Kurt Thomas (basketball)

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Kurt Thomas
Free Agent

Power forward / Center
Personal information
Born	(1972-10-04) October 4, 1972 Dallas, Texas
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (206 cm)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school	Hillcrest (Dallas, Texas)
College	TCU (1990–1995)
NBA draft	1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall
Selected by the Miami Heat
Pro playing career	1995–present
Career history
1995–1997	Miami Heat
1997–1998	Dallas Mavericks
1998–2005	New York Knicks
2005–2007	Phoenix Suns
2007–2008	Seattle SuperSonics
2008–2009	San Antonio Spurs
2009–2010	Milwaukee Bucks
2010–2011	Chicago Bulls
2011–2012	Portland Trail Blazers
2012–2013	New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
SWC Player of the Year (1995)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Kurt Vincent Thomas (born October 4, 1972) is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the New York Knicks. Thomas is a 6'9", 230 lb. power forward-center known for his hard-nosed playing style and tough defense. Drafted by the Miami Heat in 1995, Thomas played college basketball at Texas Christian University.

High school and college

After graduating from Dallas's Hillcrest High School, he attended Texas Christian University, where he led the NCAA Division I in scoring and rebounding in the 1994–95 season with 28.9 PPG and 14.6 RPG, becoming only the third player in history to accomplish this feat (the other two being Hank Gathers and Xavier McDaniel).^[1]

NBA career

Early years

Thomas began his NBA career with the Miami Heat from 1995 to 1997. He then played for the Dallas Mavericks in the 97–98 season.^[2]

New York Knicks (1998–2005)

Thomas played seven seasons with the New York Knicks from 1998 to 2005,^[2] during which the team went to the playoffs four times, including two trips to the Eastern Conference Finals (1999 and 2000) and one trip to the NBA Finals (1999).^[3]

Phoenix Suns (2005–2007)

Thomas played two seasons with the Phoenix Suns from 2005 to 2007.^[2]

Seattle SuperSonics (2007–2008)

On July 20, 2007, Thomas, along with the Suns' first-round draft choices in 2008 and 2010, was traded by the Suns to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for a conditional second-round draft choice and an $8 million trade exception.^[4]

San Antonio Spurs (2008–2009)

Thomas was traded by the Sonics to the San Antonio Spurs on February 20, 2008, for Francisco Elson, Brent Barry, and a 2009 first round draft pick.^[5]

Milwaukee Bucks (2009–2010)

On June 23, 2009, Thomas was traded along with Bruce Bowen and Fabricio Oberto to the Milwaukee Bucks for Richard Jefferson.^[6]

Chicago Bulls (2010–2011)

On July 26, 2010, the Chicago Bulls announced that they had signed Kurt Thomas.^[7] Because of injuries to the Bulls' starting center Joakim Noah and power forward Carlos Boozer, Kurt Thomas saw some significant playing time, including 37 starts.^[8] When Noah and Boozer came back, he experienced minimal playing time with Ömer Aşık playing in front of him on the bench. Thomas averaged more than 20 minutes per game during the 2010-11 season along with 4.1 points and 5.8 rebounds.

Portland Trail Blazers (2011–2012)

On December 11, 2011, the Portland Trail Blazers signed Thomas for the shortened 2011-2012 season.^[9] Though terms for the deal were not disclosed officially, it was reported to be a two-year contract.^[10]

Return to the Knicks (2012–2013)

On July 16, 2012, Thomas and Raymond Felton were traded to the New York Knicks for Jared Jeffries, Dan Gadzuric, the rights to Kostas Papanikolaou and Giorgos Printezis, and a second round draft pick.^[11] On April 12, 2013, the Knicks waived Thomas^[12] and signed former Indiana Pacer Solomon Jones.

