimpia Milano in 2008, he made his debut in European competitions, playing the 2008–09 Euroleague, averaging 12.1 points per game, helping Milano reach the Top 16 stage.[5]

He continued his globetrotter career and moved clubs again, first at Pallacanestro Varese and then at Treviso Basket, where he returned to European basket, playing the 2011-12 Eurocup and reaching the Top 16 with the Venetian team.[5]

After two more short stints in more Italy, Thomas returned to Portugal in August 2013,[6] to play for Benfica, adding nine titles in two seasons, and competing in the 2014–15 EuroChallenge. On 1 June 2015, the 35-year-old announced his retirement from basketball.[7]

Honors

Benfica

References

  1. ^ a b "Jobey Thomas". NBA. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  2. ^ Jobey Thomas - Men's Basketball - Charlotte Athletics. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "Jobey Thomas Invited To ESPN's Three-Point Shooting Contest". Charllote 49ers. 24 March 2002. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. ^ "2002 NBA Pre-Draft Chicago Camp Rosters". Inside Hoops. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d "THOMAS, JOBEY". Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Norte-americano Jobey Thomas reforça basquetebol do Benfica" [American Jobey Thoms signs with Benfica Basketball]. Diário de Noticias (in Portuguese). 22 August 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Levo grandes memórias" [I take great memories] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

External links

  • Sports-reference profile
  • Eurobasket profile


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