Ryan Thompson (basketball)

Ryan Thompson
No. 2 – Trabzonspor
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League Turkish Basketball Super League
Eurocup
Personal information
Born (1988-06-09) June 9, 1988
Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Lenape (Medford, New Jersey)
College Rider (2006–2010)
NBA draft 2010 / Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2011 Utah Flash
2011–2012 Basket Brescia Leonessa
2012–2013 Generali Okapi Aalstar
2013–2014 Telenet Oostende
2014–2015 Brose Baskets
2015 Crvena zvezda
2015–present Trabzonspor
Career highlights and awards

Ryan Thompson (born June 9, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Trabzonspor in Turkey.

College career

Thompson played four seasons of college basketball at the Rider University, with the Rider Broncs.[1]

Professional career

Thompson went undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft.

For the 2010–11 season he played with the Utah Flash of the NBA Development League.

On July 13, 2011, he signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa of the Italian Legadue Basket for the 2011–12 season.[2]

In July 2012, he signed with Generali Okapi Aalstar of Belgium for the 2012–13 season.[3]

On July 15, 2013, he signed with Telenet Oostende.[4] With Oostende he won the Belgian League and Belgian Cup in the 2013–14 season.

On July 8, 2014, he signed with Brose Baskets of Germany for the 2014–15 season.[5][6]

On August 25, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Crvena zvezda.[7] On December 28, 2015, he parted ways with Crvena zvezda after appearing in seventeen ABA league games and ten Euroleague games.[8] The same day he signed with Trabzonspor.[9]

Personal life

Thompson is the younger brother of NBA player Jason Thompson.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Ryan Thompson-Rider Broncs Bio". gobroncs.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Leonessa Brescia announces Ryan Thompson". Sportando.com. July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Okapi Aalstar agreed to terms with Ryan Thompson". Sportando.com. July 24, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Telenet Ostend tabs Thompson". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 15, 2013. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bamberg tabs Ryan Thompson". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 8, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Thompson offiziell bei den Brose Baskets". brosebaskets.de (in German). July 8, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Crvena Zvezda signs Ryan Thompson". Euroleague.net. August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sporazumni raskid KK Crvena zvezda i Tompsona". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ryan Thompson officially signs with Trabzonspor". Sportando.com. December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ryan Thompson in NBA Summer League". gobroncs.com. July 10, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2014.

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