This is just a bizarre story. early Friday, police and EMT's responded to a call at Thomas' Westchester County house. Police reports say that a 47 year old black male was taken to the hospital for a sleeping pill overdose. but Thomas claims it was his daughter who was taken to the hospital for a medical issue, not an OD. What the hell?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/bask...g.ap/index.html
Full Version: More Strangeness From the World of Isiah Thomas
NY Post: TORMENT BEFORE ISIAH COLLAPSE
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In the months before his mysterious overdose, Isiah Thomas was steeped in sadness and loneliness, agonizing over his failed tenure as New York Knicks coach and dreaming that one day all those who chanted "Fire Isiah!" would be forced to eat their words.
Thomas desperately clings to the belief that he will one day return to being an NBA general manager, according to a confidant.
He's also holding on to hope that the players he picked for the current Knicks team will rally this year and vindicate his player-evaluation skills, forcing a reassessment of his troubled tenure.
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In the wee hours of Friday morning, the Basketball Hall of Famer was found sprawled unconscious on the kitchen floor of his mansion in Purchase, Westchester County. Just days before, the team released its 2008-09 media guide, which gives recognition to every team towel boy and hanger-on, but doesn't mention Thomas.
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All these issues collided this past week with another problem in Thomas' life - daughter Lauren's hypoglycemia, which family and friends said causes her to occasionally suffer fainting spells.
She suffered a spell Thursday while she was at the Rye Country Day School, resulting in the 17-year-old being hospitalized in Greenwich, Conn.
Hours later, at about midnight Friday, the frustrated and overwrought Thomas started taking Lunesta sleeping pills, sources said, downing roughly 10.
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"It was a 47-year-old black man [taken from the home]," he added. "It wasn't a female. My cops aren't stupid."
"It wasn't his daughter," Hall said. "And why they're throwing her under the bus is beyond my ability to understand.
Thomas desperately clings to the belief that he will one day return to being an NBA general manager, according to a confidant.
He's also holding on to hope that the players he picked for the current Knicks team will rally this year and vindicate his player-evaluation skills, forcing a reassessment of his troubled tenure.
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In the wee hours of Friday morning, the Basketball Hall of Famer was found sprawled unconscious on the kitchen floor of his mansion in Purchase, Westchester County. Just days before, the team released its 2008-09 media guide, which gives recognition to every team towel boy and hanger-on, but doesn't mention Thomas.
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All these issues collided this past week with another problem in Thomas' life - daughter Lauren's hypoglycemia, which family and friends said causes her to occasionally suffer fainting spells.
She suffered a spell Thursday while she was at the Rye Country Day School, resulting in the 17-year-old being hospitalized in Greenwich, Conn.
Hours later, at about midnight Friday, the frustrated and overwrought Thomas started taking Lunesta sleeping pills, sources said, downing roughly 10.
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"It was a 47-year-old black man [taken from the home]," he added. "It wasn't a female. My cops aren't stupid."
"It wasn't his daughter," Hall said. "And why they're throwing her under the bus is beyond my ability to understand.
I had previously posted about this in the 2008 - 2009 thread -- I figured if Isiah didn't deserve mention in the Knicks media guide, he certainly didn't deserve his own Outsports thread 
I'll just repeat my post here:
I never thought I would feel sorry for Isiah Thomas, but I have to say I do now. I'm not sure what's the worse part. The fact that he (according to one report) is claiming that it was his daughter who OD'd and not him? Or the fact that I don't believe anyone takes 10 sleeping pills by "accident," no matter how the police report characterizes it. Sad, sad, sad.
I'll just repeat my post here:I never thought I would feel sorry for Isiah Thomas, but I have to say I do now. I'm not sure what's the worse part. The fact that he (according to one report) is claiming that it was his daughter who OD'd and not him? Or the fact that I don't believe anyone takes 10 sleeping pills by "accident," no matter how the police report characterizes it. Sad, sad, sad.
Isiah should really talk to T.O. about how to cover up suicide attempts.
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