Posted on 22 October 2009. Tags: 1992, AIDS, blackballed, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, false accusations, HIV, Houston Rockets, Ian Thomson, Isaiah Thomas, Larry Bird, Los Angeles Lakers, Magic Johnson, Olympic
A recent story appeared on CNNSI.com, as Isaiah Thomas blasts Magic Johnson for what he believes to be false accusations from their playing days.
In the article, by NBA writer Ian Thomson, Johnson talks of Thomas being blackballed from the ‘92 Olympic team, and also suggests Thomas was the ringleader of the alleged “freezing out” of Michael Jordan in the 1985 all-star game.
But Thomas heatedly responds to allegations that he created doubts of Magic’s sexual orientation once the Aids/HIV issue came up in the early 90s.
The allegations, about to be released in a book detailing the relationship between Magic and Larry Bird, came as a surprise to Thomas, who thought he and Magic had been sincere buddies all along.
I, admittedly, have not read the book, and while Isaiah is not the most credible person on the planet, his reasoning behind his dismissals of these allegations make sense.
You can judge for yourself and read the article here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ian_thomsen/10/22/isiah.magic/index.html
The book is scheduled to be released Nov. 4 and is certainly to create a new, and likely controversial, dynamic to the whole Celtics-Lakers-Pistons rivalry of the late 80s and early 90s.
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