Michael Jordan Audio Surfaces, 'I Wont Play if Isiah Thomas' Is On Dream Team

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Remember when MJ said on"The Last Dance" that he didn't have any specific involvement in blockingYeah, well ... now audio has surfaced from an old interview in which MJ says straight-up he told 1992 Olympics selection committee member's 'The Dream Team Tapes' -- here's the transcription.

"Rod Thorn called me. I said, ‘Rod, I won’t play if Isiah Thomas is on the team.' He assured me. He said, 'You know what? Chuck [Charles Barkley] doesn’t want Isiah. So, Isiah is not going to be part of the team.'" Audio of Michael Jordan admitting that he told Rod Thorn that he wouldn't play on Dream Team if Isiah Thomas was on the team

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I didn’t like that.

Thomas deserved that... Bad winner, sore looser! Dirty AF and a crybaby as he's still crying and will continue to cry about it

Selfish Michael Jordan

WTF! Nobody wanted to play with that dude! Let it go! U can’t bring back time!

We all knew this was the case 😆 y’all acting like this is breaking news

This has been know forever. Pippen said it in the “Dream Team” documentary years ago.

MJIT

How convenient, that this video miraculously appears after decades😆😆😆i guess it was government sealed? Fuckin TMZ

So what he’s MJ. He’s the little “Jumpman” on your Nikes if you have a pair. MJ put NIKE at the top. Adidas still kick themselves.

Jordan need to quit running his mouth and start helping out some black people tf

🤷🏻

Can you really blame him?! Thomas and the rest of the “Bad Boys” were punks back then BullsNation JumpmanHistory

Michael Jordan is an Uncle Tom always and will never be anything more. He put Chicago on the map made himself and all the white ppl rich and he didn’t and don’t give NO FUKS about blk ppl. So fuk Jordan he left a legacy on the Court, with Nike NOT 4 blk ppl

Who cares

Old news 🤷🏻‍♀️

So?

We get it..they not besties ctfu move on!

Nobody cares anymore, no one on that dream team wanted him there, not even his own coach..

It's a shame they had to settle for jordan in that argument

So?

Look at it this way. If they were willing to pass on a great like Isiah to keep MJ.. Who's the better player?

Who cares

Stop🛑

They won didn’t they

Who cares?

Jordan has every right 2 say he don't want 2 play with a classes, dirty player. I.t. used 2 tackle M.J. mid flight & this 'bad boy' is now talking about feelings & bn 'personally hurt'!? Magic wanna hug it out & that's fine but let's not forget what I.T. did 2 receive all this.

I'm getting tired of . Stop bringing up old shit to get some shit started.

It’s cute that TMZ thinks this is new news...

Who gives a shit

Who didn’t already know this?

So what Isiah walked off the court and not shake you and your team's hand. Get over it. GROW UP.

So, is this TMZ’ attempt at pinning black men against each other at a time when black men are being killed by white people? I mean...if “these” people don’t like each other, there must be something wrong with them.

The guy was a dick JoeBudden is right

Isiah didn’t belong anyway

So IT could have played if anyone wanted him more than they wanted Jordan. But they didn’t. Oh well...

MichaelRapaport I remember this audio during ‘92 season. I was well documented he did not want Isiah.

will do anything to stay relevant

Wow... we know this for years....oh cares..

No way to kill MJ’s reputation. He will always hold a high place in peoples minds. A great motivator and a good speaker.

This is the best thing I have heard all day

So what!! Y’all acting like the Dream team is assembling now. GET OVER IT!!! 28 years ago. Mike manned up and said he ain’t playing If Isaiah on the team.. ITS HISTORY!!!!

MJ=big baby

FolesFootlong SportmigosNFL god almighty unfollowed.

Who cares it was 30 years ago 🤷🏾‍♂️

At the end of the day nobody liked IT

MJ denied it! What I don't get is? Isaiah was mostly a trash talker. Dennis Rodman was putting his hands on MJ and Scottie. MJ sure needed Dennis on the Bulls to help beat a young Shaq. MJ was NBA FIRST SPOIL BRAT.

Who cares what's this going to change.

Yeah 😒 what’s new?

Bad Boys ain't got no friends. Man up IT. You took pride in damn near coming one dirty play away from ending MJs career everytime he drove. Yall did marketing campaigns on being assholes. Cant blame folks after the fact if they dont want you around them. Yo, nobody on team did

Who gives a shit

no one wanted him one there

Isiah had beef with Larry, Magic, Michael, Scottie. He had no chance in God’s green earth that he would be on the team.

archey_corey Jhowie988 sounds like him haha

I knew there was a reason I never liked Jordan. He’s so selfish to take a opportunity from another man.

