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Isiah Thomas hospitalized after overdose

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by old_tony, Oct 24, 2008.

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  1. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    Considering Isiah couldn't shoot to take his own life, he had to go to the pills.

    I'm just shocked that Bird didn't steal the pills as Thomas lobbed them in his mouth.
     
    Freelance Hack, Oct 24, 2008
    #25
  2. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Isiah thought he was getting Viagra in return for a vintage California Cabernet that he traded his neighbor. Turns out the Viagra was past the expired date by 3 years.
     
    Boom_70, Oct 24, 2008
    #26
  3. RossLT

    RossLT Guest

    Solid
     
    RossLT, Oct 24, 2008
    #27
  4. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Surprised to hear that Isiah even takes sleeping pills. Haven't seen him in a few years, but, when he was in Toronto, he didn't drink, smoke or do drugs.

    He saw how much damage addiction did to his family, and never touched any of the stuff.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Oct 25, 2008
    #28
  5. gingerbread

    gingerbread Well-Known Member

    Nothing is ever what it seems in Isiah's world.
    He tells the NY Post it was his daughter "in distress," which apparently prompts the police chief to call Isiah a liar.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/sports/basketball/25thomas.html?hp
    At least two earlier news reports indicated that Thomas was not involved, causing confusion. Thomas, in a brief cellphone interview with The New York Post, said it was his teenage daughter, Lauren, who was in distress. Thomas denied that anything had happened to him. His son, Joshua, gave a similar account, telling The Daily News that his sister has hypoglycemia, which is caused by low glucose in the bloodstream.

    “Reports of sleeping pills are false,” Joshua Thomas told The Daily News. Referring to his father, he added: “He looked faint from stressing over her. They sat him down, let him drink some water. He’s fine.”

    Reached Friday evening, Harrison Police Chief David Hall confirmed that a 47-year-old male had been taken from Thomas’s home. He refuted claims that the incident involved Thomas’s daughter.

    “I understand that this person claims it was his daughter; he is lying,” Hall said. “It was definitely not his daughter, it was a male. We know the difference between a 47-year-old black male and a young black female.”
     
    gingerbread, Oct 25, 2008
    #29
  6. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    BIRD STOLE THE PILLS!!! BIRD STOLE THE PILLS!!!
     
    BYH, Oct 25, 2008
    #30
  7. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Nice...
     
    slappy4428, Oct 25, 2008
    #31
  8. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    There's the steal by Bird. Isiah can't go underneath to D.J.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Oct 25, 2008
    #32
  9. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Zeke? Lie?

    Can't be.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Oct 25, 2008
    #33
  10. Lester Bangs

    Lester Bangs Active Member

    Well, Isiah is rather feminine. But hey, you gotta love a guy who will hold up his teen daughter to deflect heat. Father of the year.
     
    Lester Bangs, Oct 25, 2008
    #34
  11. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Unbelievable - throw your daughter under the bus.
     
    Boom_70, Oct 25, 2008
    #35
  12. broadway joe

    broadway joe Guest

    Two words -- pathological liar.
     
    broadway joe, Oct 25, 2008
    #36
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