Tim thomas is a well-known basketball player of American origin, famous for his current participation with Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association.
Timothy Mark Thomas was born on February 26, 1977 in the city of Paterson, located within the state of New Jersey, USA.
His position on the playing field is that of Small Forward and he mainly uses shirt number 2. His maximum height is 2.08 meters and his approximate weight is 105 kilograms.
During high school he was a big star of the Paterson Catholic High School, despite always being relegated to second position behind Kobe bryant.
He was awarded three times the nomination for the All-American Team during your senior year of high school (nineteen ninety six).
You received an invitation to join the Villanova University, where he joined the basketball team being widely recognized for his skill and ability to play.
Despite this, he decided to leave the university and join the 1997 NBA draft. In the first round he was chosen by the New Jersey Nets who instantly changed their contract to sell it to the Philadelphia 76ers.
In the season 1997-98 made an immediate impact on the NBA as one of the best rookies of the year. Joined one of the teams All-Rookie and appeared in a total of 77 encounters, 48 of which he started.
The following year he was transferred to the Milwaukee bucks mid-season, giving him the ability to star in even more games and improve his stats.
During the season 2000-01 He continued to build his career with a total of 76 games played in which he averaged 12.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
Once your contract with the Milwaukee bucks in the 2004, became part of the New York Knicks, where he played only one season.
From this moment he began to do a kind of tour through different franchises that served in a way to rejuvenate his career, since in recent years he had lost a bit of the shine he had as a rookie.
In the 2005 played alongside the Chicago Bullís finally in the 2006 went on to establish a strong duo with Steve Nash within the Phoenix suns.
To end this whole series of transfers, the July 13, 2006, once the Playoffs, signed a $ 24 million contract with Los Angeles Clippers.
Currently, as he is one of the oldest players in the squad, he is in charge of sharing his enormous experience among new players as Korolev, Conroy or Davis.