“But I don’t think anybody had skill back then. [Michael Jordan] was the only one that really had skill,” Anthony Edwards opined in a conversation with the Wall Street Journal. Of course, that would garner a response from a few. Isiah Thomas, among them, arrived with a seeming call to the media industry.

“Propaganda works, so be careful what you choose to believe,” Isiah Thomas penned in reply to Ant-Man’s remark.

Isiah Thomas has been big on opinionated takes presented through the massive media industry and isn’t all in for the influence it could carry. His ‘Bad Boy’ era with the Pistons, his dirty play, and some earlier times not accepting of the African-American players, have had various perspectives woven against him. And may be why he wasn’t to be satisfied with a private apology after when Michael Jordan called him an ‘a** hole’ on “The Last Dance.”

“When I was watching the “last dance”… I’m thinking everything is good. And then this guy comes on television and he says that he hates me and then he calls me an asshole.” This came as a surprise for Thomas who believed he had a fairly good relation with MJ. One which included the Chicago Bulls legend even gifting gym shoes to Thomas’ son and often dining in the same setting.

So watching MJ say what he said on the big stage and reportedly apologise through his PR team was not it for Thomas. He wanted Jordan to make things right on national tv or keep at the long feud. “You said that on national television. Now if you didn’t mean it, get on national television and apologize for it. Now if you meant it? Let it ride as it is,” he said on All the Smoke podcast last year.

But as far as Anthony Edward’s opinion is concerned surrounding old vs the new generation of NBA, he has a few wavering opinions of his own. Or maybe he’s fine as long as the credits are distributed and not concentrated towards MJ.

Isiah Thomas’ take on better side

In an interview in 2022, he placed LeBron James higher up on the pedestal over Michael Jordan, calling him the best player alongside Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

“Based on what I’ve seen, LeBron James is the best who’s ever played.” He continued, “Not only does the eye test verify it, but then now you look at his body of work in terms of data and statistics to support it. I mean, we’ve never had a player dominate, other than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, for two decades.”

But recently took offense to LeBron James’ comparison to the players from 1975. It was an old comment from the No Chill Podcast, where Lou Williams made that comment alongside host Gilbert Arenas. The player-turned-analyst spoke about how LeBron could have won 15 straight championships if he had played back then.

Thomas found the comment “comical” and “laughable”. Plus raised a point of the Lakers star not being the best athlete if he played in that era. Fair to say Isiah Thomas just wants credits where credits are due.

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