Pond scum not filtered out yet

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: May 21, 1989| Author: TERRY BOERS | Copyright information

It was two days before this year's NBA All-Star game in Houston, and I was getting on an elevator at the headquarters hotel.

I hadn't even managed to punch in my floor number when I heard a man's voice from the back of the crowd. "Pond scum," it said.

Without even having to look, I knew exactly who the voice belonged to - Isiah Thomas. As I glanced back at the Detroit Pistons' guard, he had that angelic little grin on his face that most NBA fans and players have come to kno...

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