Torey Jamal Thomas, (born February 26, 1985) is an American professional

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player for Levallois Sporting Club Basket of the French BasketBall Association.

High school and college career

Thomas attended Trinity Catholic High School in

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. He played

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at the

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. In his four-year career with the

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, he played 125 games, averaging 9.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game.

Professional career

Thomas averaged 25.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 3.1 steals per game for Akropol in his first season as professional player. Later he was named the Player of the Year in the Swedish Basketligan. Thomas signed one-year contract in July 2008 with Hanzevast Capitals of the

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. After finished season, Thomas remained in the same league, this time he signed with

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. On July 12, 2010, Thomas signed with PGE Turow. Playing for

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, Thomas averaged 14.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game over 41 games. At the end of the season, he was named MVP of the

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. In August 2011, he signed with the Russian club Spartak Primorye, alongside future teammate Jekeel Akindele. On September 3, 2012, Thomas agreed to sign a one-year contract with Partizan Belgrade. On November 15, 2012, he parted ways with Partizan. On December 22, 2012, he signed with Scavolini Pesaro for the rest of the season. On June 22, 2013, Thomas signed one-year deal with

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. He was released on October 22, 2013. In December 2013, he signed with

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. He left them in January 2014, and signed with Cholet Basket. On April 2, 2014, he parted ways with Cholet. On August 23, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with

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. On July 7, 2015, Thomas signed with Rosa Radom of the

. On September 10, 2016, Thomas signed with Macedonian club

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for the 2016–17 season. On October 10, 2016, he parted ways with MZT after appearing in only three ABA league games. Two days later he signed with Petrolina AEK Larnaca for the rest of the season. On July 24, 2017, Thomas signed a one-year deal with French club ADA Blois Basket 41 of the

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Statistics

College statistics

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