Isiah Thomas is pissed off at Magic for saying Thomas questioned his sexuality:

Former Knicks coach, Isiah Thomas, is lashing out at Magic Johnson over accusations contained in a soon-to-be published book written by the former Laker and Larry Bird, including the claim that Thomas questioned Johnson’s sexuality…… after he was diagnosed with HIV. Thomas is now coaching at Florida International University in Miami after leaving New York amid controversy following a finding by a federal jury that he had sexually harassed a colleague in the organization. He told SI.com Thursday that he was hurt by the criticism from someone he thought was a friend.

“I really feel taken advantage of for all these years,” Thomas said. “I’m totally blindsided by this. Every time that I’ve seen Magic, he has been friendly with me.” In “When the Game was Ours,” to be published Nov. 4, Johnson claims that Thomas made calls to various NBA contacts after Johnson was diagnosed in 1991, and asked whether Johnson was gay.

“How can a so-called friend question your sexuality like that,” Johnson asks. “I know why he did it, because we used to kiss before games, and now if people were wondering about me, that meant they were wondering about him, too.” Johnson goes on to say that his distrust contributed to his failure to lobby for Thomas’ inclusion on the legendary 1992 Olympic “Dream Team.” Johnson lists the different reasons why he believes the other players on that team didn’t want Thomas on the roster. Co-written by both Johnson and Bird with sports columnist Jackie MacMullan, the book mostly focuses on the intense rivalry between Johnson’s Lakers and Bird’s Celtics in the ’80s.

“I wish he would have had the courage to say this stuff to me face to face, as opposed to writing it in some damn book to sell and he can make money off it,” Thomas said. Thomas cut ties with the Knicks in the spring and departed for Florida after a dismal five years serving as president and coach with the organization. In 2007, a federal jury found that Thomas had sexually harassed Anuncha Browne-Sanders and fined Madison Square Garden $11.6 million in punitive damages.

Well, we always felt that Isiah was soft and Magic…

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Although the Knicks had to shell out beaucoup stacks to atone for Isiah’s f*ckery, none of that caused FIU to think twice about naming him their new men’s basketball coach:

After leaving his position as head coach of the New York Knicks in 2008, following a losing season that tied the franchise’s worst record ever mark, Isiah Thomas has signed on to coach at Florida International University.

According to FoxSports.com, the school announced Tuesday (April 14) that they had signed Thomas to a five-year contract, and would introduce him as the FIU head coach on Wednesday (April 15) during a news conference.

47-year-old Thomas will replace Sergio Rouco — who was fired this week after a 55-94 record in five years at the Sun Belt Conference school.

Isiah played 13 seasons in the NBA all for the Detroit Pistons. In 2000, he came onboard the Indiana Pacers team as a head coach, leading the team to the playoffs during his three seasons with the organization. However, he was replaced by Rick Carlisle in 2003.

Thomas when on to become president of basketball operations for the New York Knicks, and eventually replaced Larry Brown as head coach in 2006.

In 2000, Thomas was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame, in his initial year of eligibility.

You can’t blame FIU for taking an opportunity to (1) give their program a fighting chance and (2) to get instant buzz.  They just better make sure to hide all the women…even the busted ones as history has proved Isiah doesn’t discriminate when it comes to dishing out sexual harassment.

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According to Livesteez, the 911 call from the night Isiah felt like ending it all has been released, also confirmation on him being admitted to the psyche ward.

Isiah Thomas was confirmed as the person found passed out in his home from an alleged overdose. Now, a newly released police report indicates the person who called 911 about an overdose at Thomas’ home believed the victim had stopped breathing. “Upon my arrival I assisted (another officer) who was administering O2 to (name withheld) lying on the kitchen floor,” the report said. It does not say who made the call. Authorities have not publicly identified Thomas as the accidental overdose victim, but a person familiar with the case, speaking on condition of anonymity because the police report had not been released, confirmed to the AP that it was Thomas. The report also says the patient was taken to White Plains Hospital and that someone gave “a witness deposition” about the episode. The town of Harrison cited “unwanted invasion of personal privacy” as the reason for redacting the names from the police report.

In the report, a police officer says he went to the former Knicks coach’s home in the Purchase section of Harrison around midnight Oct. 23 in response to a report of “(name withheld) not breathing.”

This man has some demons. SMH

We’ll keep you updated on his situation.

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