Joe Thomasson (born August 16, 1993) is an American-Georgian professional basketball player for

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of the Spanish

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. He played

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for State Fair Community College and Wright State.

Early and personal life

Thomasson was born in

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. His parents are Joseph E Thomasson Sr and Autumn Daye Bryant. He is tall, and weighs . Thomasson attended and played basketball at Thurgood Marshall High School. In his senior year, he was the team captain and averaged 16 points per game, and was named All-Region.

College career

Thomasson attended State Fair Community College between 2012 and 2014.''Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2015-2016''
November 13, 2015. He averaged 14.2 points per game as a freshman, and was named Region 16 First Team. As a sophomore, he averaged 18 points, six assists, and four rebounds a game, and was named a Junior College All American. After two years, Thomasson moved to

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. In 2014–15, he was second in the

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with a .576 two-point field goal shooting percentage, and ninth in blocks, with 25. In 2015–16, he was fifth in the league with a .819 free throw percentage, sixth in the league in defensive rebounds, with 167, and seventh in assists, with 117. He was named to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team as a senior.

Professional career

Thomasson began his professional career with a four-game stint to start the 2016–17 season with Dinamo București in Romania. In March 2017, he joined the Erie BayHawks of the NBA D-League. For the 2017–18 season, Thomasson joined Polpharma Starogard Gdański in Poland. Thomasson began the 2018–19 season with a six-game stint with BK Burevestnik Yaroslav in Russia. He then joined

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in Poland in November 2018 for the rest of the season. On August 5, 2019, Thomasson signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra in Poland. In May 2020, Thomasson joined

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of the

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. He played for them between June 22 and July 26, and then re-joined the team for the 2020–21 season. On July 7, 2021, Thomasson signed with Baxi Manresa of the

. On July 11, 2022, Thomasson signed with Russian powerhouse Zenit Saint Petersburg of the

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. He deleted his Twitter account after other Twitter users criticized him for signing with a Russian team, in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. He left the team in late December 2022. In January 2023, Thomasson joined Greek club Promitheas Patras for the rest of the season. In 14 domestic league matches, he averaged 12.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.3 steals, playing around 27 minutes per contest. In May 2023, he joined Spanish club

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for the rest of the season. Thomasson re-joined Granada for the 2023–24 season but left the team in February 2024 to play out the season with

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in Israel. On August 9, 2024, he signed with

of the Spanish

National team career

Thomasson is a member of the senior Georgian national team. He played with Georgia at the 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Latvia and at the 2025 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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, 4 , , 0 , , 6.8 , , .100 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 1.5 , , 1.3 , , .8 , , .5 , , 1.0 , , 1.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 4 , , 0 , , 6.8 , , .100 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 1.5 , , 1.3 , , .8 , , .5 , , 1.0 , , 1.8

EuroCup

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2022–23 , style="text-align:left;", Promitheas Patras , 10 , , 1 , , 27.2 , , .472 , , .409 , , .875 , , 2.7 , , 2.6 , , 1.5 , , .3 , , 14.1 , , 13.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 10 , , 1 , , 27.2 , , .472 , , .409 , , .875 , , 2.7 , , 2.6 , , 1.5 , , .3 , , 14.1 , , 13.1

Basketball Champions League

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, 15 , , 14 , , 27.0 , , .461 , , .413 , , .903 , , 3.2 , , 3.7 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 12.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 15 , , 14 , , 27.0 , , .461 , , .413 , , .903 , , 3.2 , , 3.7 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 12.9

Domestic leagues

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, , style="text-align:center;", PLK , , 25 , , 30.7 , , .429 , , .300 , , .927 , , 4.1 , , 4.9 , , 1.3 , , .1 , , 13.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", PLK , , 21 , , 32.3 , , .498 , , .405 , , .814 , , 3.7 , , 5.2 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , 19.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , , style="text-align:left;",

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, , style="text-align:center;", PLK , , 22 , , 25.0 , , .553 , , .354 , , .744 , , 2.6 , , 4.3 , , 1.3 , , .5 , , 9.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", VTBUL , , 19 , , 25.9 , , .509 , , .434 , , .857 , , 2.6 , , 3.4 , , .6 , , .3 , , 12.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", Ligat HaAl , , 12 , , 31.3 , , .475 , , .391 , , .907 , , 2.7 , , 3.2 , , .8 , , .6 , , 15.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2020–21 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", Ligat HaAl , , 33 , , 30.2 , , .454 , , .380 , , .821 , , 3.1 , , 4.5 , , .9 , , .4 , , 13.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2020–21 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", BIBL , , 9 , , 25.0 , , .440 , , .250 , , .667 , , 3.2 , , 3.4 , , .6 , , .1 , , 9.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 35 , , 26.5 , , .447 , , .385 , , .917 , , 2.7 , , 3.5 , , .6 , , .2 , , 13.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2022–23 , , style="text-align:left;", Zenit , , style="text-align:center;", VTBUL , , 14 , , 15.8 , , .438 , , .435 , , .833 , , 1.6 , , 2.0 , , .4 , , .1 , , 5.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2022–23 , , style="text-align:left;", Promitheas Patras , , style="text-align:center;", HEBA A1 , , 14 , , 26.8 , , .409 , , .293 , , .949 , , 3.6 , , 3.9 , , 1.4 , , .1 , , 12.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2022–23 , , style="text-align:left;",

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, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 4 , , 30.1 , , .469 , , .474 , , .833 , , 2.0 , , 3.0 , , 1.7 , , , , 15.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", ACB , , 20 , , 31.1 , , .472 , , .346 , , .870 , , 3.4 , , 3.4 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , 14.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", Ligat HaAl , , 20 , , 18.5 , , .452 , , .429 , , .933 , , 1.7 , , 2.5 , , .9 , , .2 , , 6.4

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Wright State , 28 , , 23 , , 31.1 , , .492 , , .305 , , .779 , , 5.5 , , 3.2 , , .9 , , .9 , , 10.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Wright State , 35 , , 34 , , 29.8 , , .427 , , .352 , , .819 , , 5.3 , , 3.3 , , .8 , , .5 , , 9.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 63 , , 57 , , 30.4 , , .455 , , .333 , , .801 , , 5.4 , , 3.3 , , .8 , , .7 , , 9.8

References

External links

Wright State Raiders bioTwitter page
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