Isiah Thomas
Isiah Thomas
Isiah Lord Thomas IIIis an American retired basketball player who played professionally for the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association. The 12-time NBA All-Star was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Thomas has also been a professional and collegiate head coach, a basketball executive, and a broadcaster...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth30 April 1961
CityChicago, IL
came contracts draft level nobody people players reasonable stand talent trade
When I came here, the first thing that was told to me was that we had players nobody wanted, couldn't trade any of the contracts. As we stand here today. . . . we have draft picks, we have players people want and the contracts that we have in place are pretty reasonable contracts for the talent level we have.
best chance
I thought that would make the best backcourt in the NBA. We never got a chance to do that.
beginning came case expect girls nerves
I think it was a case of nerves at the beginning of the game. We can not take anything away from Heartland, I told the girls before the game, do not expect them to come and just show up, they came out and played.
american-athlete challenge group guys keeping overcoming
That challenge of working through it, keeping guys motivated, keeping the group together, overcoming obstacles, all of that; I really got into it.
goal thats win
Our goal is to win a championship. Thats the only goal.
prayers supposed thoughts
Our prayers and thoughts are with him. We will do everything that we're supposed to do and beyond.
asset great opportunity rebuilding save tremendous
Jerome was a big asset in our rebuilding program, and he was great with our young players. But this was a tremendous opportunity to save more than $21 million.
both hard job knew larry talk
Larry and I talk every day. We both knew that this would be a hard job but we're both working to make it better.
david individual met robinson
Other than David Robinson I don't know if I've met a classier individual in the NBA.
held higher instincts league natural protect understand
I think the league was just. I understand it's his wife, and we all have the natural instincts to protect our family. However, as professional athletes, we've always been held to a higher standard.
classy individual met
I can't say that I've met a more classy individual in the N.B.A.,
added capable form gain wants
If Allan wants to come back and was able to gain the form that we all know he's capable of reaching, then it's an added bonus.
american-athlete fills goal rebuilding
If it fills a need, if it fills a rebuilding situation. And my goal is to fill and rebuild and I am not going to be shortsighted.
diagnosed doctors gathers hank quit saying sudden
He never really was diagnosed with what everyone said he had, what Hank Gathers had. No doctors said he had that. Everyone said, 'If he has that, then this could happen.' All of a sudden they quit saying 'if' and said he had it.