Corrientes 2023âÂÂ2025 Corrientes Argentina 2023âÂÂpresent Charles Price Thomas III (born January 21, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Peñarol of the LUB. He played college basketball for the University of Arkansas before playing professionally in Uruguay, Bosnia, Ukraine, France, Lebanon, Jordan, Bulgaria, Israel, Italy and Venezuela.
Thomas attended Callaway High School in Jackson, Mississippi. He played college basketball for the University of Arkansas, where he averaged 9.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in his senior year. Thomas earned a spot in the 2008 SEC All-Tournament Team.
In 2008, Thomas started his professional career with the Uruguayan team Atletico Biguá. Later that season he joined the Bosnian team à  iroki Eronet. Thomas won the 2009 Bosnian League Championship with à  iroki.
In 2009, Thomas joined the Ukrainian team Ferro-ZNTU for the 2009âÂÂ10 season. Thomas averaged 20 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. Thomas won the 2010 Ukrainian Cup with Ferro-ZNTU, while earning the Ukrainian League MVP honors.
On July 8, 2010, Thomas signed a one-year deal with Azovmash. Thomas helped Azovmash reach the 2011 Ukrainian Cup Finals, where they eventually lost to Dnipro.
In 2012, Thomas joined Dnipro for the 2011âÂÂ12 season. On November 23, 2011, Thomas recorded a season-high 30 points, shooting 11-of-17 from the field, along with seven rebounds and three assists in an 83âÂÂ70 win over his former team Ferro-ZNTU.
On August 9, 2012, Thomas signed a one-year deal with Cherkaski Mavpy. Thomas finished the season as the League fifth-leading scorer with 16.9 points per game. Thomas helped the team reach the 2013 Ukrainian League Quarterfinals, where they eventually were eliminated by Ferro-ZNTU.
On June 23, 2013, Thomas signed with the French team Chorale Roanne for the 2013âÂÂ14 season. However, on November 7, 2013, he parted ways with Roanne after appearing in five games.
On December 24, 2013, Thomas signed a one-year deal with the Lebanese team Sagesse Beirut.
On May 16, 2014, Thomas signed with the Jordanian team ASU Sports Club for the rest of the season.
On August 7, 2014, Thomas signed a one-year deal with the Bulgarian team Lukoil Academic. However, on December 30, 2014, he parted ways with the team after appearing in 16 games for them.
On January 16, 2015, Thomas returned to Sagesse Beirut for a second stint. In 7 games played for Sagesse, he averaged 17.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists.
On March 31, 2015, Thomas signed with the Israeli team Maccabi Ashdod for the rest of the season.
On July 24, 2015, Thomas re-signed with Ashdod for the 2015âÂÂ16 season. On February 4, 2016, Thomas was named Israeli League Player of the Month for games played in January. On February 24, 2016, Thomas recorded a double-double of 33 points and 10 rebounds, shooting 13-of-15 from the field, along with two steals and two blocks in an 86âÂÂ84 win over Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
In his second season with Ashdod, Thomas finished the season as the league second-leading scorer with 19.1 points, while also averaging 5.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Thomas helped Ashdod reach the 2016 Israeli State Cup Final, where they eventually lost Maccabi Tel Aviv.
On July 31, 2016, Thomas signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Rishon LeZion. On October 19, 2016, Thomas recorded a season-high 23 points, shooting 8-of-16 from the field, along with three rebounds and two steals in a 72âÂÂ64 win over Kataja. On April 18, 2017, Thomas participated in the 2017 Israeli League All-Star Game. In 52 games played during the 2016âÂÂ17 season, he averaged 12.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Thomas helped Rishon LeZion reach the 2017 Israeli League Final Four, where they eventually lost to Hapoel Jerusalem in the semifinals.
On July 31, 2017, Thomas signed with the Italian team Pallacanestro Cantù for the 2017âÂÂ18 season. Thomas helped Cantù reach the 2018 Italian Cup Semifinals where they eventually lost to Brescia.
On January 9, 2019, Thomas signed with Legnano Knights of the Italian Serie A2 Basket for the rest of the season. In 21 games played for Legnano, he led the league in scoring with 24.6 points per game, to go with 7.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.
On July 18, 2019, Thomas signed with Ravenna for the 2019âÂÂ20 season. Where Thomas led the team to number 1 overall in the league and avg. 18.8 pts, 7 rebs, 2.5 assts, and 1 block per contest.
On June 30, 2020, he has signed with Givova Scafati of the Italian Serie A2 Basket.
On August 25, 2021, Thomas signed with Hermine Nantes Basket of the French LNB Pro B.
In September 2022, Thomas joined the Uruguayan side Peñarol.