Isiah Thomas has taken a beating lately. Mostly because Michael Jordan doesn’t like him. And Jordan controls the narrative.
This is how it is when you’ve won six NBA championships, and no one remembers that you ever missed a shot. Or at least an important shot.
Well, Jordan is still taking shots, and if you’ve watched ESPN’s “The Last Dance” the last couple of Sundays, you’ve noticed an inordinate amount of those shots are directed at Thomas.
The latest installments of the documentary series detailed Jordan’s first three-peat with the Bulls, the isolation he felt as the world’s most iconic sports figure, the reaction to his taste for gambling, and his experience with the 1992 Olympic Dream Team, a squad that didn’t include Thomas.