What was Isiah Thomas like when he was a 21-year-old recent graduate of Indiana University? It's hard for anyone that didn't know him in 1982 to know, but
a new video that's surfaced on
The Big Lead might give us some clues. According to the website, the young Thomas returned to Bloomington to accept an award at a celebrity golf tournament and Bobby Knight, his former coach, supposedly told Thomas to "make jokes at his expense." Make jokes he did. A charismatic Thomas tells the crowd that the first thing he learned from Coach Knight was the word 'fuck'. Thomas as a coach hasn't been close to Coach Knight's success - whether it be as a head coach or as a controversial figure. But given some time, perhaps Coach Thomas can at stir the waters himself.
We imagine practices with the Knicks aren't much different than the video - lots of cursing and uses of sunt. Because one thing's for sure, the Knicks don't usually play with heart.
That's actually kind of funny. Anyways, I'm going to look up some old vids of him and MJ going at it...
I don't think Thomas actually graduated from IU. He left after his junior year.