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John Thomas

John Thomas

Position: Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 265 lbs.
Born: September 8, 1975 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
High School: Roosevelt in Minneapolis, Minnesota
College: University of Minnesota

Drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 1st round (25th pick, 25th overall) of the 1997 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1997-98 22 TOT NBA 54 2 535 55 113 .487 0 0 41 54 .759 48 58 106 17 22 12 46 97 151
1997-98 22 BOS NBA 33 2 368 41 80 .513 0 0 26 33 .788 32 38 70 13 19 9 33 65 108
1997-98 22 TOR NBA 21 0 167 14 33 .424 0 0 15 21 .714 16 20 36 4 3 3 13 32 43
1998-99 23 TOR NBA 39 11 593 71 123 .577 0 1 .000 27 48 .563 65 69 134 15 17 9 21 82 169
1999-00 24 TOR NBA 55 6 477 49 107 .458 0 1 .000 16 41 .390 37 38 75 9 12 14 14 106 114
2004-05 29 MIN NBA 44 8 521 42 86 .488 0 0 27 46 .587 39 58 97 17 15 13 18 82 111
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 16 0 127 6 15 .400 0 0 3 4 .750 10 10 20 2 3 2 8 17 15
2005-06 30 MEM NBA 3 0 25 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 4
2005-06 30 ATL NBA 11 0 66 3 7 .429 0 0 3 4 .750 3 7 10 1 2 0 4 10 9
2005-06 30 NJN NBA 2 0 36 1 6 .167 0 0 0 0 7 3 10 0 1 1 2 4 2
Career NBA 208 27 2253 223 444 .502 0 2 .000 114 193 .591 199 233 432 60 69 50 107 384 560

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1997-98 22 TOT NBA 54 2 9.9 1.0 2.1 .487 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 .759 0.9 1.1 2.0 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.9 1.8 2.8
1997-98 22 BOS NBA 33 2 11.2 1.2 2.4 .513 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 .788 1.0 1.2 2.1 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.0 2.0 3.3
1997-98 22 TOR NBA 21 0 8.0 0.7 1.6 .424 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .714 0.8 1.0 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.5 2.0
1998-99 23 TOR NBA 39 11 15.2 1.8 3.2 .577 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.2 .563 1.7 1.8 3.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 2.1 4.3
1999-00 24 TOR NBA 55 6 8.7 0.9 1.9 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.7 .390 0.7 0.7 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.9 2.1
2004-05 29 MIN NBA 44 8 11.8 1.0 2.0 .488 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 .587 0.9 1.3 2.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.9 2.5
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 16 0 7.9 0.4 0.9 .400 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 .750 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.1 0.9
2005-06 30 MEM NBA 3 0 8.3 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.3
2005-06 30 ATL NBA 11 0 6.0 0.3 0.6 .429 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .750 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.9 0.8
2005-06 30 NJN NBA 2 0 18.0 0.5 3.0 .167 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 1.5 5.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 1.0
Career NBA 208 27 10.8 1.1 2.1 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.9 .591 1.0 1.1 2.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.8 2.7

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1997-98 22 TOT NBA 54 2 535 3.7 7.6 .487 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.6 .759 3.2 3.9 7.1 1.1 1.5 0.8 3.1 6.5 10.2
1997-98 22 BOS NBA 33 2 368 4.0 7.8 .513 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.2 .788 3.1 3.7 6.8 1.3 1.9 0.9 3.2 6.4 10.6
1997-98 22 TOR NBA 21 0 167 3.0 7.1 .424 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.5 .714 3.4 4.3 7.8 0.9 0.6 0.6 2.8 6.9 9.3
1998-99 23 TOR NBA 39 11 593 4.3 7.5 .577 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.9 .563 3.9 4.2 8.1 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.3 5.0 10.3
1999-00 24 TOR NBA 55 6 477 3.7 8.1 .458 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 3.1 .390 2.8 2.9 5.7 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.1 8.0 8.6
2004-05 29 MIN NBA 44 8 521 2.9 5.9 .488 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.2 .587 2.7 4.0 6.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.2 5.7 7.7
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 16 0 127 1.7 4.3 .400 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.1 .750 2.8 2.8 5.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 2.3 4.8 4.3
2005-06 30 MEM NBA 3 0 25 2.9 2.9 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.4 2.9 4.3 5.8
2005-06 30 ATL NBA 11 0 66 1.6 3.8 .429 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.2 .750 1.6 3.8 5.5 0.5 1.1 0.0 2.2 5.5 4.9
2005-06 30 NJN NBA 2 0 36 1.0 6.0 .167 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 3.0 10.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 2.0
Career NBA 208 27 2253 3.6 7.1 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 3.1 .591 3.2 3.7 6.9 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.7 6.1 8.9

