Omar Thomas
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| No. 34 – Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| League | VTB United League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 27, 1982 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 232 lb (105 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Strawberry Mansion (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Panola JC (2001–2003) UTEP (2003–2005) |
| NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–present |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2006 | Coca-Cola Tigers |
| 2006 | Austin Toros |
| 2006 | Club Deportivo Naco |
| 2006–2008 | Basket Rimini Crabs |
| 2008 | Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez |
| 2008–2009 | Solsonica Rieti |
| 2009–2010 | New Basket Brindisi |
| 2010–2011 | Air Avellino |
| 2011–2012 | Crvena zvezda |
| 2012–2013 | Krasnye Krylia |
| 2013–2014 | Dinamo Sassari |
| 2014–2015 | Basket Ferentino |
| 2015 | Halcones Rojos Veracruz |
| 2016 | VITA Tbilisi |
| 2016–present | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
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Omar Abdul Thomas (born February 27, 1982) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League.
Amateur career
Thomas was born in Philadelphia. At the age of nine years his father was indicted for murder, then befallen the same fate as his two brothers. His difficult childhood allowed him to develop his strong character. In North Philadelphia is also known as Black Jesus.
Having taken the first steps to Strawberry Mansion High School and at Panola Junior College (Texas), passes to the prestigious University of Texas El Paso (UTEP), taking leave in 2005 with figures of all respect.
Professional career
After the university, Thomas had a tryout with the Seattle SuperSonics but he did not sign contract, then he goes to the Coca-Cola Tigers in the Philippines, after one year he goes to NBA Development League (NBDL) with the Austin Toros. His career was continued in exotic destinations, the Dominican Republic with the jersey of Club Deportivo Naco .
In 2006 he is spotted by Giampiero Ticchi who brings him to play in Italy where he first signed with Rimini where he played for two seasons. During the summer of 2008 signed an agreement with the French club Pau-Orthez, but was cut after three games, then he go back in Italy and then agreeing with Napoli, which debuted in Serie A at the end of the season he recording an average of 11.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. In July 2009, signing an annual contract with Brindisi, in the championship Legadue where he was MVP of second league in Italy.
On June 24, 2010, Thomas signed with Sidigas Avellino.[1] In the 2010–11 season, Thomas drag the club in playoff with the fourth place overall at the end of the regular season, and won the title of MVP of the Italian League regular season, with an average of 18.0 points and 6.2 rebounds.[2]
On 6 December 2011, the National Commission of Judges of the FIP has suspended the player for 16 months (until April 6, 2013) because he was charged with possession of false passports of Republic of Slovenia. However a few days later the player had the permission from FIBA to move to Crvena zvezda, as the disqualification of the Italian federation had no international effect.[3] While playing with Crvena zvezda he had a good season, leading his team to the final of the playoffs in the Serbian League and the final of Kup Radivoja Koraća where they lost both times to Partizan.
On July 12, 2013, Thomas signed with Dinamo Sassari for the 2013–14 season.[4] On August 23, 2014, he signed with FMC Ferentino of the Italian Serie A2 Basket for the 2014–15 season.[5]
In November 2015, he signed with Halcones Rojos Veracruz of the Mexican LNBP.[6] In late December 2015, he left Veracruz and signed with VITA Tbilisi of the VTB United League.[7] On March 1, 2016, he left Tbilisi and signed with Zenit Saint Petersburg for the rest of the season.[8]
References
- ↑ Omar Thomas joins Air Avellino
- ↑ Serie A, Omar Thomas named MVP
- ↑ Omar Thomas signs in Serbia with Red Star
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ FMC Ferentino announces Omar Thomas
- ↑ Omar Thomas signs with Halcones Rojos de Veracruz
- ↑ BC Vita tabs Omar Thomas
- ↑ Zenit Saint Petersburg signs Omar Thomas
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- 1982 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Georgia (country)
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- Basket Rimini Crabs players
- BC Krasnye Krylia players
- Dinamo Basket Sassari players
- Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez players
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- KK Crvena zvezda players
- New Basket Brindisi players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- UTEP Miners basketball players
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