Xavier Thames

Xavier Raynard Thames (born January 9, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Washington State Cougars and San Diego State Aztecs.

High school career Thames attended Pleasant Grove High School in Elk Grove, California. As a sophomore, he averaged 20 points, four assists, five rebounds and four steals per game while earning first team All-Delta River League honors. As a junior, he averaged 26 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals per game while leading Pleasant Grove to a 16–14 record and being honored as a first team all-league and second team all-city selection.

On November 12, 2008, he signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball at Washington State University.

As a senior, he averaged 21 points, six assists, six rebounds and three steals per game while leading Pleasant Grove to a 25–6 record, and was again honored as a first team all-league and second team all-city selection.

In May 2010, Thames transferred to San Diego State and subsequently sat out the 2010–11 season due to NCAA transfer rules. In his sophomore season, he earned honorable mention All-Mountain West accolades. In 31 games (30 games), he averaged 10.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.0 steals in 33.8 minutes per game. In July 2014, he joined the Nets for the 2014 NBA Summer League.

On August 6, 2014, Thames signed a one-year deal with Baloncesto Sevilla of the Liga ACB. On January 23, 2015, he was released by Sevilla.

Fort Wayne Mad Ants (2015–2016) On February 11, Thames was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League. Six days later, he made his debut with the Mad Ants in an 87–86 loss to the Maine Red Claws, recording three points and one rebound in 26 minutes.

In July 2015, Thames re-joined the Brooklyn Nets for the 2015 NBA Summer League. On October 29, 2015, he was reacquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

MZT Skopje (2016–2017) On August 20, 2016, Thames signed a two-year deal with Macedonian club MZT Skopje. Thames helped the team to win the Macedonian League title.

Bnei Herzliya (2017) On July 27, 2017, Thames signed a two-year deal with Israeli club Bnei Herzliya. However, on December 17, 2017, Thames parted ways with Herzliya after appearing in 19 official games (both in the FIBA Europe Cup and the Israeli Premier League competitions). He averaged 8.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.

Trikala Aries (2017–2018) On December 23, 2017, he signed with Greek club Trikala Aries.

Canterbury Rams (2018) On April 13, 2018, Thames signed with the Canterbury Rams for the 2018 New Zealand NBL season.

Egis Körmend (2018–2019) In December 2018, Thames joined Hungarian team Egis Körmend.

VEF Rīga (2019–2020) On November 1, 2019, Thames joined VEF Rīga of the Latvian Basketball League (LBL). He averaged 10.3 points and 3.7 assists per game over 29 games.

Second stint with Egis Körmend (2020–2021) On June 17, 2020, Thames re-joined Egis Körmend. He averaged 15.7 points, 5.0 assists, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game.