Donte Thomas (born May 6, 1996) is an American basketball player who plays for the Heroes Den Bosch of the BNXT League. He played college basketball for the Bradley Braves before turning professional in 2018. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), Thomas plays as power forward.
High school career
Born in Olympia Fields, Illinois, Thomas attended Thornwood High School. He averaged 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in his junior season in 2012–13 and earned first-team all-area honours.[1]
On August 5, 2018, Thomas signed a one-year contract with KTP-Basket of the Finnish Korisliiga.[2] With KTP, Thomas averaged 15.5 points and 8.4 rebounds in 46 Korisliiga games with the team.[3]
At the end of his rookie year, Donte Thomas was invited by the Oklahoma City Thunder to participate in an NBA free agent mini-camp in June, 2019 [4]
On July 22, 2021, Thomas signed with Alba Fehérvár of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (NB I/A).[7] He did not play a game for the club. On November 14, 2021, Thomas returned to Donar after he signed a contract for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[8] He won the 2021–22 Dutch Basketball Cup with Donar.