Deon Thompson
Deon Marshall Thompson (born September 16, 1988) is an American-Ivorian professional basketball player who last played for Tofaş of Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Standing at 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in), he plays the power forward position.
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| Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 16, 1988 Torrance, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Ivorian | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Torrance (Torrance, California) | |||||||||||||||||||
| College | North Carolina (2006–2010) | |||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2010 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2010–present | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Ikaros Kallitheas | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Union Olimpija | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Alba Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Bayern Munich | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Liaoning Flying Leopards | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Hapoel Jerusalem | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Bayern Munich | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Galatasaray | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | San Pablo Burgos | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Žalgiris | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Unicaja | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Leones de Ponce | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Casademont Zaragoza | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Tofaş | |||||||||||||||||||
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High school and college career
As a senior at Torrance High School in Torrance, California, Thompson scored 30 or more points five times and had 20 or more rebounds on six occasions, and led his team to the Division II-A finals in 2006 and quarterfinals in 2005. He averaged 21.5 points, 13.8 rebounds and 4.6 blocked shots as a senior.
Thompson wore number 21 for North Carolina; when his college career ended in 2010, he had played in a total of 152 games, at that time the most in NCAA Division I men's history. While the record was broken the following season by David Lighty of Ohio State, and is now held by Iowa's Jordan Bohannon, Thompson is now tied with Kentucky's Darius Miller for the most games among players who participated in the standard four seasons.[a]
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft, Thompson joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2010 NBA Summer League.[1] On August 1, 2010, he signed with Greek club Ikaros Kallitheas for the 2010–11 season.[2]
On July 20, 2011, Thompson signed a two-year deal with Slovenian club Union Olimpija.[3][4] With Olimpija he won the 2012 Slovenian Cup. On August 7, 2012, he parted ways with Olimpija.[5]
On August 12, 2012, Thompson signed with German club Alba Berlin for the 2012–13 season.[6] With Alba he won the 2013 German Cup. At the end of the season he was named to the All-BBL First Team.[7]
On August 2, 2013, Thompson signed with Bayern Munich.[8] With Bayern he won the 2013–14 Bundesliga, and was also named to the All-BBL Second Team.[9] On August 14, 2014, he parted ways with Bayern.[10]
On August 26, 2014, Thompson signed with the Liaoning Flying Leopards of China for the 2014–15 CBA season.[11] On March 23, 2015, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League for the rest of the season.[12]
On July 20, 2015, Thompson returned to Bayern Munich, signing a one-year deal.[13]
On July 12, 2016, Thompson signed with Galatasaray for the 2016–17 season.[14] On January 2, 2017, he left Galatasaray and signed with Serbian club Crvena zvezda for the rest of the season.[15]
On August 19, 2017, Thompson signed with Spanish club San Pablo Burgos[16] and became the top rebounder of the 2017–18 ACB season with 6.7 rebounds per game. He was also named MVP of the week after performing and average index of 31 in the club wins at MoraBanc Andorra and versus Real Betis Energía Plus. On August 6, 2018, Thompson re-signed with San Pablo Burgos for an additional season.[17]
On January 6, 2019, Thompson left Burgos and signed with Lithuanian club Žalgiris Kaunas until the end of the season.[18] He helped Žalgiris reach the EuroLeague playoffs, and win the Lithuanian Basketball League championship.
On June 17, 2019, Thompson signed a two-year contract with Unicaja of the Liga ACB.[19]
On October 28, 2021, Thompson signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB.[20]
On October 14, 2022, Thompson signed with Tofaş of Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[21] On February 20, 2023, he parted ways with the club.[22]
National team career
In July 2019, Thompson was listed as a preliminary squad member of the Ivory Coast national team for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[23]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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| 2011–12 | Union Olimpija | 10 | 5 | 23.6 | .443 | .000 | .476 | 4.1 | .8 | .3 | .2 | 8.8 | 6.0 |
| 2012–13 | Alba Berlin | 23 | 22 | 26.6 | .524 | .250 | .792 | 5.4 | .8 | .7 | .7 | 12.0 | 13.6 |
| 2013–14 | Bayern | 21 | 11 | 18.8 | .454 | .200 | .568 | 4.7 | .5 | .3 | .4 | 7.3 | 7.0 |
| 2015–16 | Bayern | 10 | 8 | 23.1 | .482 | .000 | .769 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 |
| 2016–17 | Galatasaray | 13 | 0 | 11.6 | .500 | .000 | .636 | 2.1 | .7 | .5 | .4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 2016–17 | Crvena zvezda | 13 | 0 | 10.5 | .561 | .000 | .500 | 1.5 | .5 | .3 | .3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 2018–19 | Žalgiris | 17 | 0 | 13.8 | .596 | .000 | .571 | 3.1 | .5 | .5 | .4 | 4.7 | 5.8 |
| Career | 107 | 46 | 18.7 | .499 | .111 | .649 | 3.8 | .7 | .5 | .5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | |
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Lighty played in five seasons, and the current 2021–22 season is Bohannon's sixth. Both received hardship waivers, popularly known as "medical redshirts", that gave them a fifth season of eligibility. Bohannon also benefited from the NCAA's decision to not count the 2020–21 season, heavily affected by COVID-19, against any basketball player's period of eligibility.
References
- ^ NBA Summer League Rosters - Vegas
- ^ Deon Thompson inks with Ikaros
- ^ Union Olimpija lands Thompson
- ^ (in Slovene)
- ^ Deon Thompson, Union Olimpija part ways
- ^ "Alba Berlin officially signs Deon Thompson". Sportando.net. August 12, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ "John Bryant erneut zum "Most Valuable Player" gekürt, Sebastian Machowski ist der "Coach of the Year"". Beko-BBL.de (in German). Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ . Euroleague.net. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
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- ^ "Bayern Munich signs Stimac and Jagla, part ways with Thompson". Sportando.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ . Sportando.com. August 26, 2014. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ . Sportando.com. March 23, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ "FC Bayern brings back big man Thompson". Euroleague.net. July 20, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "Deon Thompson has signed with Galatasaray". Eurohoops.net. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ "Crvena Zvezda inks Deon Thompson". Euroleague.net. January 2, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Deon Thompson, la polivalencia en la pintura". Club Baloncesto San Pablo Burgos (in European Spanish). August 19, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- ^ "Deon Thompson seguirá reinando en la pintura burgalesa - Club Baloncesto San Pablo Burgos". Club Baloncesto San Pablo Burgos (in European Spanish). August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- ^ "Zalgiris Kaunas signed Deon Thompson". Eurohoops.net. January 6, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Deon Thompson signs a two-year deal with Unicaja". EuroHoops. June 17, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (October 28, 2021). "Deon Thompson joins Casademont Zaragoza". Sportando. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ "Deon Thompson Tofaş'ta" (in Turkish). Tofaş. October 14, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "TOFAŞ'ta Deon Thompson İle Yollar Ayrıldı". EuroHoops (in Turkish). February 20, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ^ "Diabate can't wait to get started as Cote d'Ivoire announce preliminary squad". fiba.basketball. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
External links
- Deon Thompson at euroleague.net
- Deon Thompson at goheels.com
- Deon Thompson on Twitter