Christi Thomas

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1982)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Christi Thomas

| image =

| nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American

| league =

| team =

| number = 32, 4

| position = Center

| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5

| weight_lbs = 225

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|08|14}}

| birth_place = Marietta, Georgia, U.S.

| high_school = Buford (Buford, Georgia)

| college = Georgia (2000–2004)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2004

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 12

| draft_team = Los Angeles Sparks

| career_start = 2004

| career_end =

| years1 = 2004–2008

| team1 = Los Angeles Sparks

| years2 = 2009

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx

| years3 = 2010

| team3 = Chicago Sky

| highlights =

  • First-team All-SEC (2004)
  • SEC Freshman of the Year (2001)
  • SEC All-Freshman Team (2001)

| wnba_profile = christi_thomas

| bbr_wnba = thomach01w

| letter = t

}}

Christi Michelle Thomas (born August 14, 1982) played professional basketball in the WNBA. She attended the University of Georgia where she played under coach Andy Landers. She has been a professional player since 2004.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/archive/buford-s-christi-thomas-built-long-basketball-career-in-wnba/article_0086893e-8bdb-5ab1-91dd-45dcee4256cd.html|title=Buford's Christi Thomas built long basketball career in WNBA, overseas|last=Hammock|first=Will|work=Gwinnett Daily Post|access-date=2017-08-30|language=en}} Christi also played basketball at Buford High School in Buford, Georgia, where she led the Buford Wolves to a State Runner-Up finish in 1999. She's 6 ft 5 in (1.91 m) and weighs 185 lb (84 kg). On January 30, 2009 Thomas was traded to the Minnesota Lynx for Vanessa Hayden-Johnson.

WNBA career statistics

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=Regular season=

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|-

| align="left" | 2004

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 31 || 8 || 17.6 || .462 || .455 || .683 || 3.9 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.9 || 17.3

|-

| align="left" | 2005

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 32 || 7 || 16.3 || .500 || .333 || .688 || 3.3 || 0.5 || 2.3 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 3.8

|-

| align="left" | 2006

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 27 || 1 || 20.0 || .529 || .200 || .638 || 5.3 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 1.6 || 6.1

|-

| align="left" | 2007

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 34 || 19 || 18.8 || .481 || .353 || .757 || 5.3 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 8.4

|-

| align="left" | 2008

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 20 || 0 || 8.0 || .353 || .167 || .500 || 2.0 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 10.5

|-

| align="left" | 2009

| align="left" | Minnesota

| 11 || 0 || 6.0 || .048 || .000 || .500 || 1.4 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.3

|-

| align="left" | 2010

| align="left" | Chicago

| 15 || 0 || 8.5 || .400 || .000 || .500 || 1.7 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 1.3

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 7 years, 3 teams

| 170 || 28 || 15.3 || .459 || .270 || .684 || 3.7 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.9 || 4.6

{{S-end}}

=Playoffs=

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|-

| align="left" | 2004

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 3 || 3 || 33.3 || .545 || .000 || .000 || 7.7 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 8.0

|-

| align="left" | 2005

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 2 || 0 || 19.0 || .750 || 1.000 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 4.0

|-

| align="left" | 2006

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 5 || 0 || 21.4 || .545 || .667 || .800 || 3.2 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 6.0

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 3 years, 1 team

| 10 || 3 || 24.5 || .563 || .600 || .833 || 4.1 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 6.2

{{S-end}}

Georgia statistics

Source{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|title=NCAA® Career Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2016-05-21}}{{NBA player statistics legend}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2000-01

|Georgia

|29

|338

|51.0

|18.8

|62.0

|6.5

|0.6

|0.9

|1.4

|11.7

2001-02

|Georgia

|30

|311

|51.5

|25.0

|60.2

|6.2

|0.9

|1.0

|1.5

|10.4

2002-03

|Georgia

|30

|481

|53.7

|27.0

|71.2

|8.0

|0.7

|1.3

|1.9

|16.0

2003-04

|Georgia

|35

|463

|53.9

|22.7

|77.2

|8.3

|0.8

|1.1

|1.5

|13.2

Career

|Georgia

|124

|1593

|52.7

|24.2

|68.6

|7.3

|0.8

|1.1

|1.6

|12.8

References

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