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
chance
We never got a chance to do that.
coming finally heard hurt night
You have no idea how it hurt. It finally was coming together. That night (against All Saints) -- it was amazing. They heard everything I said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
anyone exactly gets great player trades understand yes
He's a great player and yes that is a concern, but I think anyone who trades for him or gets somebody... they understand exactly what they're getting.
checked found less tired
He checked out fine. They found it was more or less him being tired and him not eating.
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.
basketball father growing treated
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.
classy individual met
I can't say that I've met a more classy individual in the N.B.A.,
loyal singular team winning
I am loyal to winning and I am not loyal to any singular individual. I'm going to do what I need to do to make our team better.