Background
Thomas was born in Brooklyn, New New York
Thomas was born in Brooklyn, New New York
He was a 1.98 m (6"6") guard/forward. He played collegiately for Providence College. Upon his 1999 graduation, he appeared in the National Basketball Association in 1999-2000 (3 games for the Boston Celtics and 4 for the Golden State Warriors) and 2000-2001 (5 games with the New Jersey Nets), holding career averages of 8.5 minutes, 2.6 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.
He was also signed for a brief period by Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers (1999-1900) and Utah Jazz (2000-2001), but never played for those teams in an National Basketball Association game.
Subsequently, after two seasons in the College of Business Administration and American Bar Association and his New Jersey spell, Thomas moved overseas, mostly playing for teams in Turkey and Italy. In 2006-2007 he played for Besiktas ColaTurka Istanbul and Angelico Biella.
Thomas is the older half-brother of National Basketball Association point guard Sebastian Telfair. Thomas wrote a book about his life titled The Beautiful Struggle, which was released by Xlibris in late September 2008.
In the book, Thomas comments on his half-brother, as well as on cousin Stephon Marbury.