March Madness media darling, St. Mary’s center Omar Samhan, worked out for the Wizards on Thursday. Then he did what he does best: talk.
5. On his new fame » “Now, even walking down the street last night, people were like, ‘Omar! Omar!’ Random people on the street knew my name in D.C., which is crazy, but is awesome.”
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4. On his personality » “Guys are up here, boring, ‘The workout was good.’ Nobody wants to hear that. We don’t want to read it, so you gotta come up here and tell it how it is. In Miami, I [stunk]. Here, I did well.”
3. On Wizards assistant Sam Cassell » “They asked us to do a dunk. Guys are up there doing crazy stuff, and I can barely jump so I look at Sam. He said, ‘Lob?’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ So I dribbled up like I was going to dunk it, threw it to Sam, he threw it back, and I dunked it. So it was fun. I barely got up. I threw down an oop today from Sam Cassell. That was the highlight.”
2. On Gilbert Arenas » “I grew up loving Gilbert. We’re kind of alike in some ways, I think, just because he wears the zero because a lot of people doubted him over the years. That’s like me. I’ve had more NBA workouts than official college visits.”
1. On his body » “Pat Riley was like, ‘I don’t know if your body type is going to work.’ That’s kind of my selling point. Well, I’ve lost 60 pounds, and if you need me to lose another 60, I will.”