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
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.
goal thats win
Our goal is to win a championship. Thats the only goal.
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I would say that right now we're pretty satisfied with where we are. I don't think we will be actively out shopping and trying to make a deal or anything like that.
best dealt great job john possibly respect situation wish
John is doing the best job that he possibly can do with the situation that he was dealt with. I have great respect for him and I wish him and the Bulls' organization nothing but success.
comment dealing family issues personal privacy respect
Out of respect for his privacy and what he and his family are dealing with, we won't comment on any of his personal issues or things that are happening.
david individual met robinson
Other than David Robinson I don't know if I've met a classier individual in the NBA.
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.
growing treated
He treated all of us all like sons, and his kindness, it was important to us when we were growing up as young men.
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He was the father to all of us. He was the father of basketball in Chicago. He treated all of us like sons. His warmth, his kindness, was important to us when we were growing up as young men.
loved meant people wonderful
He was like the Pope. He was just a beautiful, beautiful, wonderful man. ... We just loved 'Coach.' He's meant so much to all of us, even the people who didn't play for him.
beautiful pope
He was like the pope - a beautiful, beautiful man.
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He checked out fine. They found it was more or less him being tired and him not eating.
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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.