Why they blackball isiah thomas from the dream team?

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And took laetnner over shaq?

Clyde drexler took isiahs spot but it would of been nice to see him in there
 
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Magic thinks Isiah started the gay rumor.


Lattener because he was the biggest college star in America at the time and they wanted to still sort of adhere to the old rules.
 
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verbaltelekinesis said:
Michael Jordan HATED Isiah point blank and that's why he didn't get selected.
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What I said earlier, is what Magic said in that book he and Bird wrote. Jordan and Bird didnt care either way about Isiah being on the team or not, but Magic was like "hell nah" because he thinks Isiah started the gay rumor.
 
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mastermind said:
What I said earlier, is what Magic said in that book he and Bird wrote. Jordan and Bird didnt care either way about Isiah being on the team or not, but Magic was like "hell nah" because he thinks Isiah started the gay rumor.
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I thought either Pippen or Jordan came out saying that when the two of them saw the roster they made sure it was known that if Isiah was on the roster they really didn't have interest in playing.
 
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Half the roster hated Isiah... they knew better then to add him.
 
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threattonature said:
I thought either Pippen or Jordan came out saying that when the two of them saw the roster they made sure it was known that if Isiah was on the roster they really didn't have interest in playing.
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Much of their story involves Thomas, who as captain of the Detroit Pistons served as a primary threat to the championship ambitions of Bird's Celtics and Magic's Lakers. The book offers revelations that have stunned Thomas. Magic addresses years of rumors by finally accusing Thomas of questioning his sexuality after Johnson was diagnosed with HIV in 1991. Magic also admits that he joined with Michael Jordan and other players in blackballing Thomas from the 1992 Olympic Dream Team, saying, "Isiah killed his own chances when it came to the Olympics. Nobody on that team wanted to play with him. ... Michael didn't want to play with him. Scottie [Pippen] wanted no part of him. Bird wasn't pushing for him. Karl Malone didn't want him. Who was saying, 'We need this guy?' Nobody.''

"I'm glad that he's finally had the nerve and the courage to stand up and say it was him, as opposed to letting Michael Jordan take the blame for it all these years,'' Thomas responded during one of several interviews he gave to SI.com on Wednesday. "I wish he would have had the courage to say this stuff to me face to face, as opposed to writing it in some damn book to sell and he can make money off it.''

Thomas, who is the first-year coach at Florida International in Miami, confirmed that MacMullan attempted to reach him for comment six months ago, but he declined through his publicist to speak with her.

Magic's most shocking accusation, however, is that Thomas was responsible for spreading rumors that Johnson was gay or bisexual after Johnson tested positive for HIV, forcing his retirement at age 32. "Isiah kept questioning people about it,'' Magic says. "I couldn't believe that. The one guy I thought I could count on had all these doubts. It was like he kicked me in the stomach.''

Thomas vehemently denied that he had gossiped behind Magic's back, pointing out that he knew better than to engage in such hurtful talk. "What most people don't know is, before Magic had HIV, my brother had HIV,'' Thomas said. "My brother died of HIV, AIDS, drug abuse. So I knew way more about the disease, because I was living with it in my house.''
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Isiah Thomas blasts Magic Johnson over criticisms in new book - Ian Thomsen - SI.com
 
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Amare's Right Hook said:
You need team chemistry in a tournament.
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:what:

they were not going to be challenged by anyone in that tournament. They just didnt want to fukk with dude. A lot of guys from that era didnt fukk with Clyde Drexler either.

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This, Isiah is from Chicago but Jordan will always be the god in that town, shyt kills him. You need team chemistry in a tournament.
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I doubt that.
 
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