The U.S. Olympic Committee, as well as USA Basketball, should arrange that Thomas receive an honorary 1992 gold medal.

If increasing numbers think 20 years later that it was a mistake, then correct the mistake.

If it’s all about “getting the call right,” as the replay proponents insist, then do the right thing and properly acknowledge that Thomas was wrongly denied the career achievement honor bestowed upon the only two players on that team who had more NBA championship rings in 1992 than him—Magic Johnson, who was almost a year removed from his retirement due to his HIV exposure, and Larry Bird, whose chronic back ills in 1992 rendered him a weak shell of prior greatness.

Authored by the Genius Drew Sharp

Fuck Isiah. He makes me wish he met Jerry Sandusky when he was a kid.

Holy crap, Tom. I think I may have to change my signature line. That’s wrong, but hilarious.

TomD - 20 June 2012 04:06 PM

Fuck Isiah. He makes me wish he met Jerry Sandusky when he was a kid.

Forgetting for a second the ridiculous notion of giving a medal, even an honorary one, to someone who was not on the team, the fact of the matter is, the USOC cannot award such a medal.

The only ones who could are the IOC. Even if they were in such a giving mood (which they would not be), I doubt feeding the ego of a selfish prick like Isaiah Thomas would even get to the idea stage, let alone merit even a cursory review.

If any US basketball players should receive a gold medal, it should be the 1972 team, who were truly robbed of their rightful glory by incompetent officials. The members of that team have felt so strongly about the decision that awarded the gold to the Soviets that they did not show up to accept their silver, and to this day not a single member has accepted their medals. Many have it written in their wills that none of their heirs should ever accept the medal. That is how strongly they feel about what occured.

And the IOC has not budged even the slightest about the 1972 teams plight, so Isaiah should not hold his breath.

He should also be given a puppy and assigned a designated hugger to help with his self esteem.