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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Our prayers and thoughts are with him. We will do everything that we're supposed to do and beyond.
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This is not the place for the weak-minded guy, regardless of your talent.
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Other than David Robinson I don't know if I've met a classier individual in the NBA.
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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.
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I think the league was just. I understand it's his wife, and we all have the natural instincts to protect our family. However, as professional athletes, we've always been held to a higher standard.
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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.
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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.
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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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One word is passion. They are passionate about their team. We win we're great, lose and we're the worst. But you can't overreact to the fans.
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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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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.
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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.
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Its something that I have been blessed with in terms of playing the game and being able to understand the game. Not being able to exercise that gift while I was out of the game, I really found a void in myself and a hole in my soul. I said the biggest problem that I have had in that time was that I woke up and I didnt go to the gym. I have been successful in a lot of other areas but not having the ability to exercise the greatest gift that I have, which is basketball, you know I have missed it.
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I've spoken with Jerome and he understands our position; he is being extremely professional about it. We've also had some conversation about Jerome staying on in the organization, doing some scouting for us, working in the community alongside John Starks and also possibly doing some work for MSG.