Jasmine Thomas (basketball)

Jasmine Thomas (born September 30, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Jasmine Thomas

Thomas in 2019
No. 5 – Connecticut Sun
Position	Point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1989-09-30) September 30, 1989 Fairfax, Virginia
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High school	Oakton (Vienna, Virginia)
College	Duke (2007–2011)
WNBA draft	2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Playing career	2011–present
Career history
2011–2012	Washington Mystics
2011–2012	Sika Brno
2012–2013	Vologda Chevakata
2013–2014	Atlanta Dream
2014–2015	Orman Gençlik
2015–present	Connecticut Sun
2015–2016	Bnot Herzliya
2016–2017	Ramat Hasharon
2017–2018	Orman Gençlik
2018–2019	CCC Polkowice
2019–present	Fuheis Blues
Career highlights and awards
WNBA All-Star (2017) 3× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2017–2019) WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2016)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Women’s Basketball Representing  United States U18 and U19 2007 Bratislava Team Competition

USA Basketball

Thomas was selected as a member of the USA Women's U19 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event was held in July and August 2007, when the USA team defeated Sweden to win the championship. She averaged 7.4 points per game.[1]

Professional career

WNBA

Thomas was selected in the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft (12th overall) by the Seattle Storm.[2] Prior to her rookie season she was traded to the Washington Mystics on April 29, 2011 in a three-team trade deal; with the Indiana Fever receiving Erin Phillips and the Storm's third round draft pick, and the Storm receiving Katie Smith, Jacinta Monroe and the Fever's second round pick.[3] Thomas played for the Mystics for two seasons before being traded to the Atlanta Dream in 2013 in exchange for the Dream's two first round draft picks and a second round draft pick.[4] During her two-year stint with the Dream, Thomas made her first WNBA Finals appearance as the Dream advanced all the way to the 2013 WNBA Finals, where they got swept by the Minnesota Lynx.

In 2015, Thomas re-signed with the Dream in free agency.[5] Months later, Thomas was traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for draft rights to Brittany Hrynko.[6] In 2015, Thomas became the Sun's starting point guard and started in all 34 games for the first time in her career. In the 2016 season, she continued her role as the Sun's starting point guard; she achieved new career-highs in scoring, assists and field goal shooting. She averaged 11.7 ppg, 5.1 apg while shooting 40% from the field.

In 2017, Thomas re-signed with the Sun in free agency.[7] During the 2017 season, Thomas would continue to flourish in her role at starting point guard for the Sun. On June 29, 2017, Thomas scored a career-high of 29 points in a 96-89 victory over the Seattle Storm.[8] On July 8, 2017, the Sun made history as they completed the biggest comeback in franchise history after defeating the Washington Mystics 96-92 after overcoming a 22-point deficit as they improved to 10-7, Thomas scored 15 points along with 6 assists and 5 steals in the win.[9] She was then voted into the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her first all-star game appearance. Thomas would finish the season setting new career-highs in both field goal shooting and three-point shooting percentage as well as in scoring and steals as the Sun finished fourth place in the league with a 21-13 record, receiving a bye to the second round, making it their first playoff appearance since 2012. In the second round elimination game, the Sun were defeated 88-83 by the number 5-seeded Phoenix Mercury. Thomas scored 15 points in the loss.

In 2018, the Sun continued to remain a competitive playoff team. On August 5, 2018, Thomas scored a new career-high 30 points in a 109-88 win over the Las Vegas Aces.[10]. The Sun finished 21-13 with the number 4 seed, receiving a bye to the second round. They would lose yet again in the second elimination game to the Phoenix Mercury for the second year in a row by a score of 96-86.

In 2019, Thomas once again re-signed with the Sun.[11] On June 26, 2019, Thomas scored a season-high 19 points in a 74-73 victory against the Dallas Wings.[12] By the end of the season, the Sun were a championship contender in the league, finished with a 23-11 record and the number 2 seed, receiving a double-bye to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the Sun defeated the Los Angeles Sparks in a three-game sweep, advancing to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2005. The Sun however came up short in hard fought five game series, losing to the Washington Mystics 3-2.

