Deshaun Thomas was born on August 29,1991 and is an American professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroLeague.
29 Facts About Deshaun Thomas
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Deshaun Thomas attended Bishop Luers High School in Fort Wayne, where he was ranked as one of the top basketball players in the nation for the class of 2010.
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Deshaun Thomas was a prolific scorer throughout his high school career.
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Deshaun Thomas finished his career ranked 3rd best all-time among all Indiana high school boys' basketball players and 4th best all-time when considering both boys and girls.
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On February 11,2010, Deshaun Thomas played his last home basketball game for Bishop Luers.
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At that Senior Night game, it was announced to the fans that Deshaun Thomas had been selected to the roster of the 2010 McDonald's All-American Boys Game.
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On February 18,2010, Deshaun Thomas was named as a participant in Nike's 2010 Jordan Brand Classic, played April 17,2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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On February 24,2010, it was announced that Deshaun Thomas was one of six finalists being considered for the 2010 Naismith Award, a prestigious honor given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the high school boys' basketball player of the year.
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Deshaun Thomas ended his high school career with 3,018 points, just the third player in Indiana boys' basketball to reach the 3,000 point level.
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On March 25,2010, it was announced that Deshaun Thomas was one of 26 players named to the Associated Press's Indiana All-Century team, a special team selected in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Indiana high school basketball tournament.
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On March 29,2010, it was announced that Deshaun Thomas was selected as a first-team member of the 2010 Parade All-America Team.
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The culmination of Deshaun Thomas's career came April 3,2010 when he was named recipient of the 2010 Indiana Mr Basketball award.
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The award marked the fourth time in his high school career that Deshaun Thomas had been named a member of the team and the third straight time he was a 1st-team selection.
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Days later, Deshaun Thomas was named as the first three-time winner of the Tiffany Gooden award, given annually to the best basketball player in the Summit Athletic Conference.
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Deshaun Thomas played a significant role in the Indiana sweep of the two game series.
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Deshaun Thomas scored 18 points and added 13 rebounds as Indiana won the first game in Kentucky, and he scored a game-high 28 points and picked up 12 rebounds in the following night's victory in Indianapolis.
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Deshaun Thomas graduated from high school as a highly regarded five-star player who verbally committed to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes when he was still a high school freshman.
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Deshaun Thomas was selected with the 58th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs.
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Deshaun Thomas joined the Spurs for the 2013 NBA Summer League where he averaged 12.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists in five games.
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In July 2014, Deshaun Thomas re-joined the Spurs for the 2014 NBA Summer League where he averaged 10.8 points and 3.2 rebounds in six games.
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On June 29,2016, Deshaun Thomas joined the Charlotte Hornets for the 2016 NBA Summer League.
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On July 14,2016, Deshaun Thomas signed a 1+1 deal with Turkish club Anadolu Efes.
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On July 17,2017, Deshaun Thomas signed a 1+1 deal with the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv of the EuroLeague.
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Deshaun Thomas won the 2017 Israeli League Cup and the 2018 Israeli League Championship with Maccabi.
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On July 30,2018, Deshaun Thomas signed a one-year deal with Greek club Panathinaikos of the EuroLeague, joining his former head coach Xavi Pascual.
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On February 17,2019, Deshaun Thomas won the Greek Basketball Cup title by helping Panathinaikos BC win PAOK BC in the Big Final, held in Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Crete.
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Deshaun Thomas won the Greek Championship too, after Panathinaikos beaten Promitheas, undefeated in best-of-five series.
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Deshaun Thomas had 13.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 23.2 minutes in the League.
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On July 2,2019, Deshaun Thomas extended his contract with Panathinaikos for two more years.