Etan Thomas

Etan Thomas a former eleven-year NBA player, was born in Harlem and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has published multiple books including: We Matter Athletes And Activism, (voted a top ten best activism book of all time by Book Authority ) More Than An Athlete, and Fatherhood: Rising To The Ultimate Challenge and Voices Of The Future. Thomas was honored for social justice advocacy as the recipient of the 2010 National Basketball Players Association Community Contribution Award, as well as the...See more

Etan Thomas a former eleven-year NBA player, was born in Harlem and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has published multiple books including: We Matter Athletes And Activism, (voted a top ten best activism book of all time by Book Authority ) More Than An Athlete, and Fatherhood: Rising To The Ultimate Challenge and Voices Of The Future. Thomas was honored for social justice advocacy as the recipient of the 2010 National Basketball Players Association Community Contribution Award, as well as the 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation Legacy Award. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, CNN, and ESPN. He can be frequently seen on MSNBC as a special correspondent and he cohosts a weekly local radio show, The Collision, on WPFW in Washington, DC, about the place where sports and politics collide. See less