Thomasson brings championship pedigree and proven shooting to Panionios
Panionios pounces on playmaker Joe Thomasson for backcourt boost
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Panionios Cosmorama Travel Athens strengthened its perimeter with the addition of experienced guard Joe Thomasson, the club announced Wednesday. Thomasson (1.93 meters, 32 years old) arrives after starting the current season with Tofas Bursa in Turkiye and playing last season for Gran Canaria in Spain.
Thomasson averaged 5.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 12 Turkish League games this season, though his role has dipped over the past month. He had not played more than 15 minutes in a game since mid-November, when Furkan Korkmaz joined the team.
This season will be Thomasson's third in the EuroCup. He debuted with Promitheas Patras in January 2023 before suiting up for Gran Canaria last season. Thomasson averaged 8.1 points on 42.1% three-point shooting last season to help Gran Canaria reach the EuroCup Finals. In between, he made his EuroLeague debut with Maccabi Tel Aviv during the 2024-25 campaign.
Thomasson brings Panionios proven experience and leadership to a struggling Panionios team that has undergone a series of coaching changes this season, most recently hiring Nenad Markovic as its new bench boss on Tuesday.
After playing college basketball at State Fair Community College and Wright State University, Thomasson made his professional debut in Romania with Dinamo Bucharest and has since played in the G League (Maine Red Claws, Erie Bay Hawks), Poland (Starogard Gdansk, Start Lublin, Stelmet Zielona Gora), Russia (Burevestnik Yaroslav, Zenit St Petersburg), Israel (Hapoel Galil Gilboa, Maccabi Tel Aviv), Spain (Manresa, Granada, Gran Canaria), Greece (Promitheas), and Turkiye (Tofas). He has won national championships in Poland with Zielona Gora in 2020 and Israel with Maccabi in 2024.