Isiah Lord Thomas III Quotes

• My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I’m in and I’ll handle it and I’ll make it work.

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• My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball.

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• We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient.

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  Tags in Try, Older, Patient

• The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball.

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  Tags in Run, Side, Concerned

• You’re always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That’s what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do.

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  Tags in War, Year, Guy

• The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction.

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• We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.

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  Tags in Players, Decided

• We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that’s where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things.

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• You have to develop your whole game to completion.

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Isiah Lord Thomas III (29)

Birth:	30th April, 1961
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Basketball Player, Broadcaster, Coach, Commentator

About

Isiah Lord Thomas III was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is a retired American 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. He has also been a professional and collegiate head coach, a basketball executive, and a broadcaster.

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