Quintrell Daron Thomas (born February 21, 1990) is an American professional

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player. He played

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for the

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and the University of Nevada in Las Vegas before playing professionally in Ukraine, Angola, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Israel and Qatar.

Early life and college career

Thomas was born in

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. He attended St. Patrick High School in

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, where he averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks and two steals per game as a senior. Thomas was named his team's MVP. Thomas started his college basketball career at the

, where he played in 26 games and made one start, averaging 1.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. On July 7, 2009, Thomas was transferred from Kansas to the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, but sat out the 2009–10 season at UNLV per NCAA Transfer rules. Thomas played three years at UNLV, where he averaged 3.6 points and 3.5 rebounds in 12.4 minutes per game in his senior year.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, he started his professional career with Kirovgrad of the Ukrainian Basketball Higher League, where he became the second best scorer in the League. Thomas averaged an impressive 19.8 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, leading his team to win the Ukrainian Higher League championship title. On October 24, 2014, Thomas signed with

G.D. Interclube Grupo Desportivo Interclube, usually known as Interclube or Inter de Luanda, is an Angolan football club based in Luanda. The club is attached to the Angolan police force. Interclube is one of the two clubs based in Luanda (the other one is 1º d ...

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, where he finished his second season with Interclube as the league best rebounder (10.4 rebounds per game) and the second-leading scorer (17.1 points per game), while shooting 52.4% from the field and 82.3% from the free throw line. On December 24, 2016, Thomas signed with Al-Hilal of the

Saudi Premier League The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...

, where he led the league in rebounds with 12.7 per game, to go with 24.1 points, 2.4 assists, and 1.3 blocked shots per game. In April 2017, he joined

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for the rest of the season. Thomas won the 2017 Saudi Premier League championship, leading his team in scoring and rebounding during the Playoffs. On March 1, 2018, Thomas signed with

U.D. Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football team currently plays at the Es ...

of the

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. In 22 games played for Oliveirense, he averaged 12 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1 block per game. Thomas won the 2018 Portuguese League Championship title with Oliveirense. On August 9, 2018, Thomas signed a one-year deal with

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of the Israeli National League. In 30 games played during the 2018–19 season, he led the

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in scoring (23.5), rebounding (12.1) and efficiency rating (29.3) per game. On April 7, 2019, Thomas earned a spot in the Israeli National League First-Team. On July 4, 2019, Thomas signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata for the 2019–20 season. He averaged 18.2 points, 12.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. On October 8, 2020, Thomas signed with

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of the

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. In July 2021, Quintrell Thomas signed a contract wit
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of the Serie A2

References

External links

UNLV Runnin' Rebels bio

RealGM profile

Eurobasket profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Quintrell 1990 births Living people Al-Ittihad Jeddah basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Angola American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Portugal American expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine American men's basketball players Basketball players from Newark, New Jersey Centers (basketball) Ironi Kiryat Ata players G.D. Interclube men's basketball players Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players Maccabi Hod HaSharon players Power forwards (basketball) The Patrick School alumni UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball players Força Lleida CE players