Irving Thomas

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Irving Thomas

| image =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 225

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|01|02}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York

| death_date =

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| nationality = American

| 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 =

• 1985 McDonald's High School All American
• First-team Parade All-American (1985)

| bbr = thomair01

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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" small 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,[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20010829/ai_n10713122 Jamison sticks with Warriors], the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, published August 29, 2001 he has been a scout for the Lakers.[http://www.nba.com/marty_mickey_minnie.html Nba.Com Marty...Hello Mickey! Hello Minnie!]{{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