Jamel Thomas

He was also signed for a brief period by the Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers (1999–2000) and Utah Jazz (2000–01), but never played for those teams in an NBA game.

[1] After a stint in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and his New Jersey spell, Thomas moved overseas, mostly playing for teams in Turkey and Italy.

Thomas is the older half-brother of Sebastian Telfair who also played in the NBA.

[3] Thomas wrote a book about his life titled The Beautiful Struggle, which was released by Xlibris in late September 2008.

In the book, Thomas comments on his half-brother, as well as on cousin Stephon Marbury.