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"I just like Rick better than I like you" - Isiah Thomas on how Larry Bird ruthlessly fired him as Pacers head coach

When Isiah Thomas took over as the Indiana Pacers' head coach in 2000, he thought he would be in the organization for years to come. Thomas even assumed that he and Larry Bird would bring the Pacers ...
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"Hey, hey, hey, who's guarding me?!" - John Salley recalled when Larry Bird mocked Isiah Thomas on an open 3-pointer

Although he was a three-time NBA champion and a 1992 Olympic gold medalist, many remember Larry Bird mostly through the prism of being a trash talker. So many stories have already been told about him, ...

"I don’t think any team or organization goes out to intentionally lose a basketball game" - Isiah Thomas says most fans don't understand the truth about tanking

Over the years, more and more NBA fans have become educated about the league and its policies. Nowadays, even an average NBA fan could tell if a team is taking or not. However, Isiah Thomas believes ...
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Isiah Thomas Flexes Rare Feat Of Beating Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson And Larry Bird

The late '80s and early '90s marked a transitional phase in the end of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson's era and the beginning of Michael Jordan's era. But before Jordan became the torchbearer of the ...