Quintrell Thomas

Quintrell Daron Thomas (born February 21, 1990) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Kansas and the University of Nevada in Las Vegas before playing professionally in Ukraine, Angola, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Israel and Qatar.

Early life and college career Thomas was born in New York City, New York. He attended St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks and two steals per game as a senior. Thomas was named his team's MVP.

Thomas started his college basketball career at the University of Kansas, where he played in 26 games and made one start, averaging 1.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. Thomas played three years at UNLV, where he averaged 3.6 points and 3.5 rebounds in 12.4 minutes per game in his senior year. where he finished his second season with Interclube as the league best rebounder (10.4 rebounds per game) and the second-leading scorer (17.1 points per game), while shooting 52.4% from the field and 82.3% from the free throw line.

On December 24, 2016, Thomas signed with Al-Hilal of the Saudi Premier League, where he led the league in rebounds with 12.7 per game, to go with 24.1 points, 2.4 assists, and 1.3 blocked shots per game. In April 2017, he joined Al-Ittihad for the rest of the season. Thomas won the 2017 Saudi Premier League championship, leading his team in scoring and rebounding during the Playoffs.

On March 1, 2018, Thomas signed with U.D. Oliveirense of the Portuguese Basketball League. In 22 games played for Oliveirense, he averaged 12 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1 block per game. Thomas won the 2018 Portuguese League Championship title with Oliveirense.

On August 9, 2018, Thomas signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Hod HaSharon of the Israeli National League. In 30 games played during the 2018–19 season, he led the league in scoring (23.5), rebounding (12.1) and efficiency rating (29.3) per game. On April 7, 2019, Thomas earned a spot in the Israeli National League First-Team.

On July 4, 2019, Thomas signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata for the 2019–20 season. He averaged 18.2 points, 12.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. On October 8, 2020, Thomas signed with Al Khor of the Qatari Basketball League. In July 2021, Quintrell Thomas signed a contract with Next Nardò of the Serie A2