Carl Thomas

Carl Thomas

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: October 3, 1969 in Dayton, Ohio
High School: Everett in Lansing, Michigan
College: Eastern Michigan University
NBA Debut: November 2, 1991
Relatives: Brother of Charles Thomas

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Totals

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1991-92	22	SAC	NBA	1	31	5	12	.417	1	2	.500	1	2	.500	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	12
1996-97	27	CLE	NBA	19	77	9	24	.375	2	12	.167	1	1	1.000	3	10	13	8	2	1	6	7	21
1997-98	28	TOT	NBA	43	426	56	140	.400	20	59	.339	16	25	.640	10	37	47	19	21	7	18	39	148
1997-98	28	GSW	NBA	10	139	25	65	.385	5	21	.238	7	10	.700	4	6	10	9	5	1	6	12	62
1997-98	28	ORL	NBA	4	15	4	5	.800	0	0		1	2	.500	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	9
1997-98	28	CLE	NBA	29	272	27	70	.386	15	38	.395	8	13	.615	6	31	37	9	16	5	12	27	77
Career			NBA	63	534	70	176	.398	23	73	.315	18	28	.643	13	47	60	28	24	8	25	49	181

Per Game

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1991-92	22	SAC	NBA	1	31.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	12.0
1996-97	27	CLE	NBA	19	4.1	0.5	1.3	.375	0.1	0.6	.167	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.1
1997-98	28	TOT	NBA	43	9.9	1.3	3.3	.400	0.5	1.4	.339	0.4	0.6	.640	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.9	3.4
1997-98	28	GSW	NBA	10	13.9	2.5	6.5	.385	0.5	2.1	.238	0.7	1.0	.700	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.2	6.2
1997-98	28	ORL	NBA	4	3.8	1.0	1.3	.800	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.3
1997-98	28	CLE	NBA	29	9.4	0.9	2.4	.386	0.5	1.3	.395	0.3	0.4	.615	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.7
Career			NBA	63	8.5	1.1	2.8	.398	0.4	1.2	.315	0.3	0.4	.643	0.2	0.7	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.8	2.9

Per 36 Minutes

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1991-92	22	SAC	NBA	1	31	5.8	13.9	.417	1.2	2.3	.500	1.2	2.3	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.2	0.0	1.2	3.5	13.9
1996-97	27	CLE	NBA	19	77	4.2	11.2	.375	0.9	5.6	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.4	4.7	6.1	3.7	0.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.8
1997-98	28	TOT	NBA	43	426	4.7	11.8	.400	1.7	5.0	.339	1.4	2.1	.640	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.6	1.8	0.6	1.5	3.3	12.5
1997-98	28	GSW	NBA	10	139	6.5	16.8	.385	1.3	5.4	.238	1.8	2.6	.700	1.0	1.6	2.6	2.3	1.3	0.3	1.6	3.1	16.1
1997-98	28	ORL	NBA	4	15	9.6	12.0	.800	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.8	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	21.6
1997-98	28	CLE	NBA	29	272	3.6	9.3	.386	2.0	5.0	.395	1.1	1.7	.615	0.8	4.1	4.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	1.6	3.6	10.2
Career			NBA	63	534	4.7	11.9	.398	1.6	4.9	.315	1.2	1.9	.643	0.9	3.2	4.0	1.9	1.6	0.5	1.7	3.3	12.2

Advanced

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1991-92	22	SAC	NBA	1	31	6.4	.466	.458	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	1.6	0.0	7.2	18.7	93	116	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.027
1996-97	27	CLE	NBA	19	77	8.5	.430	.417	5.0	17.2	11.0	18.4	1.5	1.2	19.7	19.8	86	103	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.004
1997-98	28	TOT	NBA	43	426	10.9	.490	.471	2.7	10.4	6.6	7.9	2.6	1.2	10.7	17.9	98	102	0.1	0.6	0.7	.075
1997-98	28	GSW	NBA	10	139	11.0	.447	.423	3.0	4.7	3.8	12.0	1.9	0.5	8.0	23.7	96	109	0.0	0.1	0.1	.020
1997-98	28	ORL	NBA	4	15	27.8	.765	.800	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.4	0.0	4.8	0.0	18.0	155	111	0.1	0.0	0.1	.271
1997-98	28	CLE	NBA	29	272	10.0	.508	.493	2.7	13.8	8.3	5.4	3.1	1.4	13.7	14.9	96	98	0.0	0.5	0.5	.092
Career			NBA	63	534	10.3	.481	.463	2.9	10.7	6.8	9.3	2.4	1.1	11.7	18.2	96	103	-0.1	0.7	0.6	.058

