Joe Thomasson (born August 16, 1993) is an American basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the

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and the EuroCup. He plays the guard position.

Early and personal life

Thomasson was born in

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater D ...

. His parents are Joseph Thomasson and Autumn Bryant. He is 6' 4" (193 cm) tall, and weighs 165 pounds (75 kg). Thomasson attended and played basketball at Thurgood Marshall High School ('12). His senior year he was the team captain and averaged 16 points per game, and was named All-Region.

College career

Thomasson then attended State Fair Community College.''Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2015-2016''
November 13, 2015. He played basketball there, veraged 14.2 points per game as a freshman, and was named Region 16 First Team. As a sophomore he averaged 18 points, six assists, and four rebounds a game, and was named a Junior College All American. He attended and played basketball at Wright State University ('16). In 2014-15 Thomasson was second in the

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with a .576 two-point field goal shooting percentage, and ninth in blocks, with 25. In 2015-16 he was fifth in the league with a .819 free throw percentage, sixth in the league in defensive rebounds, with 167, and seventh in assists, with 117. In 2016 he was named to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team.

Professional career

On August 5, 2019, he has signed with Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB. Thomasson played for

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Hapoel Gilboa Galil ( he, הפועל גלבוע גליל) is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250- ...

in the

Israel Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball c ...

, which he joined in May 2020. On July 7, 2021, he has signed with Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB. On July 11, 2022, he signed with Russian powerhouse

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

of the

VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it ...

. He deleted his Twitter account after other Twitter users criticized him for signing with a Russian team, in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. On January 7, 2023, Thomasson signed with Greek club Promitheas Patras for the rest of the season, replacing Joe Young.

References

External links

Wright State Raiders bioTwitter page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomasson, Joe 1993 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in Romania American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Basketball players from Dayton, Ohio Bàsquet Manresa players BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Guards (basketball) Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Liga ACB players Promitheas Patras B.C. players Wright State Raiders men's basketball players