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
came contracts draft level nobody people players reasonable stand talent trade
When I came here, the first thing that was told to me was that we had players nobody wanted, couldn't trade any of the contracts. As we stand here today. . . . we have draft picks, we have players people want and the contracts that we have in place are pretty reasonable contracts for the talent level we have.
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I'm rooting for him. I hope he can come back and perform at the level he's accustomed to.
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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.
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I think it was a case of nerves at the beginning of the game. We can not take anything away from Heartland, I told the girls before the game, do not expect them to come and just show up, they came out and played.
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Jerome was a big asset in our rebuilding program, and he was great with our young players. But this was a tremendous opportunity to save more than $21 million.
goal thats win
Our goal is to win a championship. Thats the only goal.
prayers supposed thoughts
Our prayers and thoughts are with him. We will do everything that we're supposed to do and beyond.
comment dealing family issues personal privacy respect
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.
david individual met robinson
Other than David Robinson I don't know if I've met a classier individual in the NBA.
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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.
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John is doing the best job that he possibly can do with the situation that he was dealt with. I have great respect for him and I wish him and the Bulls' organization nothing but success.
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Where we sit now, I don't think we have the luxury of the 20 teams before us. I think we are going after the best players we can get on the board.
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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.
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.