Education
Thomas attended Melrose High School in Memphis, Tennessee.
Thomas attended Melrose High School in Memphis, Tennessee.
He played college basketball for the University of Memphis. As a senior, he averaged 19.2 points, 12.3 rebounds, 4.9 blocks, 4.1 assists and 3.6 steals in helping lead Melrose to a 26-7 overall record. In his freshman season at Memphis, Thomas saw action in the first 16 games of the season before missing the next 16 contests as a result of an ankle injury (torn superior lateral peronneal tendon retinaculum) that required surgery and rehab, only managing to returned to action in the postseason.
In 19 games (8 starts), he averaged 8.8 points and 3.2 rebounds in 23.9 minutes per game.
In his sophomore season, Thomas was named to the 2013 All-Conference United States of America third team In 36 games, he averaged 11.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.
Memphis (31-5), which went unbeaten in the Conference United States of America in 2012-2013 with a 16-0 mark, lost to Michigan State in the third round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. In April 2013, Thomas signed with an agent and declared for the National Basketball Association draft, foregoing his final two years of college eligibility.
2013-2014 season
After going undrafted in the 2013 National Basketball Association draft, Thomas joined the Atlanta Hawks for the 2013 National Basketball Association Summer League.
On September 30, 2013, he signed with the Hawks, only to be waived by the team on October 14 after appearing in one preseason game. Four days later, he signed with the Brooklyn Nets. However, he was waived by the Nets on October 26.
On November 1, 2013, Thomas was acquired by the Springfield Armor of the National Basketball Association Development League as an affiliate player.
On February 25, 2014, he signed a 10-day contract with the Orlando Magic. On March 7, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Magic.
On March 17, the Magic did not offer him a rest of season contract, and he returned to the Springfield Armor. On April 7, he signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.
In six National Basketball Association games during the 2013-2014 season, Thomas averaged 2.3 points per game.
2014-2015 season
In July 2014, Thomas joined the Brooklyn Nets for the Orlando Summer League and the Philadelphia 76ers for the Las Vegas Summer League. On September 5, 2014, he signed with the Indiana Pacers. However, he was later waived by the Pacers on October 25 after appearing in four preseason games.
On November 1, he was acquired by the Grand Rapids Drive of the National Basketball Association Development League.
On February 4, 2015, he was named to the Futures All-Star team for the 2015 Doctorate-League All-Star Game. In 51 games for the Drive in 2014-2015, he averaged 18.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.
2015-2016 season
On July 23, 2015, Thomas signed with the Detroit Pistons after averaging 8.6 points and 4.0 rebounds in five summer league games. Thomas suffered a calf muscle injury in the team"s public scrimmage to end the first week of training camp and subsequently missed 10 days.
He made his only preseason appearance against the Indiana Pacers on October 13, but he aggravated the injury after a 10-minute stint and wasn"t able to return to action after that.
He was later waived by the Pistons on October 23. On October 31, he returned to the Grand Rapids Drive. On December 4, he was waived by the Drive due to a season ending wrist injury.
Thomas is the son of Sandra Anderson and Eric Thomas.