“You wanna attribute Isiah Thomas missing the Dream Team to me? Go ahead!”: Michael Jordan exclaims he wasn’t responsible for Pistons legend missing out

Michael Jordan is as great as anyone can get in NBA basketball.

Widely considered the GOAT, His Airness is the pinnacle of success in the modern NBA. Two 3-pointers, 6 Finals MVPs, 5 MVPs – the list of accolades is endless with MJ.

Jordan was the face of the NBA and the world’s first true basketball superstar. The cultural importance that Air Jordans, Gatorade and Space Jam brought to Jordan was unprecedented.

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However, the early days of Jordan’s career were not filled with success on the team. The Bulls were a middleweight team that immediately became one to follow with Jordan. However, they were not actually uprooting trees.

Those were the days when the NBA was dominated by three teams: the Lakers, the Celtics and the hipster favorite “Bad Boy Pistons”. Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Isiah Thomas led these giants and, along with Jordan, were arguably the biggest names in basketball at the time.

And the 1992 Barcelona Olympics provided an opportunity to see them all together.

However, it was not.

How did the union of the stars with the Dream Team fail?

Well, it wasn’t entirely a failure. There was only one notable absence: Isiah Thomas.

The underdog was the spoilsport in the big NBA markets.

Isiah and his Pistons were the obstacles that prevented the coronations of Magic, Bird and Jordan. The enemies of the public.

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Isiah was not included in the 1992 Olympic team, naturally, it became a topic of conversation. And rumors spread that the exclusion was due to Jordan requesting the same thing.

The best point guard not named Magic Johnson was left out of the Dream Team. And the mystery was never solved as to why.

In the Last Dance, Michael Jordan addressed his role in the process. Or, the lack of.

Jordan said that in his eyes, “The best point guard of all time is Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas is the second best”. Exhibiting the respect he had for the man, Jordan gets into the topic of team harmony.

The general vibe of the team was one that hated the Bad Boys. Thomas was the face of the Pistons and the target of much of the hate.

According to Jordan, “it was the best harmony” for the team that Thomas is not there.

Jordan claims that he was not the one who threw Isiah under the bus. Who did it? The biggest snub in basketball history has yet to be fully explained.

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