NBA career statistics

Legend
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	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1995–96	Miami	74	42	22.4	.501	.000	.663	5.9	.6	.6	.5	9.0
1996–97	Miami	18	9	20.8	.371	.000	.761	5.9	.5	.7	.5	6.3
1997–98	Dallas	5	0	14.6	.378	.000	1.000	4.8	.6	.2	.0	7.4
1998–99	New York	50	44	23.6	.462	.000	.611	5.7	1.1	.9	.3	8.1
1999–00	New York	80	21	24.6	.505	.333	.781	6.3	1.0	.6	.5	8.0
2000–01	New York	77	29	27.6	.511	.333	.814	6.7	.8	.8	.9	10.4
2001–02	New York	82	82	33.8	.494	.167	.815	9.1	1.1	.9	1.0	13.9
2002–03	New York	81	81	31.8	.483	.667	.750	7.9	2.0	1.0	1.2	14.0
2003–04	New York	80	75	31.9	.473	.000	.835	8.3	1.9	.7	1.0	11.1
2004–05	New York	80	80	35.7	.471	.500	.786	10.4	2.0	.9	1.0	11.5
2005–06	Phoenix	53	50	26.6	.486	.000	.815	7.8	1.1	.4	1.0	8.6
2006–07	Phoenix	67	13	18.0	.486	.000	.789	5.7	.4	.4	.4	4.6
2007–08	Seattle	42	39	25.2	.513	.000	.696	8.8	1.3	.8	1.0	7.5
2007–08	San Antonio	28	9	18.7	.448	.000	.583	4.9	.5	.8	.5	4.5
2008–09	San Antonio	79	10	17.8	.503	.000	.822	5.1	.8	.4	.7	4.3
2009–10	Milwaukee	70	9	15.0	.476	.000	.800	4.2	.7	.4	.7	3.0
2010–11	Chicago	52	37	22.7	.511	1.000	.630	5.8	1.2	.6	.8	4.1
2011–12	Portland	53	3	15.2	.465	.000	.700	3.5	.9	.5	.6	3.0
2012–13	New York	39	17	10.1	.542	1.000	.462	2.3	.5	.3	.4	2.5
Career		1110	650	24.5	.486	.281	.760	6.6	1.1	.7	.8	8.1

Playoffs

Thomas with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1996	Miami	3	3	20.0	.400	.000	1.000	5.3	1.0	.7	.3	4.0
1999	New York	20	12	21.0	.381	.000	.696	5.5	.4	.8	.6	5.3
2000	New York	16	0	15.7	.508	.000	.700	3.1	.3	.2	.4	4.3
2001	New York	5	5	37.2	.532	.000	.710	11.2	1.8	.4	1.0	14.4
2004	New York	4	4	34.8	.429	.000	.750	11.5	1.5	1.8	.8	12.8
2006	Phoenix	1	0	6.0	.000	.000	.500	1.0	.0	.0	.0	1.0
2007	Phoenix	11	5	19.3	.523	.000	.882	4.9	1.1	.5	.8	7.5
2008	San Antonio	17	8	15.8	.457	.000	.714	4.9	.4	.1	.4	4.1
2009	San Antonio	5	0	16.0	.455	.000	.750	4.6	.4	.2	.4	2.6
2010	Milwaukee	7	7	28.4	.486	.000	.800	7.9	1.6	.4	.6	5.4
2011	Chicago	7	0	10.6	.556	.000	.000	2.7	.4	.1	.4	2.9
Career		96	44	19.7	.463	.000	.748	5.4	.7	.4	.5	5.6

References

↑ "Kurt Thomas". NBA.com. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Kurt Thomas Career Stats Page". Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ "Kurt Thomas Bio Page". Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ Suns gain $8M trade exception by trading Thomas, posted July 20, 2007
↑ Spurs acquire Thomas from Sonics for Barry, Elson, posted February 20, 2008,
↑ "Bucks source confirms Jefferson deal". 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
↑ http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/thomas_signs_100726.html
↑ "Kurt Thomas Stats".
↑ "Team adds NBA veteran to frontcourt". 2011-12-11.
↑ "Blazers to add Kurt Thomas". 2011-12-11.
↑ KNICKS ACQUIRE FELTON & THOMAS
↑ New York Knicks waive Kurt Thomas

External links

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com

Kurt Thomas at Basketball-Reference.com

v t e NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders

Unofficial	1936: Luisetti 1937: Luisetti 1938: Jaworski 1939: Jaworski 1940: Modzelewski 1941: Modzelewski 1942: Modzelewski 1943: Senesky 1944: Calverley 1945: Mikan 1946: Mikan 1947: Lacy

