Sonny Thoss

Sonny Thoss
No. 7 – Alaska Aces
Position Center
League PBA
Personal information
Born (1981-12-07) December 7, 1981
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Nationality Filipino
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College James Cook University
PBA draft 2004 Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the Alaska Aces
Playing career 2004–present
Career history
2004–present Alaska Aces
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Philippines
FIBA Asia Championship
2015 Changsha Team
William Jones Cup
2012 Taipei Team
2015 Taipei Team

Joachim Gunther "Sonny" Thoss (born December 7, 1981) is a German-Filipino professional basketball player for the Alaska Aces of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Early life and education

Joachim Thoss was born in December 7, 1981 in Papua New Guinea[1] to a German father and to a Filipina mother. His father, Joachim Thoss Sr. was a East German patrol guard who patrolled the Berlin Wall before it fell and is a carpenter who is involved in construction projects in Papua New Guinea. The younger Thoss' mother, Jesusa Marticio, is from Cebu.[2]

He attended Port Moresby High School. Basketball competitions in Papua New Guinea is rare with Thoss only representing his high school in one-day tournaments. He moved to Australia in 1999 to attend James Cook University.[2]

Semi-professional career

After Thoss moved to Australia played for the Cairns Marlins of the Australian Basketball Association. He trained under Cairns Taipans assistant coach, Aaron Fearne. During his Marlins stint he was named as Most Improved Player in 2001 and was named as part of the league's under-23 squad.[2]

Professional career

He was the 5th overall pick in the 2004 PBA draft selected by the Alaska Aces and he is also the tallest rookie picked in that class.[2] In his early years, Sonny was the backup center for the Aces behind with the dominant bigman Ali Peek and E.J. Feihl in Alaska's Bigman rotation. But in his later years, Thoss eventually became Alaska's starting big man and has become one of the team's top players.

PBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Correct as of September 23, 2016[3]

Season-by-season averages

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004–05 Alaska 67 21.8 .468 .000 .659 5.6 1.0 .3 .4 6.3
2005–06 Alaska 49 21.0 .475 .000 .661 5.4 .8 .2 .6 5.7
2006–07 Alaska 53 25.1 .576 .000 .709 6.2 1.2 .3 .6 10.1
2007–08 Alaska 47 30.3 .537 .000 .732 8.3 1.8 .2 .7 9.6
2008–09 Alaska 47 27.0 .548 .500 .595 6.5 1.0 .4 1.0 8.6
2009–10 Alaska 58 24.8 .535 .000 .658 5.6 1.1 .2 .7 8.3
2010–11 Alaska 42 32.2 .491 .667 .634 9.7 2.2 .2 1.2 11.6
2011–12 Alaska 35 36.0 .455 .000 .727 8.3 2.1 .4 1.2 12.5
2012–13 Alaska 53 30.6 .463 .000 .619 6.3 1.9 .4 .7 10.0
2013–14 Alaska 43 32.2 .466 .000 .650 7.6 2.4 .4 .8 11.1
2014–15 Alaska 50 22.7 .444 .000 .633 4.6 1.3 .3 .5 7.4
2015–16 Alaska 60 22.8 .493 .364 .687 5.0 1.6 .4 .6 8.3
Career 604 26.6 .494 .219 .666 6.4 1.5 .3 .7 8.9

References

  1. ↑ "THOSS, Joachim - PBA Profile". Philippine Basketball Association. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Henson, Joaquin (24 January 2004). "Tallest rookie learns PBA ropes". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Player Profile at PBA-Online!
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