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
1997-98 22 TOT NBA 54 535 9.1 .552 .487 9.7 13.5 11.5 4.9 2.1 1.7 25.2 14.8 96 107 0.0 0.4 0.4
1997-98 22 BOS NBA 33 368 10.2 .571 .513 9.4 13.3 11.2 5.4 2.7 1.9 25.9 15.0 97 105 0.0 0.4 0.4
1997-98 22 TOR NBA 21 167 6.8 .509 .424 10.3 14.0 12.1 3.6 0.9 1.2 23.5 14.5 94 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998-99 23 TOR NBA 39 593 13.7 .586 .577 12.6 13.6 13.1 4.5 1.6 1.2 12.7 12.6 118 105 1.2 0.4 1.5
1999-00 24 TOR NBA 55 477 6.5 .456 .458 8.4 9.2 8.8 2.9 1.3 2.1 10.1 12.9 97 107 0.1 0.3 0.4
2004-05 29 MIN NBA 44 521 9.1 .522 .488 8.9 12.2 10.6 4.7 1.6 1.8 14.5 11.1 108 107 0.4 0.5 0.9
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 16 127 3.4 .447 .400 9.1 9.6 9.3 2.4 1.3 1.3 32.3 9.1 81 109 -0.1 0.1 0.0
2005-06 30 MEM NBA 3 25 3.8 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 0.0 3.2 50.0 7.8 88 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005-06 30 ATL NBA 11 66 3.1 .514 .429 5.3 13.1 9.1 2.2 1.6 0.0 31.3 8.8 85 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005-06 30 NJN NBA 2 36 3.5 .167 .167 22.5 9.9 16.3 0.0 1.5 2.2 25.0 10.5 72 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career NBA 208 2253 9.4 .529 .502 10.0 12.1 11.0 4.2 1.6 1.6 16.8 12.6 104 107 1.4 1.7 3.2

Playoffs

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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
1999-00 24 TOR NBA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005-06 30 NJN NBA 8 56 3 6 0 0 1 2 4 10 2 3 1 5 15 7 .500 .500 7.0 0.9 1.3 0.3
Career NBA 9 57 3 6 0 0 1 2 4 10 2 3 1 5 15 7 .500 .500 6.3 0.8 1.1 0.2

Playoffs 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
1999-00 24 TOR NBA 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005-06 30 NJN NBA 8 56 2.7 .509 .500 8.5 13.9 11.1 5.4 2.9 1.7 42.1 10.2 77 104 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career NBA 9 57 2.7 .509 .500 8.4 13.7 10.9 5.3 2.9 1.7 42.1 10.0 77 104 -0.1 0.1 0.0

College

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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
1993-94 18 MINNESOTA 26 254 27 70 10 23 65 3 2 5 13 37 64 .386 .435 9.8 2.5 2.5 0.1
1994-95 19 MINNESOTA 31 639 91 195 45 84 144 23 19 11 62 81 227 .467 .536 20.6 7.3 4.6 0.7
1995-96 20 MINNESOTA 32 845 106 221 66 127 206 25 24 24 61 97 278 .480 .520 26.4 8.7 6.4 0.8
1996-97 21 MINNESOTA 35 834 125 217 0 1 66 115 221 40 30 25 54 86 316 .576 .000 .574 23.8 9.0 6.3 1.1
Career 124 2572 349 703 0 1 187 349 636 91 75 65 190 301 885 .496 .000 .536 20.7 7.1 5.1 0.7

Transactions

January 6, 1994: Traded by the New York Knickerbockers (as a 1997 1st round draft pick) with Tony Campbell to the Dallas Mavericks for Derek Harper.

July 23, 1996: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks (as a 1997 1st round draft pick) with Popeye Jones to the Toronto Raptors for Jimmy King, a 1998 2nd round draft pick (Ansu Sesay) and a 1999 2nd round draft pick (Gordan Giricek). Toronto received the right to swap 1st round draft picks in 1997 (pick owned by Dallas that was originally owned by Minnesota) but Toronto's pick was higher.

July 24, 1996: Traded by the Toronto Raptors (as a 1997 1st round draft pick) to the New York Knickerbockers for Hubert Davis.

June 25, 1997: Drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1997 NBA Draft.

October 22, 1997: Traded by the New York Knickerbockers with Scott Brooks, Dontae' Jones and Walter McCarty to the Boston Celtics for Chris Mills, a 1998 2nd round draft pick (DeMarco Johnson) and a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Lavor Postell).

February 18, 1998: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Chauncey Billups, Dee Brown and Roy Rogers to the Toronto Raptors for Kenny Anderson, Popeye Jones and Zan Tabak.

October 4, 2004: Signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

November 1, 2004: Waived by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

October 2, 2005: Signed as a free agent with the Memphis Grizzlies.

November 22, 2005: Waived by the Memphis Grizzlies.

November 25, 2005: Claimed on waivers by the Atlanta Hawks from the Memphis Grizzlies

January 5, 2006: Waived by the Atlanta Hawks.

April 18, 2006: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the New Jersey Nets

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1997-98 Total NBA $640,440
1998-99 Toronto Raptors NBA $737,000
1999-00 Toronto Raptors NBA $832,560
2004-05 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA *$720,046
2005-06 Total NBA $178,675
Career (may be incomplete) $3,108,721
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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