Magic Johnson vs. Isiah Thomas BEEF

The criticisms are made by Johnson in When The Game Was Ours, which he co-wrote with Larry Bird and author Jackie MacMullan. The book, to be released on Nov. 4, tells the inside story of the most important rivalry in basketball history.

Magic also admits that he joined with Michael Jordan and other players in blackballing Thomas from the 1992 Olympic Dream Team, saying, "Isiah killed his own chances when it came to the Olympics. Nobody on that team wanted to play with him. ... Michael didn't want to play with him. Scottie [Pippen] wanted no part of him. Bird wasn't pushing for him. Karl Malone didn't want him. Who was saying, 'We need this guy?' Nobody.''

"I'm glad that he's finally had the nerve and the courage to stand up and say it was him, as opposed to letting Michael Jordan take the blame for it all these years,'' Thomas responded during one of several interviews he gave to SI.com on Wednesday. "I wish he would have had the courage to say this stuff to me face to face, as opposed to writing it in some damn book to sell and he can make money off it.''

Magic's most shocking accusation, however, is that Thomas was responsible for spreading rumors that Johnson was gay or bisexual after Johnson tested positive for HIV, forcing his retirement at age 32. "Isiah kept questioning people about it,'' Magic says. "I couldn't believe that. The one guy I thought I could count on had all these doubts. It was like he kicked me in the stomach.''

HookUp:  Sports Illustrated

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[Krissi (IP-tala skráð) 24.10.2009 kl. 05:05]

Er Thomas ekki bara leiðinlegi gaurinn sem enginn fílar. Týpan sem þú "gleymir" að bjóða í afmælið þitt og enginn saknar:)

[Emmcee, 24.10.2009 kl. 11:05]

Held að þetta séu bara nokkur útblásin egó að rekast á þarna.  Ómögulegt að segja til um hver hafi rétt fyrir sér.

[Siggi (IP-tala skráð) 24.10.2009 kl. 22:08]

Ég stóð alltaf í þeirri meiningu að þeir væru perluvinir, allavega síðast þegar ég vissi. Voru það allavega þegar Magicævisagan kom út hérna í den