I wouldn't have neither

MichaelRapaport Michael Jordan is an asshole. Are there really people who don’t know this?!

Do you blame him for saying that Not at all!

If MJ said that good for him 👍

RealSkipBayless undisputed ShannonSharpe

K the hes not gone be on the team Jordan cause i need you bro for Daulton

MichaelRapaport Pp,

MichaelRapaport Good for MJ... Zeke was a dick and it cost him... and it should have

MJ a stone cold LIAR! Everyone knew he said it, why not be a man and just own up to it? Pathetic.

MichaelRapaport Definitely the right call. IT is an asshole.

MichaelRapaport

MichaelRapaport Not really news....we all watched the doc and figured that out. The audio just proves what we all thought....

MichaelRapaport Who doesn’t know this already? Isiah froze Jordan out of his first all star game. Magic didn’t want Isiah on the team either after us HIV comments that everyone has conveniently forgotten

MichaelRapaport Another lying millionaire. He flat out said he didn’t try to keep Thomas off. I don’t get it. It was decades ago. These guys are 55. Why lie Mike Everyone knows your a stone cold assassin. It fits your game. Own it.

MichaelRapaport Ok but we already knew that

He said he wasn't playing if Isiah was on the team in the 30 for 30 about the dream team. Not new. But he wasn't the only who didn't want him on the team... He's still the goat🐐🐐🐐

MichaelRapaport Honestly.....I’m going to be 💯 here.......this makes me like Jordan even more 😂

MichaelRapaport Damn, ratings, likes and credibility must be in the shitter huh TMZ? This is ancient news. Y’all tryin to ball but ain’t got none.

Good, F Isiah. GOAT says so...

MichaelRapaport

Good on him....Isiah was a grub

SammyMojica15 LetItFlyCeez staySTACKing_KA 🤔

Everyone knew in an indirect way Jordan did not want to play if IT played for the dream team, in fact no one did.They’re dominating, trash talker personalities wouldn’t have meshed well anyway.The handshake definitely played a part, BUT, Jordan should have told the truth. Period.

TMZ acting like this is breaking news lol

Its from 2011 interview btw. Also MJ never denied it, he just said something like - there were other guys not wanting IT on a Dream Team as well.

MJ is a proven liar and clearly a bully.

Not a good look MJ if this is true.

Jordan said this on the show. Damn tmz. Pick your game up.

AdrielG24

And the legendary legacy continues... this is the last dance.

Surprised?

Mj lowkey soft for that..

Jordan ain't tripping on Motown right now he happy with what I'm all right now!

Wow welcome to the past tmz.

Did he not already say he wasnt playing if thomas was on the team in the doco?

lmaooo

TMZ get every damn thing 😂

I mean maybe MJ figured no reason to pour gas on fire thats been out for a couple decades. He still said he didn't like Thomas.

who cares y would any1 be mad bout that

Bird and Magic had no love for Isiah. Maybe he should of been less of an ass to his fellow superstars.

LMAO

This ain't nothing new!

What? TMZ playing racist interviews and clips (Michael Jordan ) that just brings up more dividing and hatred? That's unimaginable! LOL! And of course you morons blame our president!

We already knew this

Stoppppp 😏

He ain’t say dat inna documentary twistin words n magic bird Scottie n his own coach ain’t want em onna team 😂

Jordan sucks as a person

That man never got over them asswhoopins lol

i love Isaiah like he told Jordan u play for Chicago i am Chicago.. and he played like it... i will always respect and honor Tuss... but he mishandled the goat on the handshake and if MJ used his power to pull a trump card.. Isaiah should have a coke and a big mac..

jazzblues24 🤤🤤

This was never a secret. 😂

MJ was smart. Thomas would have ruined the Dream Team like her did the CBA, Raptors, Pacers, Knicks, Liberty and Florida International.

Michael Jordan was and is a grossly overpaid stupid athlete! Why should any person make that much to throw a ball in a net? Who f ing cares?

BSmith4Prez YNot562

Audio didn't just surface they looked and found.

The last propaganda

Imao 😂😂😂😂😂

TalkLebron Wonder why?

So.

Not shocking. A lot of people didn’t like Isaiah.

Not news and ya‘ll will still buy his shoes

That is because Thomas told an early all star team not to pass Jordan the ball but no one’s mentioning that

the ole no hand shake game is why

I knew this for a long time now. Rather mj hated him or not Isaiah Thomas belongs to have his name on that roster.. I hope Adam silver will put in some work and put his name on that roster. Dont diss this guy like how the nfl diss on Owens... It's not right

Please stop showing these angry images of the Wealthy, Icon African American Men who have achieved greatness in their profession. Stop disparaging their self-worth and self-images to the World. TMZ should be Ashamed with this backhand Racist journalism.

