height_ft years profile weight_lb birth_place draft_year team nationality position highschool article_title height_in birth_date college name career_start
6 2006 -- 2009 2009 2009 -- 2010 2010 -- 2011 2011 -- 2011 -- 2012 2007 2007 2007 -- 2008 2008 2008 thomas_gardner 210 portland , oregon 2006 verviers-pepinster russia -rrb- indios de mayagüez -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- atlanta -lrb- hawks anaheim arsenal -lrb- d-league -rrb- antwerp giants -lrb- belgium belgium -rrb- austin toros -lrb- d-league -rrb- reno bighorns -lrb- d-league -rrb- -rrb- toros de nuevo laredo -lrb- mexico -rrb- chicago bulls lokomotiv rostov -lrb- american shooting guard jefferson -lrb- portland , oregon -rrb- thomas gardner -lrb- basketball -rrb-
 5 8 february 1985 missouri -lrb- 2003 -- 2006 -rrb- thomas gardner 2006
thomas gardner -lrb- basketball -rrb-

thomas earl gardner -lrb- born february 8 , 1985 -rrb- is an american professional basketball player .
a 6 ' 5 '' -lrb- 1.96 m -rrb- guard , gardner played three seasons of college basketball at the university of missouri .
he was named to the all-big 12 third team in 2006 after averaging 19.7 points per game in 28 games .
after college , he played professionally in belgium .
gardner made his nba debut with the chicago bulls on november 15 , 2007 , scoring two points in five minutes against the phoenix suns .
on november 20 , in what would be his last game as a bull , gardner scored a career-high 14 points against denver .
he was waived on december 7 , 2007 to make room for demetris nichols .
gardner signed with the atlanta hawks in august 2008 after averaging 16.3 points per game in the rocky mountain revue .
in september 2009 , he joined the memphis grizzlies but was waived on october 8 , 2009 .
on december 28 , 2009 , he returned to belgium to sign with the antwerp giants .
