Thomas Welsh (basketball)
Welsh with the New Taipei Kings in 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 40 – Levanga Hokkaido | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | B.League | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 3, 1996 Torrance, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Loyola (Los Angeles, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College | UCLA (2014–2018) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2018: 2nd round, 58th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | →Capital City Go-Go | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | →Iowa Wolves | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Greensboro Swarm | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Oostende | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | New Taipei Kings | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Passlab Yamagata Wyverns | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Levanga Hokkaido | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Thomas Welsh (born February 3, 1996) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. As a senior in 2017–18, Welsh earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12. He was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2018 NBA draft with the 58th overall pick.
Welsh was a McDonald's All-American in high school. After leading UCLA in blocks as a freshman reserve, he was a member of the United States national team that won the gold medal at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in 2015. He started for the Bruins as a sophomore and junior, leading the team in rebounds while also continuing to be their top shot blocker. As an NBA rookie, he played with Denver on a two-way contract.