David Robinson - "Isiah Thomas shouldn't have been surprised by snub"

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David Robinson: Isiah Thomas Shouldn't Have Been Surprised by Dream Team Snub

"If you have a reputation and you take pride in your reputation as a 'Bad Boy,' it kind of means people aren't going to like you," Robinson said. "Can you be that surprised when people say 'I don't really want to play with the 'Bad Boys?'"



He added: "When you talk about putting together a team, chemistry matters. It does. You can't act like it doesn't matter, and for that team, it was clear that was a consideration for all the people involved."



He admitted there would have been a different vibe around the team if Thomas was involved, though.



"The Dream Team, based on the environment and the camaraderie that happened on that team, it was the best harmony," the two-time Olympic gold medalist said. "Would Isiah have made a different feeling on that team? Yes."

 

[NoMorePie]

San Antonio Spurs legend David Robinson said Isiah Thomas, a leading member of the 1980s "Bad Boys" Detroit Pistons, shouldn't have been surprised he wasn't selected for the Dream Team.

Robinson said Friday on the Bulls Talk Podcast(via Kevin Anderson of NBC Sports Chicago) he doesn't have a problem with Thomas personally, but he noted the two-time NBA champion's reputation made his absence from the 1992 Olympic roster a mere formality.

"If you have a reputation and you take pride in your reputation as a 'Bad Boy,' it kind of means people aren't going to like you," Robinson said. "Can you be that surprised when people say 'I don't really want to play with the 'Bad Boys?'"


He added: "When you talk about putting together a team, chemistry matters. It does. You can't act like it doesn't matter, and for that team, it was clear that was a consideration for all the people involved."

Thomas being left off the Dream Team roster has been brought back to the forefront by The Last Dance, an ongoing 10-part ESPN documentary about Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls dynasty.

Recent episodes highlighted the on-court problems between Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, three of the U.S.' top players for the 1992 Games, and delved into speculation about whether MJ suggested he wouldn't play if Thomas was on the squad.

"You want to attribute it to me, go ahead and be my guest. But it wasn't me," Jordan said as part of The Last Dance.

He admitted there would have been a different vibe around the team if Thomas was involved, though.

"The Dream Team, based on the environment and the camaraderie that happened on that team, it was the best harmony," the two-time Olympic gold medalist said. "Would Isiah have made a different feeling on that team? Yes."

Thomas discussed the apparent snub on ESPN's Get Up last week.

"I thought I should've made that Dream Team," he said. "However, I wasn't a part of it—that hurt me. Looking back, if I'm not a part of the Dream Team because a lapse in emotion in terms of not shaking someone's hand—if that's the reason why I didn't make the Dream Team, then I am more disappointed today than I was back then when I wasn't selected."


Thomas' Pistons walked off the floor without shaking the hands of Jordan and the Bulls after the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals, which was a passing of the torch moment in the NBA. Chicago won that year's championship and added five more titles in the 90s.

Robinson, who shared center duties with Patrick Ewing in the Barcelona Olympics, said on the Bulls Talk Podcast playing for Team USA that year was "some of the most incredible basketball" ever

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

Even the bible thumper didn't wanna turn the other cheek and spend his summer with zeke

 

[ALonelyDad]

The new Zeke stans need to understand this, multiple guys didn't like him.

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

The new Zeke stans need to understand this, multiple guys didn't like him.

 

[Hey_zeus]

The Admiral has spoken

 

[MJ Truth]

The new Zeke stans need to understand this, multiple guys didn't like him.

Multiple guys didnt like Karl Malone. Multiple guys were scared to play with Magic because he had the bug.

 

[duckbutta]

Zeke that dude but it has always been to me that he spent his post playing career like "we was the bad boys we did what we wanted we didn't care what anybody thought about us can't believe i wasn't on the dream team that is bullshyt those guys didn't want to play with me and i don't know why

Be the ring leader of a group of men who clothesline players in mid air and then be surprised when said players don't really want to play basketball with you if they don't have to brehs

 

[Big Boss]

Did Chuck Daly ever speak on this??

 

[BlackMajik]

Multiple guys didnt like Karl Malone. Multiple guys were scared to play with Magic because he had the bug.

They had no problem playing with the guy who fukked and nutted in a 12 year old girl

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

Did Chuck Daly ever speak on this??

Yes

Spoke volumes. Chuck aint give a fukk.

 

[duckbutta]

The new Zeke stans need to understand this, multiple guys didn't like him.

It''s crazy how many new stans of old players are popping up due to this documentary...

My wife isn't from the US...we was watching this and she was like "Dennis Rodman played basketball" ...

I was like "what "

Then I remembered she didn't grow up in the states...grew up in a village...my wife has virtually no conception of america before 2011...so she only knew dennis rodman as the dude who went to north korea and "Michael Jordan teammate"...

Now she all over Dennis Rodman...

"Did you know he was this good at rebounding"

"Yep"

"Did you know he was that good at defense"

"Yep"

We were downstairs earlier and she was literally just watching 240p clips of dennis rodman

Not that I ever expect it to happen, but if we ever meet dennis rodman in real life my marriage is surely over cause my wife is surely going to bust it open for him and i am pretty sure rodman is going to be down to be busted open upon....

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

We know magic was leading the charge for isiah not being on the team, but i think he might've had a say in riley not coaching either. 4 rings in the 80s, but chuck is the coach

 

[I'm Blackman]

He's right.

 

[Verbal Kint]

It''s crazy how many new stans of old players are popping up due to this documentary...

My wife isn't from the US...we was watching this and she was like "Dennis Rodman played basketball" ...

I was like "what "

Then I remembered she didn't grow up in the states...grew up in a village...my wife has virtually no conception of america before 2011...so she only knew dennis rodman as the dude who went to north korea and "Michael Jordan teammate"...

Now she all over Dennis Rodman...

"Did you know he was this good at rebounding"

"Yep"

"Did you know he was that good at defense"

"Yep"

We were downstairs earlier and she was literally just watching 240p clips of dennis rodman

Not that I ever expect it to happen, but if we ever meet dennis rodman in real life my marriage is surely over cause my wife is surely going to bust it open for him and i am pretty sure rodman is going to be down to be busted open upon....

son you marry Ms Fufu?