Omar Thomas

Omar Thomas is an American former professional basketball player, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 27 February 1982. He attended Strawberry Mansion High School, then Panola Junior College in Texas and the University of Texas at El Paso. After a tryout with the Seattle SuperSonics that led to no contract, he played in the Philippines, in the NBA Development League with the Austin Toros and in the Dominican Republic, before moving to Italy in 2006. In Italy he was named Legadue MVP with Brindisi and then regular season MVP of the Italian league with Sidigas Avellino. He later played in Serbia for Crvena zvezda, reaching the Serbian League final, and in Mexico, Georgia, Russia and again in Italy.