Deon La velle Thomas is an American-Israeli former basketball player.
13 Facts About Deon Thomas
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Deon Thomas is the only men's basketball player in Illinois history to score at least 2,000 career points.
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Deon Thomas was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004.
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Deon Thomas was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the 28th selection of the 1994 NBA draft.
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Deon Thomas attended mini camp but never played in the NBA, having opted to play professional basketball in Europe and Israel.
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Deon Thomas played two years in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv, winning the Israeli championship, the Israeli cup, and the Euroleague championship twice.
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Deon Thomas then joined the Greek team Gymnastikos S Larissas, the Bulgarian team CSKA Sofia, and then returned to Israel where he played for Givat Shmuel.
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Deon Thomas is one of the most successful American pros of all time in the European leagues.
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Deon Thomas has passed on several opportunities to play in the NBA.
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On 13 November 2006, in an interview for Bulgarian newspaper Tema Sport and Bulgarian television "Channel 3", Deon Thomas denied any wrongdoing and swore that he didn't receive anything from University of Illinois, as Bruce Pearl had claimed.
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Deon Thomas said the decision to play for Illinois was made by his grandmother.
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In 2009, Deon Thomas became the men's basketball head coach at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Illinois.
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Deon Thomas is an Israeli citizen, and is married to an Israeli.