“He took over Chicago” Charles Oakley UNVEILS truth behind toxic rivalry between Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas


“He took over Chicago” Charles Oakley UNVEILS truth behind toxic rivalry between Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas

Isiah Thomas, Charles Oakley and Michael Jordan

Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan are long-time rivals and now we have the reason behind it as revealed by Charles Oakley. It’s been decades since both the legends retired from the game and took the court against each other. But both Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan are real competitors and the hate between them to this day is very same and pure and it may live for another decade or two.

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The beef between Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan dates back to the 1985 All-Star game. But things got really bad during the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals when the Detroit Pistons left the court without shaking hands with the Chicago Bulls after getting defeated. Michael Jordan took that personally and the toxic rivalry between him and Isiah was born. But now it’s a different story since the release of “The Last Dance.” And, Charles Oakley some months ago also gave out the real reason behind it.

Charles Oakley appearing on Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson’s podcast, “All The Smoke,” addressed the documentary which turned very controversial with time passing by. He also addressed the decade-long rivalry between Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan, and while doing so he quoted: “I don’t know why nobody likes Isiah I don’t know what’s up with Isiah. He is just too sneaky. You know he always said I ain’t do it but he did it… We got you on camera.”

Further, Charles Oakley added: “Mike do not wanna be your friend. I am telling you for the fifth time he do not wanna be your friend. Stay on ESPN, keep talking on TNT. Now you tryna say everybody better than Mike. It’s okay. You’re not better than Mike. He came in your city and took your city.”

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Then Charles Oakley went on to drop the real reason why Isiah Thomas hates on Michael Jordan as he claimed: “That’s why you really mad, he took over Chicago I know.” Unfortunately, the rivalry still continues and Isiah Thomas recently added some fuel to it by addressing Michael Jordan as an “a**hole.”

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Isiah Thomas reignites rivalry with Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas
Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas

During the 2022 NBA Games in Abu Dhabi, Isiah Thomas in an interview with Greek NBA rights holder, COSMOTE TV addressed his rivalry with Michael Jordan and said: “When I was watching ‘The Last Dance,’ I’m sitting there, and I’m watching it with my family, and I’m thinking everything is good. And then this guy comes on television, and he says that he hates me, and then he calls me an a**hole.”

Isiah Thomas also wants Michael Jordan to publically apologize to him for the beef to end. As he further said: “And then I proceed to watch a whole documentary about him being an a**hole. I’m 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’m from the west side of Chicago.”

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The documentary, “The Last Dance” was amazing and very entertaining for the fans around the globe. But it really has destroyed many of Michael Jordan’s relationships, especially with Scottie Pippen and now we also have Isiah Thomas wanting a public apology for the way he was portrayed in it.

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