Dion Thompson, the swaying man who has been wandering in Europe for many years

Friends, do you remember Dion Thompson? The swaying man who has been wandering in Europe for many years.

Dion Thompson, Dion Thompson, 6-foot-7, playing as a shooting guard (SG)/small forward (SF). He was born in Los Angeles, California, USA in February 1983, produced by the UCLA. He was selected by the New York Knicks in the second round of the 2005 NBA Draft 24th pick (54th pick in total) by the New York Knicks and was immediately traded to the Phoenix Suns.

Dion Thompson is an excellent shooter, with a long-distance shooting, especially a strong three-pointer ability. He has a good sense of defense, is active in running without the ball, and is good at using covers to get rid of defense, find opportunities to shoot at open positions, and can complete the attack without taking up a lot of ball rights. However, his athletic talent is not outstanding enough and his breakthrough ability is weak. When facing defenders with speed or body advantage, he has poor ability to get rid of his opponent's defense and it is difficult to rely on personal ability to tear open the opponent's defense line. Scoring mainly depends on receiving and shooting. In addition to shooting, the offensive method is relatively single and his independent offensive ability is limited. In his two seasons of NBA career, Dion Thompson played for two teams, Suns (2005-2006) and Hawks (2006-2007). He played only 16 games in the regular season in two years and failed to get a starting opportunity. He averaged 5.8 minutes per game, scored 2.8 points, 1.2 rebounds, 0.2 assists, 0.2 steals and 0.1 blocks, and failed to get a playoff chance. Due to the small number of game samples, Dion Thompson did not have any highlights in the NBA, but he also had some pretty good game performances.

Local time in the United States, on December 6, 2005, in the Phoenix Suns' home victory over the Portland Trail Blazers 130:85, Dion Thompson played for 8 minutes on the bench, making 4 of 6 shots (including 2 three-pointers), scoring the highest single-game 10 points in his NBA career, plus 4 rebounds. On January 10, 2007, local time, in the Atlanta Hawks lost to the New Orleans Hornets (now known as the New Orleans Pelicans), Dion Thompson played for 18 minutes on the bench (the most time in a single game in NBA career), scored 6 points, and scored the highest single game in NBA career 77:96.

In the offseason in 2007, Dion Thompson, who was unwilling to leave the NBA and played for many European leagues such as Germany, Israel, Cyprus, etc., and would change places almost once or two years. He was selected into the first team of the European League in 2014. In 2016, he helped Cyprus AEK team win the Cyprus Super Cup. After 2018, Dion Thompson gradually faded out of the basketball court, and there has been very little news about Dion Thompson since then.