Can Isiah Thomas be any dumber?

[Mmac]

"You see, 'ho' is actually a term of affection among rappers." /stuartscott

Beat me to it. That Stuey quote was the first thing I thought of when I read Isiah's today. This whole notion that some slurs are OK for African Americans to say but not anyone else has got to go. If its offensive its offensive, it shouldn't matter the skin color of the speaker.

 

[Dan Rydell]

****-bag. That's a good term.

A preening, narcissistic ****-bag.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

The "it's a DB" thing loses its effectiveness unless you post it pretty quick after the thread started. I think the "it's a DB" should be in the first or second reply, not after the thread has started to gain momentum. Especially when the other thread has zero replies.

But run this by IJAG, she seems to be the arbiter of these kind of SportsJournalists.com issues.

I can't speak for IJAG, but it would seems anywhere on page 1 would be an acceptable d_b call out behavior. The first few posts can slip by pretty quickly before a d_b prospector has a chance to announce their find.

And depending on the level of douchosity of the poster starting the thread, pointing out a d_b on page 2 or beyond could also be deemed appropriate. That, though, requires a case by case judgement call.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

My question is, yeah this makes Isiah look like a complete****ingmoron, but how bad does Dolan look for hiring him and allowing this crap to go on? Too bad the Garden will always be full because this guy will never be fired. What if this happened in Dallas, Chicago, Cleveland, does management let it go? Methinks not. So why is it allowed to go on in NY?

 

[imjustagirl2]

RIP IJAG as arbiter.

 

[Lugnuts]

Could his luck finally be running out? The jury's all white.

What happens if she wins? How do you pay her $10 million, give her her job back, and let Thomas keep his?

Or maybe it settles before the jury reaches its verdict?

 

[Ben_Hecht]

When the Pistons first cut ties with Isiah, as a Detroiter, I was in shock. For most of his career, he was absolutely beloved in this town. There had been a few quirks ... a fight with Laimbeer, an altercation with a local TV reporter and probably a few I'm forgetting. But he was viewed as a good guy and a great player. Now, I have to say Bill Davidson absolutely made the right call. Thank God he hired Joe Dumars to run the show. These comments from Isiah are absolutely beyond stupid. He's trying to invoke the old race double-standard card.... and even f**** that up!! Unbelievable.... thank you New York for taking this ****-bag off of our hands.

Just thank The Great Dolan . . . who's so very, very special.

 

[hondo]

My question is, yeah this makes Isiah look like a complete****ingmoron, but how bad does Dolan look for hiring him and allowing this crap to go on? Too bad the Garden will always be full because this guy will never be fired. What if this happened in Dallas, Chicago, Cleveland, does management let it go? Methinks not. So why is it allowed to go on in NY?

Anyone who has hired Isiah for anything is a doofus.

 

[Starman]

My question is, yeah this makes Isiah look like a complete****ingmoron, but how bad does Dolan look for hiring him and allowing this crap to go on? Too bad the Garden will always be full because this guy will never be fired. What if this happened in Dallas, Chicago, Cleveland, does management let it go? Methinks not. So why is it allowed to go on in NY?

Well, he owns the team. He can do whatever he wants.

 

[Idaho]

Give him a couple of months. He'll be dumber.