| Shaquille Thomas | |
| Position: | Small forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 7 |
| Weight Lbs: | 205 |
| League: | Jordanian Premier Basketball League |
| Team: | Al-Ahli Amman |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | March 25, 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Paterson, New Jersey |
| High School: | NIA Prep (Newark, New Jersey) |
| College: | Cincinnati (2012–2016) |
| Draft Year: | 2016 |
| Career Start: | 2016 |
| Years1: | 2016 |
| Team1: | Austin Spurs |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Team2: | Gimnasio Indalo |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Team3: | Memphis Hustle |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Team4: | Kordall Steelers |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Team5: | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
| Years6: | 2019–2020 |
| Team6: | S.C. Lusitânia EXPERT |
| Years7: | 2020–2021 |
| Team7: | BC Prievidza |
| Years8: | 2021–present |
| Team8: | Al-Ahli Amman |
Shaquille Thomas (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Al-Ahli Amman of the Jordanian Premier Basketball League. He played college basketball for Cincinnati.
Thomas was a four-star recruit out of NIA Prep. He averaged 28 points and eight assists per game as a senior.[1]
Thomas redshirted his freshman season at Cincinnati and gradually increased his playing time. As a sophomore, he posted 6.8 points per game.[2] As a junior, he averaged 6.4 points and 2.9 rebounds.[3] He had a three-game stretch as a junior in which he scored 18 points at Houston, 13 points against UCF and 11 points at Tulane.[1] As a senior, he played 28 games and averaged 6.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game.[4] He sprained his right ankle in the Bearcats' 58–57 win at Connecticut on January 28, 2016, and missed some time.[5]
After not being chosen in the 2016 NBA draft, Thomas joined the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League, with whom he played five games with before leaving in December.[4] In February 2017, he signed with Gimnasio Indalo in Argentina as a temporary injury replacement.[6] He played six games, in which he averaged 4.5 points and 2.3 rebounds.
For the 2017–18 season, Thomas was acquired by the Memphis Hustle.[7] He averaged 6.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game with the Hustle. Thomas missed a game in March 2018 due to a bicep injury.[8]
In January 2019, Thomas moved to Luxembourg and joined the Kordall Steelers.[9] In April 2019, he joined the Hawke's Bay Hawks in New Zealand as a temporary import stand-in for Brandon Bowman.[10] [11] [12]
On August 25, 2019, he has signed with S.C. Lusitânia EXPERT of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol. [13]
In 2020, Thomas signed with BC Prievidza of the Slovakian league. On December 27, 2021, Thomas signed with Al-Ahli Amman of the Jordanian Premier Basketball League.[14]
Thomas has an older sister, Essence Carson, who is a WNBA player. His uncle, Tim Thomas, played in the NBA.[2]