On April 30, 1961, Isiah Lord Thomas III was born in Chicago, Illinois. The youngest of nine children raised by a single mother on the city’s West Side, Thomas overcame poverty to become one of basketball’s most iconic point guards. After leading Indiana University to an NCAA Championship in 1981, he was drafted by the Detroit Pistons, where he became the heart of the legendary “Bad Boys” era. Thomas led the team to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990 and was later inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Beyond the court, he became a successful executive and advocate for education and community development.
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