Dave Thomas (basketball)

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Dave Thomas
Personal information
Swingman
Born	(1976-12-04)4 December 1976 Brampton, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Listed height	204 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Career information
High school	Notre Dame (Brampton, Ontario)
College	Michigan State (1996–2001)
NBA draft	2001 / Undrafted
Pro playing career	2002–2009
Career history
2002–2003	Canberra Cannons
2004–2008	Melbourne Tigers
2008–2009	Cairns Taipans
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (2000) 2x NBL champion (2006, 2008)

Dave Thomas (born December 4, 1976) was a Canadian professional basketball player. He has played 34 times at the senior level for the Canadian men's national basketball team.^[1] Thomas was also a member of the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament winning Michigan State Spartans.

Born in Brampton, Ontario, Thomas was a reserve in the Spartans 2000 championship team, Thomas was a starter as a senior for the 2000-01 team, scoring in double digits just 5 times in 32 contests however. He had his best scoring game however, a career-high 19, in an Elite Eight victory over the Temple Owls in the 2001 NCAA tournament, allowing Spartans to reach the Final Four for the third consecutive time.^[2]

Thomas has played most of his professionally career in Australia, playing there since 2002. He spent 2002 and 2003 playing for the Canberra Cannons. He then signed with the Melbourne Tigers in 2004 and played there until the end of the 2007-08 NBL season, helping the Tigers to the 2005-06 and 2007-08 NBL championships. After winning the 2008 championship he moved to the Cairns Taipans for the 2008-09 NBL season before signing with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2009-10 season.

Thomas is a 6'8" (204 cm) swingman. His outstanding play was rewarded when he was named to the All-NBL first team in 2007.^[3]

References

↑ "Dave Thomas". CBC News. 10 July 2008.
↑ "Michigan State's Thomas shoots down Temple's zone". CBS Sports. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
↑ Howell, Stephen (10 March 2007). "Two Tigers in All-NBL team". Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 21 March 2009.

Sources

v t e Michigan State Spartans Men's Basketball 1999–2000 NCAA Champions

11 David Thomas 12 Mateen Cleaves (MOP) 14 Charlie Bell 20 Mike Chappell 23 Jason Richardson 25 Aloysius Anagonye 34 Andre Hutson 42 Morris Peterson 43 A. J. Granger 55 Adam Ballinger Head Coach Tom Izzo Assistant Coaches Stan Heath Brian Gregory Mike Garland

v t e Canada squad – 2002 FIBA World Championship – 13th place

4 Thomas 5 Hamilton 6 Channer 7 Karangwa 8 Swords 9 Barrett 10 Meldrum 11 Thomas 12 Ross 13 Anderson 14 Meeks 15 Jobity Coach: Triano

Persondata
Name	Thomas, Dave
Alternative names	Thomas, David
Short description	A Canadian professional basketball player
Date of birth	4 December 1976
Place of birth	Brampton, Ontario
Date of death
Place of death

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