Isaiah Thomas, nicknamed the "Smiling Assassin", wears the number 11 shirt and plays as a point guard. Born in 1961, he is 1.85 meters tall and weighs 82 kg; he has scored 18822 points in his career. Inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 2000 and named to the NBA's Top 50 Stars in 1996, he played primarily for the Detroit Pistons in his career.
He joined the NBA in 1981 and was released from the military in 1994. In a 14-year career, he averaged 19.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 9.3 assists, and 1.9 steals in the regular season; averaged 20.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 8.9 assists, and 2.1 steals per game in the playoffs. He won two NBA championships in 1989 and 1990, 1 Finals MVP (1990), 3 All-In-1st Team (1984, 1985, 1986), 2 All-Second Team (1983, 1987), and 1982 All-Rookie First Team.
Thomas, with a tough style and excellent ball control ability, has been dubbed the "dribbling textbook". In the NBA, which is full of people, he has no fear, dares to fight, and has the willpower to persevere. Under the leadership of Coach Chuck Daly, the strong lineup led by him formed a bad boy army that made the whole league feel frightened - Bill Lambier, Winnie Johnson, Rick Mahon, Dennis Rodman, Jodromas, Adrian Dante, they played the dirty defense to the extreme, Lamberre's elbow, Thomas's tiptoe, Mahon's boxing, Rodman's throat lock; michael Jordan, the god of basketball, had repeatedly let the basketball god Michael Jordan taste the bitter fruit in the playoffs, and let the big bird Larry Bird lose his mind in the playoffs. Let Magic Johnson swallow the duck egg in the Finals. After winning three historic superstars in a row, we have to admire this tenacious, competitive little Hall of Fame star.
Thomas's greatest regret was that he was unable to represent the United States in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, because Michael Jordan's mastery of the American Basketball Association was that there was no room for negotiation without me. The reason for this, of course, is that the Pistons eliminated Jordan many times in the playoffs with foul-like defense, and the main reason is that when Jordan was first selected for the All-Star Game, Thomas contacted a group of old balls to isolate Jordan and not pass the ball to Jordan.
Although he is the thorn in the head of the infamous "Bad Boy Army", we cannot deny his superb skills, his tenacious will, and his unparalleled competitiveness.