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May 22, 2009
Bank Shot: International Basketball Star Launches Coaching Career in South Florida
Fifteen years and a thousand miles stand between Deon Thomas and his all-too-brief memories of basketball stardom. Or at least, the memories based in America, which are all from college. Thomas' professional basketball success took place across the Atlantic. One of the greatest players to ever wear ... More >>
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May 21, 2009
For This Deon, Prime Time Is Overdue
Deon Thomas was a Chicago hoops legend. He would become one of the University of Illinois' all-time basketball greats. And for the last decade-plus, he was a globe-trotting, championship-winning professional basketball star. Now he's a JV coach in the Broward 'burbs.Specifically, Thomas is the absur ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
Bank Shot
For a former basketball star, a new career starts with the J.V. team. B
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June 30, 2009
Midwest Hoops Legend Leaving South Florida
C. StilesThomas, pictured with his two daughters and their friends from their Pembrokes Pines neighborhoodDeon Thomas, the former University of Illinois basketball star who had retired in South Florida and who started a new career coaching junior varsity at The University School in Fort Lauderdale, ... More >>
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July 21, 2009
Departing Hoops Coach Bringing South Florida Talent to New Job
Deon ThomasWe reported a few weeks ago that Deon Thomas, the University of Illinois basketball program's all-time leading scorer who settled briefly in Pembroke Pines, was taking a job as the coach of a community college near St. Louis. And now Thomas tells Juice that he's taking some of the region' ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2009
Basketball Star's Mother Trusts New Coach With Son's Hoop Dreams
Flickr: Nick CarlsonBack in May, Juice did a two-part series on Deon Thomas, the former high school phenom and University of Illinois star who after a lengthy career playing pro ball had retired to Pembroke Pines where he had been coaching a junior varsity team and running clinics on the weekend. ... More >>
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October 15, 2009
Retired Athletes Love Pembroke Pines
Flickr: pnther60Former Dolphin and Chicago Bear Marty Booker postponed his Pines retirement to play for the Falcons.What is it about Pembroke Pines that makes retired athletes flock there? We've told you about Kenny Anderson, the former New Jersey Nets star who recently invited a slew of his ille ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
Instant Karma: Coach Launches Career From South Florida, Lands in Post-Season
Flickr: Lewis & Clark Community CollegeThomas (second from left) has been a hit in his coaching debut.A Midwest basketball legend who spent a brief retirement in South Florida, Deon Thomas didn't take long to establish success as a coach. This month, in his first head-coaching job, Thomas led ... More >>