{"id":411244,"date":"2022-11-10T16:20:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T16:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=411244"},"modified":"2022-11-10T16:20:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T16:20:39","slug":"calls-me-an-ahole-pistons-legend-isiah-thomas-revives-feud-with-michael-jordan-in-recent-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/calls-me-an-ahole-pistons-legend-isiah-thomas-revives-feud-with-michael-jordan-in-recent-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Calls me an A**Hole&#8221;: Pistons Legend Isiah Thomas Revives Feud With Michael Jordan in Recent Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are no indicators that the long-running dispute between Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas will end. The renowned documentary &#8220;The Last Dance&#8221; brought up issues between the two that had never quite been mended. This is the never-ending feud. Isiah Thomas reignited his bitter rivalry with Michael Jordan by criticizing Jordan&#8217;s portrayal of Thomas in the ESPN documentary &#8220;The Last Dance&#8221; in recent remarks. In an interview with Greece&#8217;s Cosmote TV, which has the country&#8217;s NBA broadcast rights, Thomas made his remarks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pjrig_CxMNs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These are the instances that Thomas is referencing, along with the contentious rivalry between the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons that dominate Jordan&#8217;s documentary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"Russell Westbrook Spotted Dancing on $18 Million Worth Rapper Ahead of Lakers\u2019 9th Loss vs Clippers\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/russell-westbrook-spotted-dancing-on-18-million-worth-rapper-ahead-of-lakers-9th-loss-vs-clippers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Russell Westbrook Spotted Dancing on $18 Million Worth Rapper Ahead of Lakers\u2019 9th Loss vs Clippers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Isiah Thomas continues feud with Michael Jordan<\/h2>\n<p>Thomas has acknowledged that he felt abused in the documentary in a statement that was made public by Eurohoops.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-pull-quote-wrapper caas-img caas-lazy caas-loaded\" data-src=\"\" data-caas-lazy-loading-init=\"1\">\n<p><em>&#8220;When I was watching &#8220;The Last Dance,&#8221; I\u2019m sitting there, and I\u2019m watching it with my family, and I\u2019m thinking everything is good,&#8221;<\/em> Thomas said,\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/en\/nba-news\/1416740\/isiah-thomas-on-jordan-he-calls-me-an-asshole-and-then-i-watched-a-whole-doc-about-him-being-an-asshole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:per EuroHoops\" data-rapid_p=\"30\" data-v9y=\"1\">as per EuroHoops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My full quote don&#39;t shorten it or take it out context see below why! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Vckw2yb3d\">https:\/\/t.co\/2Vckw2yb3d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Isiah Thomas (@IsiahThomas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsiahThomas\/status\/1590080258417790976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;And then this guy comes on television and he says that he hates me, and then he calls me an a**hole. And then I proceed to watch a whole documentary about him being an a**hole. I\u2019m like wait a minute, time out. Until I get a public apology, this beef is gonna go on for a long, long time, cause I\u2019m from the west side of Chicago.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The past two times they defeated the Bulls, a Thomas-led Pistons squad won it. They used a unique strategy to restrain Jordan by never allowing him to take the air, and if they did, they would hit him right after. When discussing his rivalry with the Detroit Pistons in the late 1980s and early 1990s and his troubled relationship with Isiah Thomas, Michael Jordan didn&#8217;t hold back in &#8220;The Last Dance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_395944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395944\" style=\"width: 999px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-395944\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/michael-jordan-nike-first-contract.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Jordan Air Jordan\" width=\"999\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/michael-jordan-nike-first-contract.jpg 999w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/michael-jordan-nike-first-contract-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/michael-jordan-nike-first-contract-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credits: LogoMyWay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By 2022, neither side had given ground. Jordan and Thomas&#8217; feud began in 1991, the same year that the Pistons point guard and his teammates infamously left the field without shaking any Bulls players&#8217; hands with 7.9 seconds left on the clock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More NBA news:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Nets Didn\u2019t Hire Celtics Suspended Coach Ime Udoka, Kyrie Irving Controversy Being One Of The Factor\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nets-didnt-hire-celtics-suspended-coach-ime-udoka-kyrie-irving-controversy-being-one-of-the-factor\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nets Didn\u2019t Hire Celtics Suspended Coach Ime Udoka, Kyrie Irving Controversy Being One Of The Factor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Timberwolves Chaos: Played With Only 4 Players As D\u2019Angelo Russell Forgets To Check Into Game\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/timberwolves-chaos-played-with-only-4-players-as-dangelo-russell-forgets-to-check-into-game\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Timberwolves Chaos: Played With Only 4 Players As D\u2019Angelo Russell Forgets To Check Into Game<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"LeBron James Injured: Exits Lakers vs. Clippers Game After Soreness In Left Foot Groin Area\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/lebron-james-injured-exits-lakers-vs-clippers-game-after-soreness-in-left-foot-groin-area\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">LeBron James Injured: Exits Lakers vs. Clippers Game After Soreness In Left Foot Groin Area<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\"><strong><em>Follow our NBA page for more key NBA updates and news<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are no indicators that the long-running dispute between Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas will end. The renowned documentary &#8220;The Last Dance&#8221; brought up issues between the two that had never quite been mended. This is the never-ending feud. Isiah Thomas reignited his bitter rivalry with Michael Jordan by criticizing Jordan&#8217;s portrayal of Thomas in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":378450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,113,51],"tags":[2012,145],"class_list":["post-411244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago-bulls","category-detroit-pistons","category-nba","tag-isiah-thomas","tag-michael-jordan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}