I wonder how many more lies was on the last dance.

This is called fraud lies after all these years now it came up🤦🏽‍♂️

peperinamillan

Isaiah Thomas deserves more respect for making these greats hold grudges.

Who lies more? Priorities please.

You folks are imagining things...MJ didn’t select the team, he shared his feelings on the subject. How about his own coach not wanting Isaiah on the team? Run with that...more lame stream media as usual spoon feeding the sheep. Bahhhhh...

Who cares...

Damn, someone been sitting on that recording for a long time...🤔

I don’t care how much evidence they provide. Nothing is going to ever make me see Jordan as the bad guy in this situation.

Shannon after hearing the news!😁

Exposed 🤦🏼‍♂️🧐

We’ve known this for 25 years lol

BallifyNBA So he lied on the doc?

And?

Everyone knew in an indirect way Jordan did not want to play if IT played for the dream team, in fact no one did.They’re dominating, trash talker personalities wouldn’t have meshed well anyway.The handshake definitely played a part, BUT, Jordan should have told the truth. Period.

Mike straight up lied on the Last Dance. But we aren’t surprised.

Apparently no one wanted him on the team plus it's decades back. We don't care

MJ is the best player ever but a liar and an arrogant. A dificult team mate. He is the owner of that bulls!!

Really now 😒

Who cares. I’d take Jordan over Thomas 8 days out of the week and obviously do did everyone else.

Maxigomez09 mirá amigo

Soft

Who the hell wants to play with the guy that had a hand in trying to hurt you physically. Magic, bird, MJ all felt the same about Thomas.

Saying you won't play if Isiah Thomas is on the Dream Team and telling them you don't want Isiah Thomas on the Dream Team have two different meanings. The higher ups made the decision that having MJ on the team was more important than Isiah Thomas. They made that decisio not MJ.

This happened like 28 years ago. Let it go already

Its pretty obvious they all lied and didnt want him on the team. They are just not saying it out loud so they wont look bad. Even magic implied this on first take.

This is so not news I don't get the fascination with this when MJ openly admitted to still TO THIS DAY hating Isaiah Thomas

Oooooo

We all knew this shit

And...Fuck Isiah and his feelings...nobody liked u and your coach didn't extend himself to help you...to me that's the most interesting point of all of this because Mike wasn't alone.

Isiah you did that to yourself !

Is anyone surprised that MJ was a diva? I mean come on now!

1. IT is trash for hold on to a 40 year grudge. 2. They embraced that bad boy stigma. The majority of his opponents they pressed ended up on the same team. So why the shock?

Jordan needed an all star team to carry him

😂

Who CARES!

MJ is still the Man no matter what That other stuff is FakeNews

And?

That’s old news. Y’all just learning about this? Lol 🤣🤣🤣

So Jordan lied? Shocking.

Nobody on the team liked him nobody cares

No news here...

thats old news!!

Thomas was also an asshole dont forget

SkyHighEph This what they recorded it on

SoulzOfMischief Shit, now Kwame Brown really makes sense; man just can’t admit when he’s wrong.

He should’ve been on that team no doubt in my mind. He didn’t make it because the Pistons eliminated the Bulls 3 straight seasons in the playoffs‼️

i mean we all already knew this, he was lyin through his teeth lol

I’m sure all is forgiven

Shit, it happened a million years ago move on.

They had a rivalry on court. Then the Pistons chose not to reciprocate showing good sportsmanship when they took that L. Soooooo....IT basically cut his nose off and inadvertently spite his own face 😂 man it’s too late for tears about this. Move on 🙄

Hey Isiah...

News from like 20+ years ago and people still getting butt hurt... 🤣

MJ is a Major POS facts

Seems like the whole team was full of divas and jerks

I told my wife I didn't eat the last donut. She found crumbs in my lap.

MJ vs Isaiah Thomas

here come the Jordan ball gaggers to defend their man again

Here's my question?Was Isaiah deserving of the Dream Team? Whose spot does he take (Laettner perhaps, but there was always gonna be 1 college player)?Isaiah wasn't better than anyone on the team so maybe he was left off for many reasons.Reggie Miller more of a diss in my opinion

Man, Jordan was a dick

Is it not his right to say he doesn’t want to play if Isiah is on the team? And isn’t it the right of the selection committee to disregard MJ and put Isiah on the team? Selection Committee went with MJ, all there is to it. He never told them Isiah couldn’t be on the team.

