{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1966)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Irving Thomas | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 225 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|01|02}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = Miami Carol City (Miami, Florida) | college = *Kentucky (1986–1988) *Florida State (1988–1990) | draft_year = 1990 | career_start = 1990 | career_end = 1999 | career_position = Power forward | career_number = 30 | years1 = 1990 | team1 = PAOK | years2 = {{nbay|1990|full=y}} | team2 = Los Angeles Lakers | years3 = 1991–1992 | team3 = Rapid City Thrillers | years4 = 1992 | team4 = Birmingham Bandits | years5 = 1992 | team5 = Tampa Bay Sunblasters | years6 = 1992–1993 | team6 = Fort Wayne Fury | years7 = 1993 | team7 = Argal Huesca | years8 = 1993–1994 | team8 = Dinamo Sassari | years9 = 1994–1995 | team9 = Basket CRO Lyon | years10 = 1995 | team10 = Florida Sharks | years11 = 1995–1996 | team11 = Olimpia Basket Pistoia | years12 = 1996 | team12 = Virtus Roma | years13 = 1996–1997 | team13 = Olimpia Basket Pistoia | years14 = 1997–1998 | team14 = Lineltex Trieste | years15 = 1998–1999 | team15 = Basket Livorno | years16 = 1999 | team16 = CB Gran Canaria | highlights = * McDonald's All-American (1985) * First-team ''Parade'' All-American (1985) }} '''Irving Thomas''' (born January 2, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player born in Brooklyn, New York, formerly of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He spent most of his career playing in Europe in several countries.
A 6'8" power forward from the University of Kentucky and Florida State University played with the Los Angeles Lakers during the 1990-91 NBA season, appearing in 26 games, averaging 1.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game. Since 2001,<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20010829/ai_n10713122 Jamison sticks with Warriors], the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', published August 29, 2001</ref> he has been a scout for the Lakers.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/marty_mickey_minnie.html Nba.Com Marty...Hello Mickey! Hello Minnie!<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nba.com/media/lakers/Lakers%20Community%20Relations%20Partnership%20Menu%20-%20Print.pdf |title= Los Angeles Lakers Community Relations Partnership Menu |website= NBA.com |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120917024304/http://www.nba.com/media/lakers/Lakers%20Community%20Relations%20Partnership%20Menu%20-%20Print.pdf |archivedate= September 17, 2012 }} {{small|(3.18 MiB)}}; retrieved May 21, 2007</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070617015600/http://basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=THOMAIR01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com *[http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=THO-IRV-66 Irving Thomas stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209031725/http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=THO-IRV-66 |date=February 9, 2012 }} @ Lega Basket Serie A
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