Lobo All American and NBA Star Kenny Thomas gives his unfiltered opinion of sports every Saturday Morning at 10am Live with your calls.
Kenny played for Albuquerque High during his senior season. Averaging 25.2 points and 16.9 rebounds each game, Thomas helped Albuquerque to a 22–3 record and Class 4A state title. Parade Magazine named him a boys’ basketball All-American in 1995. Thomas attended the UNM in Albuquerque, one of the highest-profile recruits to ever attend the school. He is second on the Lobos’ all-time scoring list (1,931 points), career blocks list (239), and career dunks list (114), and leads the school’s lists in career rebounds (1,032), freshman scoring (484) and rebounding (256), and personal fouls for a season (118) and career (383). Thomas is one of eight Lobos to be selected as an All-American (1998). Kenny led the Lobos to four consecutive NCAA Tournament first round wins. UNM was an amazing 71–3 in The PIT in Kenny’s four years with the Lobos including 41 consecutive wins. After being a First Round NBA Draft Pick of the Rockets he went on to have a distinguished career with Houston, Philadelphia and Sacramento.
