“I can say whatever I want to with Charles” Michael Jordan’s eye-opening revelations about ‘#1 friend’ Isiah Thomas


“I can say whatever I want to with Charles” Michael Jordan’s eye-opening revelations about ‘#1 friend’ Isiah Thomas

Michael Jordan

In an interview dating back to 1998 Michael Jordan talks about his relationship with players some of which are his friends and some “adversaries”, now what’s shocking about this interview is that Jordan in the interview claims he and Isiah Thomas were close friends.

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It was a well-documented fact at the time that Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas had public feud ever since the 1985 NBA all-star game. The rivalry between the two has long been ascribed to a well-known theory that the point guard for the Detroit Pistons supposedly froze out Jordan during the 1985 NBA All-Star Game, preventing the ball from reaching his hands.

Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan’s recent jibe at Isiah Thomas

Isiah Thomas
Isiah Thomas

In a much more recent review Jordan explained the origins of his feud with Isiah Thomas, He said   ” If you go back and look at the film, you can see that Isiah was actually doing that,” Jordan said. “Once it started getting around that he was freezing me out, that’s when the ill feelings started to grow between us. Here he’s referring to the 1985 NBA all-star game.

Here’s a link to the famous game

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MJ continued by retelling the tale of how he first met Thomas. “He was already a well-known superstar in the league”, therefore he claimed that he was anxious and unsure of how to act in that circumstance “That was my first All-Star game. I stayed in my room most of the time because I didn’t know what to do,” Jordan said. “None of my teammates were there. I didn’t want to be out in a situation that I wasn’t comfortable with. The one time I did go out, I got on an elevator with Isiah Thomas to go downstairs for a league meeting

Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan
Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan

 That was the first time I met him. And I said, ‘Hello, how ya doin’?’ That’s all I said. I was really intimidated because I didn’t know him and I didn’t want to get on his nerves. I didn’t want to seem like a rookie. You know, to just be so stupid. So, I was quiet. I stayed in the corner. When I went down in the room for the meeting, I still didn’t say anything. After the weekend was over, it got back to me that I was arrogant and cocky and I wouldn’t even speak to Isiah on the elevator, that I gave him the cold shoulder. And I’m saying Isiah Thomas initiated it all.”

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Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan’s assertions were rejected by Thomas via Twitter with the message, “Stop lying, this narrative is not factual or accurate. Tell the truth, man.” He adds “Dr.J, Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Sidney Moncrief and I did not freeze you out. If memory serves me correct, I was injured most of the second half and Bird had a broken nose. Magic and Sampson dominated the game”

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Their rivalry seemed to have died down but with ESPN’s documentary on Michael Jordan’s Life titled” The Last Dance” releasing on Netflix, it sure opened some old wounds again

For more details on the two legends’ rivalry check out the Last Dance

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