Givova Scafati announces that it has reached an agreement with the American athlete Charles Thomas. Power forward / center of 201 cm and 102 kg, has important physical means, such as to make him an explosive and versatile player, able to play both in front and behind the basket, with important numbers and experience to sell, also in the Italian championships, where he has been playing continuously for three years.
Born in Jackson (Mississippi) on January 21, 1986, the new yellow-blue acquisition grew up basketball-wise, during high school, in the ranks of the Arkansas Razorbacks. His first experience outside his own country dates back to 2008/2009, during which he played first for Atletico Bigua in Uruguay (15,3 points and 9,98 rebounds on average), then for Forssan Korlpojat in Fionlandia (16,9 points and 8,4 rebounds on average) and finally for KK Siroki Eronet in Bosnia. The following season he moved to Ukraine, where he remained for several seasons, starting in the ranks of Ferro ZNTU Zaporoshye (20 points and 10,2 rebounds on average). Then he moved in 2010/2011 to Azovmash Mariupol (12,1 points and 6,1 rebounds on average), then to Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk (14,3 points and 5,8 rebounds on average) and finally (2012/2013) to Sk Cherkasy Monkeys (16,9 points and 5,7 rebounds on average).
After the Ukrainian experience, he moved to France to wear the uniform of Chorale de Roanne Basket and then (from December 2013) to Lebanon with the jersey of Al Hekmeh Beirut (19,3 points and 8,9 rebounds on average). It was then the turn of the Bulgarian championship with the jersey of Lukoil Academic Sofia, which he took off in December 2014 to return to play with Al Hekmeh Beirut (17,9 points and 8,1 rebounds on average) and conclude the season in Israel with Maccabi Ashdod, a club with which he also played in the 2015/2016 season (19,6 points and 5,4 rebounds on average). He remained in Israel in the 2016/2017 season to favor Maccabi Rishon Le-Zion (12,5 points and 4,8 rebounds). Then his Italian adventure began, first in Cantù in the top division (12,2 points and 4,2 rebounds on average), then in Legnano in the A2 series (24,6 points and 7,4 rebounds on average) and finally, after a brief stint in Venezuela with Trotamundos de Carabobo, in Ravenna, where, last season, he recorded 19,9 points and 6,6 rebounds on average.
Statement from scouting manager Enrico Longobardi: «This year for the USA we decided to start by playing it safe, that is, by signing the one who probably would have been the MVP of last season. We have always and only focused on Charles, he has been our first objective since the beginning and we have never looked for anyone else, also because we want to have leaders not only among the group of Italians, which is full of players with personality, but also among the foreigners, who will have to put the icing on the cake to the high-level market that we have carried out».
Article published on 30 June 2020 - 16:32