Overseas

In the 2011-12 WNBA off-season, Thomas played in Czech Republic for Sika Brno.[13] In the 2012-13 WNBA off-season, Thomas played in Russia for Vologda Chevakata.[14] In the 2014-15 WNBA off-season, Thomas played in Turkey for Orman Gençlik.[15] In the 2015-16 WNBA off-season, Thomas played in Israel for Bnot Herzliya.[16] As of August 2016, Thomas signed with Ramat Hasharon of the Israeli League for the 2016-17 WNBA off-season.[17] In 2017, Thomas once again signed with Orman Gençlik of the Turkish league for the 2017-18 WNBA off-season.[18] In August 2018, Thomas signed with CCC Polkowice of the Polish league for the 2018-19 off-season.[19] In 2019, Thomas signed with Fuheis Blues of the Arab Women's Basketball League for the 2019-20 off-season.[20]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career high	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2011	Washington	34	6	19.3	.353	.312	.667	2.1	1.9	0.7	0.2	1.6	6.4
2012	Washington	34	23	22.4	.379	.365	.674	2.4	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.1	8.2
2013	Atlanta	34	29	27.5	.359	.216	.696	3.0	3.1	0.8	0.2	2.0	8.5
2014	Atlanta	34	23	17.5	.323	.255	.714	2.1	1.6	0.4	0.1	1.1	4.8
2015	Connecticut	34	34	26.7	.328	.298	.783	3.7	3.9	1.2	0.4	2.2	8.2
2016	Connecticut	34	34	32.1	.408	.297	.861	4.1	5.1	1.2	0.3	2.5	11.7
2017	Connecticut	32	31	28.2	.421	.403	.781	2.3	4.3	1.5	0.1	2.3	14.2
2018	Connecticut	34	34	28.1	.398	.311	.855	3.3	4.8	1.0	0.2	2.5	12.9
2019	Connecticut	34	34	29.7	.392	.366	.800	2.9	5.1	1.4	0.1	2.7	11.1
Career	9 years, 3 teams	304	248	25.7	.379	.324	.778	2.9	3.6	1.1	0.2	2.2	9.5

Postseason

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2013	Atlanta	8	8	29.0	.310	.000	.700	2.9	2.1	0.8	0.7	2.5	6.4
2014	Atlanta	3	2	22.5	.421	.333	.625	3.0	3.3	0.6	0.0	1.3	7.3
2017	Connecticut	1	1	38.4	.368	.000	.500	3.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	15.0
2018	Connecticut	1	1	35.1	.357	.500	1.000	5.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	14.0
2019	Connecticut	8	8	34.7	.435	.389	.533	3.3	2.0	1.1	0.0	2.1	12.8
Career	5 years, 2 teams	21	20	31.0	.381	.298	.622	3.1	3.7	0.9	0.4	2.1	9.7

College

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08	Duke	35	277	.351	.247	.604	2.8	2.3	1.5	0.9	7.9
2008–09	Duke	30	307	.361	.286	.743	2.7	3.3	1.7	0.2	10.2
2009–10	Duke	36	577	.387	.356	.791	4.3	4.1	2.8	0.2	16.0
2010–11	Duke	36	543	.388	.392	.661	3.9	3.4	2.4	0.6	15.1
Career	137	1,704	.376	.322	.715	3.4	3.3	2.1	0.5	12.4

Source[21]

References

1. "Seventh FIBA Women's U19 World Championship -- 2007". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
2. http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board
3. "Blue Zone - The Chronicle". The Chronicle.
4. "DREAM: Dream Acquires Jasmine Thomas in Trade with Washington". www.wnba.com.
5. "Dream re-sign guard Jasmine Thomas - FOX Sports". March 20, 2015.
6. "Atlanta Dream trades Jasmine Thomas to Connecticut for rights to Brittany Hrynko". Archived from the original on May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
7. "Sun Re-Sign Jasmine Thomas - Connecticut Sun".
8. "Jasmine Thomas scores career-high 29, Sun top Storm 96-89". June 30, 2017.
9. "Connecticut Sun make history in win over Washington Mystics". July 9, 2017.
10. Jasmine Thomas Scores 30 As Sun Beat Aces
11. Jasmine Thomas re-signs with Sun
12. Ogunbowale hits late 3, Wings beat Sun 74-73
13. "Blue Devil Hoops Overseas Update - March 3".
14. "Blue Devil Overseas Update - Jan. 4, 2013".
15. "Blue Devil Overseas Update: Dec. 15, 2014".
16. "Where In The World? WNBA Players Overseas. - Women's Basketball 24.7". October 25, 2015.
17. "2016-2017 WNBA Overseas Signings - Women's Basketball 24.7". August 22, 2016. Archived from the original on September 30, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
18. Jeff Jacobs: Sun's Thomas Won't Be Home For Christmas; She's In Turkey
19. CCC Polkowice signs Jasmine Thomas
20. WNBA Overseas Tracker: Your favorite players around the world
21. "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved May 21, 2016.