Isiah Thomas became the head coach of the Indiana Pacers in July 2000. Almost exactly three years later, Larry Bird was brought in as president of basketball operations, placing Thomas' position under ...

When Isiah Thomas took over as the Indiana Pacers' head coach in 2000, he thought he would be in the organization for years to come. Thomas even assumed that he and Larry Bird would bring the Pacers ...

Players in the 1980s and 90s played with a level of extreme competitiveness and intensity. Nonetheless, they all had great respect for each other. This was quite evident in the relationship between ...

The late '80s and early '90s marked a transitional phase in the end of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson's era and the beginning of Michael Jordan's era. But before Jordan became the torchbearer of the ...