Pistons legend Isiah Thomas was recently at the wrath of some NBA fans for claiming he was the only top 50 player to win back-to-back championships without a top 50 player as his teammate.
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Widely regarded as a top 5 point guard of all-time, Isiah Thomas won back-to-back championships with the Detroit Pistons. Zeke headed the Pistons during their bad boys’ era, winning Finals MVP in 1990. Isiah had beaten the likes of Magic Johnson and Clyde Drexler in the NBA Finals.
The Hall of Famer never shies away from speaking his mind, whether it’s stating that he endured more pain than MJ during their playing days in the NBA or calling LeBron James the GOAT. The twelve-time All-Star is known to make controversial statements.
Recently, Isiah, made yet another controversial statement saying he was the only top 50 player to win back-to-back championships without a top 50 player as his teammate.
However, NBA fans would slam Zeke for his statements, pointing out that he had probably not heard of the Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. A Twitter user would later mention that Isiah was referring to the top 50 NBA player list that had come out in 1996, the time the Black Mamba made his debut.
Isiah Thomas faces the heat on Twitter.
Isiah’s latest statements seemed to have rubbed some fans the wrong way. Zeke recently tweeted about him being the only top 50 player to win back-to-back championships without a top 50 player as his teammate.
Though the veteran point guard might have been right facts-wise, the Twitterati slammed him for ignoring teammate Joe Dumars, who won Finals MVP for the Pistons in 1989. Many Twitter users targeted Isiah for ignoring Kobe Bryant.
However, Zeke was referring to the 1996 list of top 50 NBA players. At the time, Kobe had just made his pro basketball debut.
An interesting fact here is about fans failing to understand that Zeke was stating facts. The veteran point guard was right when it came to the reality. Probably the fans didn’t like the former Finals MVP being too proud of himself.
