Isiah Thomas rushed to hospital - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

erdubya · 10-24-2008, 03:01 PM

Word is he was rushed to the hospital from overdosing on sleeping pills...

Will post more info as soon as I find it!

erdubya · 10-24-2008, 03:03 PM

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the...doses_on_pills

sike · 10-24-2008, 03:25 PM

he must have wanted to dream about sexually harassing coworkers really bad!

MavsWiLLHaVeRinGs · 10-24-2008, 06:23 PM

Remember how highly respected Thomas was before he was President of the New York Knicks, he was known as a nice guy who was one of the 50 greatest basketball players of all time. He should of just stayed a retired basketball player.

MavsWiLLHaVeRinGs · 10-24-2008, 09:42 PM

More news came out about the situation, it wasn't Isiah that was rushed to the hospital, it was his daughter. She had a medical issue.

http://www.sportsline.com/nba/story/11058980

Well this is what Isiah is telling authorities when he received a cell phone call, at least.

Dtownsfinest · 10-25-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MavsWiLLHaVeRinGs

Remember how highly respected Thomas was before he was President of the New York Knicks, he was known as a nice guy who was one of the 50 greatest basketball players of all time. He should of just stayed a retired basketball player.

He was respected for his achievements with the Raptors and Pacers I thought. He was put in a horrible position with the Knicks and just made it worse each year he was President.

horse900703 · 10-25-2008, 05:33 PM

wat the hell is wrong with him~

nowhereman · 10-25-2008, 06:47 PM

HAHA this gets even better. apparently he said it was his daughter as a cover up to save his own pride. what a bastard!

http://www.sportsline.com/nba/story/11060942

dirt_dobber · 10-25-2008, 07:28 PM

They do have to release the 911 tapes due to the "Freedom of Information Act". It usually takes a week or so. They can block the person treated but they will confirm they were called to treat a male of 47 years of age who accidentally(?) took too many sleeping pills.

Stay tuned, this will get interesting next week...................

MavsFanFinley · 10-26-2008, 10:13 AM

I was feeling kinda sorry for him until I read the comments from the police chief. What in the world is Thomas thinking?

aquaadverse · 10-26-2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by horse900703

wat the hell is wrong with him~

Probably looked at the latest Presidential Polls. Running a once proud NBA institution into a laughingstock and blowing away any shred of professional competence is one thing, but everyone has limits.

jthig32 · 10-26-2008, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Dtownsfinest

He was respected for his achievements with the Raptors and Pacers I thought. He was put in a horrible position with the Knicks and just made it worse each year he was President.

Why on earth would he be respected for his achievements in Indy? He was awful.

V2M · 10-27-2008, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by MavsFanFinley

... What in the world is Thomas thinking?

If he was actually thinking... that'd be the first time in many years!

MavsX · 10-27-2008, 01:11 PM

worst. father. ever.

DirkFTW · 10-27-2008, 03:16 PM

OR

worst. time. to. look. exactly. like. your. father. ever.

"It was definitely not his daughter, it was a male. Wait... oh snap!"

Murphy3 · 10-27-2008, 03:34 PM

I kinda expected this to come out. The police can usually tell the difference between a man and a girl. But, I suppose Thomas has always looked kinda feminine..so, he thought he could get away with it.

dirt_dobber · 10-29-2008, 10:57 AM

Police provide new details in overdose episode at Thomas' home
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3669554

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Officers who responded to Isiah Thomas' home after a 911 call reporting an overdose on sleeping pills found a man passed out on the floor and gave him oxygen until an ambulance arrived.

Authorities have not publicly identified Thomas as the victim, but a person familiar with the case, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official police report has not been released, has confirmed it was the former NBA star and Knicks coach.

On Tuesday, Harrison Police Chief David Hall provided new details about last week's emergency in which officers were handed a bottle of prescription pills at Thomas' Westchester County home.

Hall said the bottle had a name on it, but he would not disclose the precise medication. He said police called the overdose accidental because there was no suicide note and no indication the victim suffered from depression.

ESPN.com's Henry Abbott reported that the medication was the prescription drug Lunesta.

Hall continued to criticize Thomas for not acknowledging he was treated for the overdose and for saying it was teenage daughter, Lauren, who had a medical issue.

"As parents, you try to protect your kids; you don't say they did something when it was you who did it," Hall said. "We know the difference between a 47-year-old man and a teenager."

Thomas' spokesman, Jesse Derris, said, "This continues to be a private family matter and the family respectfully asks for privacy." A call to Knicks spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz was not immediately returned. Thomas, fired as coach last April, still works for the team.

Some of the latest details about the Thomas case were first reported by Newsday.

Hall said the 911 call made late Thursday from Thomas' multimillion-dollar home in the Purchase section of Harrison went first to state police, then to Harrison. Harrison police on patrol nearby got to the scene first, saw a 47-year-old man on the floor and went into "standard operating procedure," Hall said. They administered oxygen until an ambulance crew arrived and took over, eventually lifting the man onto a gurney and taking him to White Plains Hospital.

He said it was his department's first call to Thomas' house. An emergency services log, with the names of the caller and the patient blacked out, indicates the ambulance arrived at the house minutes before midnight.

Hall said someone at the house gave his officers a prescription bottle, and the officers gave it to the ambulance crew so the hospital doctors would know about it. They then searched the house for other medications that might have been involved but found none, he said.

As a player, Thomas won NBA titles with the Detroit Pistons in 1989 and 1990 and an NCAA championship with Indiana in 1981. He joined the Knicks as the team president in 2003 and became coach in June 2006 after Larry Brown was fired.

He was fired as the Knicks' coach April 18 after a season of dreadful basketball, a tawdry sexual harassment lawsuit and unending chants from fans demanding his dismissal. Still, he was retained by the organization as an adviser and consultant.

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