Playoffs

				Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
1997-98	28	CLE	NBA	1	11	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000		.667	11.0	2.0	1.0	0.0
Career			NBA	1	11	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000		.667	11.0	2.0	1.0	0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1997-98	28	CLE	NBA	1	11	4.1	.431	.000	13.2	0.0	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.6	116	116	0.0	0.0	0.0	.050
Career			NBA	1	11	4.1	.431	.000	13.2	0.0	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.6	116	116	0.0	0.0	0.0	.050

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)

Thru 3 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3
Carl Thomas		0.7	0.0	0.0
John Lucas	86.0	0.6	0.0	-0.1
Tom Ingelsby	76.5	0.7	0.1	0.0
Clay Johnson	70.1	0.6	0.1	0.0
Paul McCracken	69.8	0.5	0.0	0.0
Gus Bailey	60.5	0.5	0.2	0.0
Tim Legler	60.0	0.8	0.0	-0.1
Bryan Warrick	56.4	0.5	0.1	0.0
Kevin Ollie	50.9	0.9	0.0	-0.1
Terry Duerod	50.8	0.7	0.2	0.2
Kevin Williams	50.7	0.6	0.1	0.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5
Carl Thomas		0.7	0.0	0.0
John Lucas	86.0	0.6	0.0	-0.1
Tom Ingelsby	76.5	0.7	0.1	0.0
Clay Johnson	70.1	0.6	0.1	0.0
Paul McCracken	69.8	0.5	0.0	0.0
Sam Jacobson	48.4	0.9	0.2	0.0
Greg Sutton	46.9	0.8	0.2	-0.1
Connie Norman	44.8	0.8	0.2	0.2
Andre McCarter	44.5	0.8	0.3	0.0
Gus Bailey	35.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Wayne Chapman	34.6	1.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant

			Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Season	Age	College	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
1987-88	18	EMICHIGAN	20	393	65	126	19	45	19	28		55	20	13	4	22	52	168	.516	.422	.679	19.7	8.4	2.8	1.0
1988-89	19	EMICHIGAN	29	667	87	215	32	99	34	40		121	61		16	29	80	240	.405	.323	.850	23.0	8.3	4.2	2.1
1989-90	20	EMICHIGAN	31	747	105	213	45	108	51	71		126	63	30	6	37	70	306	.493	.417	.718	24.1	9.9	4.1	2.0
1990-91	21	EMICHIGAN	33	1096	156	315	89	191	64	84		150	105	56	18	72	79	465	.495	.466	.762	33.2	14.1	4.5	3.2
Career			113	2903	413	869	185	443	168	223		452	249	99	44	160	281	1179	.475	.418	.753	25.7	10.4	4.0	2.2

Transactions

October 3, 1991: Signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings.

November 4, 1991: Waived by the Sacramento Kings.

October 14, 1992: Signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings.

October 3, 1994: Signed as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics.

October 14, 1994: Waived by the Seattle SuperSonics.

September 23, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

September 26, 1997: Signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors.

November 7, 1997: Waived by the Golden State Warriors.

December 10, 1997: Signed a 10-day contract with the Orlando Magic.

December 23, 1997: Waived by the Orlando Magic.

January 9, 1998: Signed a 10-day contract with the Golden State Warriors.

February 2, 1998: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

February 22, 1998: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Cleveland Cavaliers

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1996-97	Cleveland Cavaliers	NBA	$247,500
1997-98	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$272,250
Career	(may be incomplete)		$519,750

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