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Message: [QUOTE="husky8273, post: 3718234, member: 639"] ,,,......had no clue: [B]Jamel Thomas[/B] (born July 19, 1976) is an American former professional [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball']basketball[/URL] player who played in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association']National Basketball Association[/URL] (NBA). He was a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_(basketball)']guard[/URL]/[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_(basketball)']forward[/URL]. Thomas was born in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn']Brooklyn[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)']New York[/URL]. He played [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_basketball']collegiately[/URL] for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_Friars_men%27s_basketball']Providence College[/URL]. Upon his 1999 graduation, he appeared in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association']National Basketball Association[/URL] (NBA) during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_NBA_season']1999–2000[/URL] (three games for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Celtics']Boston Celtics[/URL] and four – for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors']Golden State Warriors[/URL]) and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season']2000–01[/URL] (five games with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets']New Jersey Nets[/URL]) seasons, holding career averages of 8.5 minutes, 2.6 points and 1.8 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)']rebounds[/URL] per game. He was also signed for a brief period by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers']Cleveland Cavaliers[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers']Portland Trail Blazers[/URL] (1999–2000) and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Jazz']Utah Jazz[/URL] (2000–01), but never played for those teams in an NBA game. Subsequently, after two seasons in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Basketball_Association']Continental Basketball Association[/URL] (CBA) and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association_(2000%E2%80%93present)']American Basketball Association[/URL] (ABA) and his New Jersey spell, Thomas moved overseas, mostly playing for teams in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey']Turkey[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL]. In 2006–07 he played for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F_J.K.']Beşiktaş[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamel_Thomas#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallacanestro_Biella']Angelico Biella[/URL]. Thomas is the older half-brother of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Telfair']Sebastian Telfair[/URL] who also played in the NBA.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamel_Thomas#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] Thomas wrote a book about his life titled [I]The Beautiful Struggle[/I], which was released by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xlibris']Xlibris[/URL] in late September 2008. In the book, Thomas comments on his half-brother, as well as on cousin [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephon_Marbury']Stephon Marbury[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamel_Thomas#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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