Official	1948: Wier 1949: Lavelli 1950: Arizin 1951: Mlkvy 1952: Lovellette 1953: Selvy 1954: Selvy 1955: Floyd 1956: Floyd 1957: Wallace 1958: Robertson 1959: Robertson 1960: Robertson 1961: Burgess 1962: McGill 1963: Werkman 1964: Komives 1965: Barry 1966: Schellhase 1967: Walker 1968: Maravich 1969: Maravich 1970: Maravich 1971: Neumann 1972: Lamar 1973: Averitt 1974: Fogle 1975: McCurdy 1976: Rogers 1977: F. Williams 1978: F. Williams 1979: Butler 1980: Murphy 1981: Fredrick 1982: Kelly 1983: Kelly 1984: Jakubick 1985: McDaniel 1986: Bailey 1987: Houston 1988: Hawkins 1989: Gathers 1990: Kimble 1991: Bradshaw 1992: Roberts 1993: Guy 1994: Robinson 1995: Thomas 1996: Granger 1997: Jones 1998: Jones 1999: Young 2000: Alexander 2001: McCollum 2002: Conley 2003: Douglas 2004: Clark 2005: Clark 2006: Morrison 2007: R. Williams 2008: R. Williams 2009: Curry 2010: Coleman 2011: Fredette 2012: Hamilton 2013: Green

NCAA Division I men's basketball season rebounding leaders

1951: Beck
1952: Hannon
1953: Conlin
1954: Quimby
1955: Slack
1956: Holup
1957: Baylor
1958: Ellis
1959: Wright
1960: Wright
1961: Lucas
1962: Lucas
1963: Silas
1964: Pelkington
1965: Kimball
1966: Ware
1967: Cunningham
1968: Walk
1969: Haywood
1970: Gilmore
1971: Gilmore
1972: Washington
1973: Washington
1974: Barnes
1975: Irving
1976: Pellom
1977: Mosley
1978: Williams
1979: Davis
1980: Smith
1981: Watson
1982: Thompson
1983: McDaniel
1984: Olajuwon
1985: McDaniel
1986: Robinson
1987: Lane
1988: Miller
1989: Gathers
1990: Bonner
1991: O'Neal
1992: Jones
1993: Kidd
1994: Lambert
1995: Thomas
1996: Mann
1997: Duncan
1998: Perryman
1999: McGinnis
2000: Phillip
2001: Marcus
2002: Bishop
2003: Hunter
2004: Millsap
2005: Millsap
2006: Millsap
2007: Jones-Jennings
2008: Beasley
2009: Griffin
2010: Parakhouski
2011: Faried
2012: Anosike
2013: Anosike

Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

1958: Herrscher
1959: Kirchner
1960: Broussard
1961: Broussard
1962: Broussard
1963: Lenox
1964: Lenox
1965: Beasley
1966: Beasley
1967: Holman
1968: Arnold
1969: Peret, Phillips & G. Williams
1970: Phillips
1971: Kennedy & Phillips
1972: Robinson
1973: Terry
1974: Robinson
1975: Parker
1976: Parker & Terrell
1977: Birdsong
1978: Brewer
1979: Moncrief
1980: Baxter & Teagle
1981: R. Williams
1982: Pierce
1983: Drexler & Young
1984: Olajuwon
1985: Jennings
1986: Brownlee
1987: Holcombe
1988: McKinney
1989: Mays
1990: Mays
1991: Day & Miller
1992: Flemons & Wesley
1993: Flemons, Outlaw & Wilson
1994: Tyler
1995: Thomas
1996: Sasser

v t e 1995 NBA Draft

First round	Joe Smith Antonio McDyess Jerry Stackhouse Rasheed Wallace Kevin Garnett Bryant Reeves Damon Stoudamire Shawn Respert Ed O'Bannon Kurt Thomas Gary Trent Cherokee Parks Corliss Williamson Eric Williams Brent Barry Alan Henderson Bob Sura Theo Ratliff Randolph Childress Jason Caffey Michael Finley George Zidek Travis Best Loren Meyer David Vaughn Sherell Ford Mario Bennett Greg Ostertag Cory Alexander

Second round	Lou Roe Dragan Tarlać Terrence Rencher Junior Burrough Andrew DeClercq Jimmy King Lawrence Moten Frankie King Rashard Griffith Donny Marshall Dwayne Whitfield Erik Meek Donnie Boyce Eric Snow Anthony Pelle Troy Brown George Banks Tyus Edney Mark Davis Jerome Allen Martin Lewis Dejan Bodiroga Fred Hoiberg Constantin Popa Eurelijus Žukauskas Michael McDonald Chris Carr Cuonzo Martin Don Reid

Persondata
Name	Thomas, Kurt
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	October 4, 1972
Place of birth	Dallas, Texas
Date of death
Place of death

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