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.
altitude draft help period picks players rebuild short team terms
No team has really had to rebuild from this altitude in terms of where we started. So it's a very unconventional way of getting young players and draft picks in a very short period of time. This will actually help us tremendously.
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.
goal thats win
Our goal is to win a championship. Thats the only goal.
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.
believes opportunity original
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.
everybody happiness happy record
No one is happy with our record but I can tell you we're going to get better. That's what everybody is working toward. That's what we all want.
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.
believes form forward looking opportunity original ready
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.
looking somebody
Somebody was looking after him. I know it was his dad.
chance
We never got a chance to do that.
game perfect
We never had the perfect game but we had some perfect moments.
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.
knew nervous pull
We where nervous in the first quarter. But I knew they were going to pull it out.