Thomas was predicted as a probably future NBA star when he was still in high school. Tim Thomas played one year at Villanova Wildcats and scoring 16.9 points and 6.0 rebounds in over 31 minutes per game with almost .450 from the field.In that season he was named The Sporting News Freshman of the Year. Unanimous selection to the Big East All-Rookie Team and also named to the All-Big East Third Team, then the big jump in NBA at Philadelphia. After a long NBA life playing in different team Tim Thomas is playing a season under his skills in this first season with Dallas Mavericks. Coach Rick Carlisle uses his forward only 15 minutes per game in 2009/2010 season while usually Tim Thomas has 25 minutes average in his career. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/tim_thomas/
The forward is a traveler, he has changed team almost every year in the last 10 seasons, sometimes he changed 2 or 3 teams in the same season, like in 2008/2009 when he played for: New York, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Clippers. He had his best season in 2003/2004 playing between Milwaukee and New York.
Tim Thomas 2009-10
This section is the most recent information about the current season. Give In 2009/2010 season Tim Thomas has a lot of physical problems, he is a very good player but with a lot of problems of injuries along all his career, in 2010 he has played only 18 game.
Thomas played his last game on January the 24th against New York Knicks, 6 points in only 9 minutes. In the 18 games he played he had 7.5 points and 2.3 rebounds per games in only 15 minutes, but at the moment he is out indefinitely. In "2008/09 Season" Tim Thomas has played only 10 games with the Los Angeles Clippers, 5 as a starter with 22 minutes average, 4 rebounds and almost 10 points per game. In the last 4 season he has played 82 games in total, which are the game that a player has to play in one season. A big problem for Dallas which has no change for this kind of player.