When spending of these season at Villanova University, he was drafted seventh overall by the New Jersey Nets in the 1997 NBA Draft and immediately traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the Sixers' draft pick Keith Van Horn. Within 1999, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. Inside 2004, he was traded, agawithin in exchange for Van Horn, to the New York Knicks. On the eve of how to training camp inside 2005, he was over again traded, to Chicago Bulls along sustaining Michael Sweetney in a pack that brought Eddy Curry to New York.

Widely considered by sports writers to exist as an inconsistent & underachieving streaming video player, at Six' 10" and 230 lb, Thomas can play either shooting guard, small forward or power forward, spending most of his time at small forward. He has tremendous range and athelticism, and can still make an impact after coming into a game cold. His career stats are 11.9 points per game, 1.4 assists per game, and four rebounds per game.

Awards

He was on the Second NBA All-Rookie Team in 1997-1998 season. He won the The Sporting News Freshman of the Year during the 1996-1997 season.