Kurt Thomas is a decent post defender, who is slowly losing the ability to run forwards. Or, indeed, backwards. And his sideways movement isn't what it used to be, either. And his vertical's somewhat gone, too. Et cetera.
A capable rebounder who never had much back to the basket offense, Thomas shoots a decent face up jumpshot, but that comprises basically all of his offensive skillset these days. His touch around the rim is unimpressive and he has no consistent back to the basket moves. (The first half of that sentence sounded far dirtier than it was supposed to, by the way.) Slightly undersized, yet also slow nowadays, Thomas relies on his shot, his smarts and his strength to get by.
He used to be more athletic in his youth, though, as evidenced by the way that he has given his name to a gymnastic move or two.
Kurt Thomas fact: He is one of only three players to lead the NCAA in scoring and rebounding in the same season. The other two were Xavier McDaniel and Hank Gathers. True fact.
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