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
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That challenge of working through it, keeping guys motivated, keeping the group together, overcoming obstacles, all of that; I really got into it.
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I think Allan is looking forward to playing. He believes one day he'll get back to his original form and we want to give him every opportunity to do that. He's ready to do a little on-court work, but this will be on Allan's timetable.
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I think Allan is looking forward to playing, ... He believes one day he'll get back to his original form and we want to give him every opportunity to do that. He's ready to do a little on-court work, but this will be on Allan's timetable.
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I'll continue to try and get the players he wants. This is a player he wanted.
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If there's any player that should feel safe and secure right now about his heart, it's Eddy. He's probably been tested and seen more doctors about his heart than any player in the NBA.
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Not often can you say with certainty that you've added one of the best to your organization in any position.
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He's really working hard. He believes one day that he'll get back to his original form, and we want to give him every opportunity to do that.
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To answer that question honestly, I'd have to lie to you.
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Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence.
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It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?
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I don't think that we will be actively out shopping, trying to make a deal or anything like that. I think it's pretty safe to say we're happy and comfortable with where we are, but if there's an opportunity to improve our team, I definitely will look at it. Coach and I will talk about it and if it makes sense, we'll do it.
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I don't think there's another player who would have done that. We've all been blessed to have known him as a player, and we're all extremely fortunate to know him as a man.
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He's meant so much to all of us, even the people who didn't play for him. But the people who lived in Chicago, who walked the communities, looked for food or looked for a warm place to say, he was always there for you.
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If you want consistency, then you perform. This is a performance job. You get paid to perform. Your money is guaranteed, but your minutes are not.