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
actively deal satisfied shopping trying
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.
acquire assets help phase rebuilding secure trying
We've always said this is a rebuilding phase that we're in, and we keep trying to acquire assets to help us in that process. In doing that, we also want to secure and help our present.
players trying wants
I'm trying to go out and get the players he wants me to go out and get. This is a player he wanted.
extremely great keeps level money positive reminding talent team trying
As Mr. Dolan keeps reminding us, it's his money and he's comfortable with what we're doing and how we're proceeding and how we're trying to put our team together. We do have assets, our talent level is better and we have a great coach. I'm pretty positive about our future, extremely positive about our future.
actively coach deal definitely happy improve opportunity safe talk trying
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.
exhausted single trying
Allan exhausted every single possibility trying to get back.
nba player
The only thing I could say to myself is 'wow. I don't think there's another NBA player who would have done that.
added injured move players regain
When you have players that have been injured for some time, you have to find a way to move on and make the roster better. If Allan was to come back and regain his form, then it's an added bonus.
expect though
Even though we're rebuilding, we did expect to be a little better.
believe examining people
Believe me, if there is something there, the people we have examining him -- they will find it.
high hold hope rick standards
But now that they've done things this way, I hope they hold Rick Carlisle up to the same high standards they had for me.
careful checked cleared clearly doctors extremely light patient putting saying sensitive
We should be extremely careful not to give him something that he doesn't have and not to keep putting him in a light of a patient or someone who is sick, because doctors have cleared him and checked him out and said that he doesn't have a condition. We need to be extremely sensitive to him and not keep saying that he has this because clearly he doesn't.
american-athlete believe player problems rid understand
There is not a player on this roster now, who doesn't understand or believe that if he is not performing, I don't have problems getting rid of them.
knew nervous pull
We where nervous in the first quarter. But I knew they were going to pull it out.