John Thomas

John G. Thomas

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 265 lbs.
Born: September 8, 1975 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
High School: Roosevelt in Minneapolis, Minnesota
College: University of Minnesota
Draft: New York Knicks, 1st round (25th pick, 25th overall), 1997 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 31, 1997
D-League: 16 G, 12.8 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 1.3 APG (Full Record)

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Totals

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

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1997-98	22	TOT	NBA	PF	54	2	9.9	1.0	2.1	.487		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	PF	33	2	11.2	1.2	2.4	.513		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	PF	21	0	8.0	0.7	1.6	.424		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	C	39	11	15.2	1.8	3.2	.577	.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	C	55	6	8.7	0.9	1.9	.458	.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	C	44	8	11.8	1.0	2.0	.488		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	C	16	0	7.9	0.4	0.9	.400		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	C	3	0	8.3	0.7	0.7	1.000		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	C	11	0	6.0	0.3	0.6	.429		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	C	2	0	18.0	0.5	3.0	.167		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	.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

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1997-98	22	TOT	NBA	PF	54	2	535	3.7	7.6	.487	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	PF	33	2	368	4.0	7.8	.513	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	PF	21	0	167	3.0	7.1	.424	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	C	39	11	593	4.3	7.5	.577	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	C	55	6	477	3.7	8.1	.458	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	C	44	8	521	2.9	5.9	.488	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	C	16	0	127	1.7	4.3	.400	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	C	3	0	25	2.9	2.9	1.000	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	C	11	0	66	1.6	3.8	.429	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	C	2	0	36	1.0	6.0	.167	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	.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

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1997-98	22	TOT	NBA	PF	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	.034
1997-98	22	BOS	NBA	PF	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	.054
1997-98	22	TOR	NBA	PF	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	-0.009
1998-99	23	TOR	NBA	C	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	.125
1999-00	24	TOR	NBA	C	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	.038
2004-05	29	MIN	NBA	C	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	.083
2005-06	30	TOT	NBA	C	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	-0.017
2005-06	30	MEM	NBA	C	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	.012
2005-06	30	ATL	NBA	C	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	-0.023
2005-06	30	NJN	NBA	C	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	-0.027
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	.067

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1999-00	24	TOR	NBA	C	1	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005-06	30	NJN	NBA	C	8	56	3	6	.500	1	2	.500	4	6	10	2	3	1	5	15	7
Career			NBA		9	57	3	6	.500	1	2	.500	4	6	10	2	3	1	5	15	7

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1999-00	24	TOR	NBA	C	1	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005-06	30	NJN	NBA	C	8	7.0	0.4	0.8	.500	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.9	0.9
Career			NBA		9	6.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.1	0.2	.500	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.7	0.8

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1999-00	24	TOR	NBA	C	1	1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005-06	30	NJN	NBA	C	8	56	1.9	3.9	.500	0.6	1.3	.500	2.6	3.9	6.4	1.3	1.9	0.6	3.2	9.6	4.5
Career			NBA		9	57	1.9	3.8	.500	0.6	1.3	.500	2.5	3.8	6.3	1.3	1.9	0.6	3.2	9.5	4.4

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS/48
1999-00	24	TOR	NBA	C	1	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		111	0.0	0.0	.008
2005-06	30	NJN	NBA	C	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	.000
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	.000

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 5 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5
John Thomas		1.5	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.0
Reggie Slater	88.2	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.2	-0.1
Hilton Armstrong	84.3	1.5	1.2	0.5	0.5	-0.1
Tony Campbell	82.7	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.4	-0.3
Byron Houston	80.6	1.8	0.9	0.7	0.5
Joe Ellis	79.6	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.4	-0.3
Chris Crawford	77.1	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.1
Julian Wright	75.5	1.7	0.8	0.8	0.6
Yi Jianlian	75.3	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.0
D.J. White	75.2	1.8	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.2
Ben McDonald	74.6	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5
John Thomas		1.5	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.0
Hilton Armstrong	84.3	1.5	1.2	0.5	0.5	-0.1
Byron Houston	80.6	1.8	0.9	0.7	0.5
Julian Wright	75.5	1.7	0.8	0.8	0.6
Yi Jianlian	75.3	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.0
D.J. White	75.2	1.8	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.2
Ben McDonald	74.6	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2
Chris McNealy	74.3	1.6	0.8	0.2
Tom Workman	73.2	1.4	1.3	0.4	0.1
Kevin Loder	72.6	1.5	0.9	0.1
Ron Riley	71.6	1.6	0.7	0.2	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 Knicks (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 had the option to swap 1st round draft picks with Dallas in 1997 (a draft pick owned by Dallas that was originally owned by Minnesota) but did not do so.

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

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

October 22, 1997: Traded by the New York Knicks 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

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1997-98	Boston Celtics	NBA	$640,440
1998-99	Toronto Raptors	NBA	$737,000
1999-00	Toronto Raptors	NBA	$832,560
2005-06	Atlanta Hawks	NBA	$178,675
2005-06	Memphis Grizzlies	NBA	$103,443
Career	(may be incomplete)		$2,492,118

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