Lol! His own coach didn’t want him! Non-story.

thomas and the rest of the bad boys were sorry ass sore losers.

Not shocking tho is it considering the 4 best player son the league all hated Isaiah

Isiah had a reputation of being a terrible teammate, why would anyone want to play with him?

Sooo? These smear campaigns are so predictable they wanna tarnish everyone even Ellen DeGeneres . Mainstream Media is evil

Who cares!

W

No one wanted Isiah on the team, Isaiah got on the bad side on the three best players at that time Jordan, Magic, and Bird

This isn’t news... We all know MJ, Magic, Bird, Pippen, etc didn’t want him on the team. 🤔

Isiah been BUTT HURT since MJ turned CHICAGO for him instead of Zeke .. Ahhh poor baby 👶 👶

So he lied

nobody liked him just ask Larry Bird he still hates him

Isiah must have been a real dick. Nobody liked that dude, had feuds w/ everyone it seems

nicole_benner

dam...i’m soooooooooooOOOoOooo surprised.....

dam big if tru

That team would've won the gold medal even without MJ...so they should've stood up to him...which means to me that some of the other team members didn't want him either

😳🤪

Completely understand players not liking him but his talent was undeniable. Shouldn’t have been kept off the team

Don’t let the fact that Jordan didn’t want IT on the team make you overlook the fact that his own coach, Chuck Daly, didn’t either...🧐

Tell us something we already don’t know

Who cares

MJ during The Last Dance

No one on the Dream Team wanted to play with Isiah Thomas. Jordan was not the only one.

Live look at MJ reacting to story:

I never liked MJ anyway.

So, don’t blame him.

Thomas is a silent American hero. He deserves some attention and respect.

The snitch , the liar

CHC3

Salty and prima donna for sure...why of course you can, when you are none other than MJ 😬

Is that supposed to be shocking? MJ, Pippen, Bird and Magic all didn't like Isiah Thomas.

Shit, they coulda won it all too

Dammn

He did Isiah dirty.

Now thats beyond..

pretends to be shocked

Jordan a real diva for diss

🤷🏽‍♂️

Damnn

That’s tuff

Fuck Isaiah he was a turd and still is.

Y is everyone trying to tarnish Jordan’s name

That feeling when you thought you was drinking water all your life but it was really piss

Like we didn't already know.

So what.

I don’t see the problem 🤷🏻‍♀️

Point is NOBODY wanted Isiaiah on the team, but Mike was the one guy that can raise that ultimatum and win. And everyone knew that so he became the spokesperson

Show me a competitive player that was a threat to Jordan, he'd got alone with, and I will show you how to build an igloo in the desert. KingJames would've never done that. fuckjordan goatjames

TMZ single handedly depressing this country more than than the Rona

Yeah Jordan or Isiah = no brainer

Good on him... so what !

2 things.... 1) I’m glad Isiah wasn’t picked. 2) I’m glad Isiah knows he wasn’t picked because everyone knew he was an asshole.

This isn't knew. Jordan had said before this doc out loud he didn't want Isiah.

ESPN told us first

😂 😂 Dem old heads ain’t real....the fakeness of mike

Even with this being true, what I find more interesting is the fact IT’s coach Chuck Daly was down with it. I mean his own coach didn’t even want him on the team! That’s the real story

MJ said he wasn't the only one who had a problem playing with isiah..although he should of been on the team

mj really a

No probs with this cause IT was a dick, BUT makes u wonder what else did his airness lie about in the last dance 🤔

dali707

Please end this beef...

Did my guy Zeke dirty - & Barkley got some splaaainin to do too !!!!

But Mike said that never happened? Bet you ESPN will never air that

AQUARIUS

Sounds like he said, 'I'd love to play, but, Isaiah Thomas is on the team.'

Several players on the team didn’t like him. I mean if it’s going to interfere with team chemistry then why have him on the team?

Jordan a hater. I never liked him and I don't wear his shoes.

His coach on the Detroit Pistons coached the Dream Team also and EVEN he didn’t want Isiah Thomas on the team.

I used to love Isiah Thomas, turns out this dude was/is an $$hole 😒

I have no issues with it! In fact I often emulated MJ’s winning mentality in my professional career.

MJ HATED THAT MAN HAHA

Turns out, nobody really liked Isiah. Who would YOU rather have on the Dream Team? This is a laughable story. Good for MJ for taking a stand and knowing his own worth. 👍🏻😂

That was payback, because Isiah Thomas would not pass the ball to him in the All Star game.

Jordan flat out lied in his documentary.

Isiah Thomas wasn't good enough for the Dream Team. Nonstory

Too late.

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