Deon Marshall Thompson (born September 16, 1988) is an American-Ivorian professional

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player for

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(BSL) and

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. He played college basketball for the

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. Standing at , he plays the power forward position.

High school and college career

As a senior at

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, Thompson scored 30 or more points five times and had 20 or more rebounds on six occasions, and led his team to the Division II-A finals in 2006 and quarterfinals in 2005. He averaged 21.5 points, 13.8 rebounds and 4.6 blocked shots as a senior. Thompson wore number 21 for

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; when his college career ended in 2010, he had played in a total of 152 games, at that time the most in NCAA Division I men's history. While the record was broken the following season by

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, and is now held by Iowa's

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, Thompson is now tied with Kentucky's

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for the most games among players who participated in the standard four seasons.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Thompson joined the

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for the

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. On August 1, 2010, he signed with Greek club Ikaros Kallitheas for the 2010–11 season. On July 20, 2011, Thompson signed a two-year deal with Slovenian club

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. With Olimpija he won the 2012 Slovenian Cup. On August 7, 2012, he parted ways with Olimpija. On August 12, 2012, Thompson signed with German club

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for the 2012–13 season. With Alba he won the 2013 German Cup. At the end of the season he was named to the All-BBL First Team. On August 2, 2013, Thompson signed with

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

. With Bayern he won the

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, and was also named to the All-BBL Second Team. On August 14, 2014, he parted ways with Bayern. On August 26, 2014, Thompson signed with the Liaoning Flying Leopards of China for the 2014–15 CBA season. On March 23, 2015, he signed with

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of the

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for the rest of the season. On July 20, 2015, Thompson returned to Bayern Munich, signing a one-year deal. On July 12, 2016, Thompson signed with Galatasaray for the 2016–17 season. On January 2, 2017, he left Galatasaray and signed with Serbian club Crvena zvezda for the rest of the season. On August 19, 2017, Thompson signed with Spanish club

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and became the top rebounder of the

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with 6.7 rebounds per game. He was also named MVP of the week after performing and average index of 31 in the club wins at MoraBanc Andorra and versus Real Betis Energía Plus. On August 6, 2018, Thompson re-signed for one season with Spanish club

. On January 6, 2019, Thompson left Burgos and signed with Lithuanian Žalgiris Kaunas until the end of the season. He helped Žalgiris reach the EuroLeague playoffs, and win the

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championship. On October 28, 2021, he has signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the

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. On October 14, 2022, he has signed with

(BSL).

National team career

In July 2019, Thompson was listed as a preliminary squad member of the Ivory Coast national team for the

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;",

, 10 , , 5 , , 23.6 , , .443 , , .000 , , .476 , , 4.1 , , .8 , , .3 , , .2 , , 8.8 , , 6.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2012–13 , style="text-align:left;",

, 23 , , 22 , , 26.6 , , .524 , , .250 , , .792 , , 5.4 , , .8 , , .7 , , .7 , , 12.0 , , 13.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;",

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, 21 , , 11 , , 18.8 , , .454 , , .200 , , .568 , , 4.7 , , .5 , , .3 , , .4 , , 7.3 , , 7.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;",

, 10 , , 8 , , 23.1 , , .482 , , .000 , , .769 , , 4.1 , , 1.0 , , 1.2 , , 1.1 , , 9.2 , , 8.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Galatasaray , 13 , , 0 , , 11.6 , , .500 , , .000 , , .636 , , 2.1 , , .7 , , .5 , , .4 , , 4.2 , , 4.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Crvena zvezda , 13 , , 0 , , 10.5 , , .561 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.5 , , .5 , , .3 , , .3 , , 4.3 , , 4.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", Žalgiris , 17 , , 0 , , 13.8 , , .596 , , .000 , , .571 , , 3.1 , , .5 , , .5 , , .4 , , 4.7 , , 5.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan=2, Career , 107 , , 46 , , 18.7 , , .499 , , .111 , , .649 , , 3.8 , , .7 , , .5 , , .5 , , 7.5 , , 7.6

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