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Isiah Thomas: My Kid Needs Help, Not Me

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New York police officials are accusing former Knicks coach Isiah Thomas of a "cover-up" after he was reportedly treated for an overdose on Friday but then blamed the incident on a medical issue involving his daughter.  Thomas is claiming that his 17-year old daughter Lauren was the reason police and paramedics were called to his home. 

Speaking to the New York Post by cell phone on Friday, Thomas insisted he had not been treated for a sleeping pill overdose. It “wasn’t an overdose,” he told the newspaper. “My daughter is very down right now. None of us are OK.”

But Harrison Police Chief David Hall isn't buying it.  “It wasn’t his daughter,” he told The Associated Press. “And why they’re throwing her under the bus is beyond my ability to understand.”

“I understand that [Thomas] claims it was his daughter; he is lying. It was definitely not his daughter, it was a male. We know the difference between a 47-year-old black male and a young black female.”

On Friday an ambulance and police officers responded to a 911 call that came in from Thomas' Westchester County home shortly after midnight.  Several media outlets at the time reported that police confirmed it was Thomas who was taken to the hospital.


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S. M. Enniss said:

It appears to me that Isiah is going through what a lot of parents with teenaged and ill children go through, but because he's a celebrity, his issues will be plastered all over the papers, whereas, yours and mine (people whose names mean nothing to anyone of importance)- ours remain unnoticed.  

He has a son, who is apparently experimenting with alchol (underaged drinking); and a daughter who's has an illness, and as I recall, Lauren was ill shortly after birth several times while in Detroit (Pistons);  No mention as to whether he's still with his wife, Lynn;  He lost his job and is hated by New York.  He's at a crossroads where a lot of other people have been when they are forced to make life altering transitions, so if he did attempt suicide, it's not uncommon.  It just shows that inspite of having money, he's just like the rest of us (HUMAN)!

There's no mention as to whether Isiah is still with his wife Lynn Thomas, but it is my hope that she will step in with more support during these tumultuous times, if they're separated or divorcing.

Yes, Isiah has some readjusting to do, with what he endured this year, but at least he wasn't greedy and criminal enough to bankrupt an entire nation.  So those who are putting him down, look at wall street, this country's banking institutions and FannieMae and FreddieMac!  Now that's where all the chanting "FIRE THEM" should be.

I wish the Thomas's the best and a speedy recovery.

October 26, 2008 2:54 PM

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