After a close friendship early in their careers, Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson had a number of wedges drive that friendship apart. Most notable was Magic’s bitterness against Thomas because he believed Isiah spread rumors that he was homosexual - a belief that seemed to have considerable merit.
But the two came together on NBA TV with a conversation that ended with tears and a Magic Johnson apology for the ending of the friendship and hurt caused as a result of it.
On Magic’s side of the rift, he was a contributor in the Isiah freeze out of the Dream Team, saying “Nobody on that team wanted to play with him.