Danero Thomas

Danero Thomas
No. 33 – Tindastóll
Position Forward
League Úrvalsdeild karla
Personal information
Born (1986-04-08) April 8, 1986
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nationality American / Icelandic
Listed height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
High school Mount Zion (Bastrop, Louisiana)
College Murray State (2006–2010)
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2012 KR
2012 KR-b
2013–2014 Hamar
2014 Valur
2015 Fjölnir
2015–2017 Þór Akureyri
2017–2018 ÍR
2018–present Tindastóll
Career highlights and awards

Danero Axel Thomas (born 8 April 1986) is an American-Icelandic basketball player for Tindastóll of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla and a member of the Icelandic national basketball team.

College

Thomas played college basketball for Murray State from 2006 to 2010.[1] On March 19, 2010, he scored a 15-foot fadeaway shot at the buzzer, giving 13th-seeded Murray State a 66-65 victory over fourth-seeded Vanderbilt in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.[2]

Playing career

Thomas joined KR prior to the 2012–2013 Úrvalsdeild karla season but was released from his contract in November that year. In 7 regular season games, he averaged 11.1 points and 5 rebounds.[3]

Thomas joined Þór Akureyri in 2015 and helped them win the 1. deild karla in 2016 and gain promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla.[4] He left the club in January 2017[5], after averaging 16.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.1 in thirteen games[6], and joined ÍR.[7][8]

On March 25, 2018, Thomas scored the game winning and series clinching basket in game five of ÍR's first round playoffs series against Stjarnan.[9][10]

On May 8, 2018, Thomas signed with Tindastóll.[11] On 30 September, he won the Icelandic Super Cup after Tindastóll beat KR, 103-72.[12]

National team career

Thomas received an Icelandic citizenship in July 2018.[13]On 23 August 2018, Thomas was selected to the 24-man training camp of the Icelandic national basketball team prior to its upcoming games in the EuroBasket_2021_qualification.[14] On 1 September 2018, he was selected to the team for its upcoming games against Norway.[15] He played his first game for Iceland on 2 September, scoring 8 points in a 71-69 victory against Norway.[16][17]

Personal life

Thomas is married to Fanney Lind Thomas, an Icelandic former professional basketball player and a former member of Icelandic national basketball team.[18] After receiveing his Icelandic citizenship in 2018[13], he took up the Icelandic middle name Axel.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Danero Thomas". goracers.com. Murray State University. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Witz, Billy (18 March 2010). "Murray State Beats Buzzer, and Vanderbilt". New York Times. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (21 November 2012). "Thomas farinn frá KR". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (4 March 2016). "Þór frá Akureyri komið upp í Domino´s deild karla". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Danero Thomas á förum frá Þór?". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 15 January 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (20 January 2017). "Benedikt Guðmunds: Danero Thomas hefur yfirgefið leikmannahópinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (20 January 2017). "Danero Thomas í Breiðholtið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Danero Thomas yfirgefur Þór fyrir ÍR". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 20 January 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Þór Símon Hafþórsson (25 March 2018). "Danero Thomas skaut ÍR í undanúrslit". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  10. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (9 April 2018). "Þrír bestu leikir Danero á tímabilinu eru leikirnir þrír þar sem Ryan var í banni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Danero Thomas verður liðsmaður Tindastóls næsta tímabil". Feykir.is (in Icelandic). 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  12. ↑ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (30 September 2018). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: KR - Tindastóll 72-103 -Stólarnir völtuðu yfir KR og eru meistarar meistaranna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  13. 1 2 Anton Ingi Leifsson (11 June 2018). "Pryor og Danero orðnir íslenskir ríkisborgarar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  14. ↑ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (23 August 2018). "Collin Pryor og Danero Thomas í æfingahóp landsliðsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  15. ↑ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (1 September 2018). "Thomas og Pryor gætu spilað fyrsta landsleikinn á morgun". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  16. ↑ Anton Ingi Leifsson (2 September 2018). "Körfuboltalandsliðið 20 stigum undir í hálfleik en vann samt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  17. ↑ "National Team - Friendly" (PDF). basket.klubb.nif.no. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  18. ↑ "Fanney og Danero hugsa vel um líkamann". Pressan (in Icelandic). 1 May 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  19. ↑ "Danero Thomas kominn með íslenskt nafn". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 3 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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