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Thomas is bold, and he is actually ranked first in James and Jordan is ranked eighth. How dare he be?

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Smiling Assassin Isia Thomas has been a little active on the Internet recently. He connected with Green some time ago and said that Durant saved the Warriors in 2016. Without the two championships behind, the Warriors will never escape the shame of being turned 1-3 by the Cavaliers. Recently, he was on the show again, and what he said has caused heated discussion, because he ranked James first in the top ten NBA history list, and Jordan was not second or third, and placed eighth in the eighth place...

The top ten are: James, Jabbar, Magic, Bird, Russell, Chamberlain, O'Neal, Jordan, Duncan, and Kobe.

This is a bit unexpected. Logically, Thomas shouldn't have said such words now. Jordan ranks eighth in history, which is probably the first time he has been invincible.

However, it is not new to Thomas and Jordan have always had a disagreement. Since Jordan entered the league, Thomas has been unhappy about him. In 1985, Jordan, who was still a rookie, was selected as the Eastern Conference All-Star starter for his outstanding performance. There are rumors that Jordan did not take the initiative to say hello to Thomas in the elevator, which made Thomas extremely dissatisfied. So, Thomas called on other Eastern Conference star players to isolate Jordan in the main game and not pass him, resulting in Jordan scored 7 points only 2 of 9 shots, and the two of them formed a scoundrel. This is also the only game in all Jordan's career that scored 7 points.

Then Jordan became more and more powerful and became more famous, but Thomas was still unhappy with Jordan. However, the Pistons' "Bad Boys Legion" was indeed quite powerful at that time. From 1987 to 1990, the Pistons eliminated the Bulls three times in the playoffs, which made Jordan develop a considerable hostility towards Thomas and the Pistons.

This also gives Thomas the capital to say Jordan, who once said: "We (the Pistons) defeated the Magician, Bird and Jabbar, and Jordan only failed in the 1980s. We really beat him up to the point of bruising!"

When Jordan finally had the strength to defeat the Pistons, Thomas still did not win over Jordan. In the 990-1991 Eastern Conference Finals, Jordan led the Bulls to sweep the Pistons 4:0. However, after the game, Thomas led the Pistons players to leave the field early and refused to shake hands with the Bulls players, which made Jordan feel very embarrassed and further exacerbated the conflict between the two.

Later, Jordan was awarded the title of God. In 1992, the United States formed the Dream Team to participate in the Barcelona Olympics. Thomas still had the strength at that time and had the chance to be selected. But Jordan took the threat of withdrawing from the Dream Team and firmly opposed Thomas' selection. In the end, the US basketball team compromised, and Thomas missed the Dream Team, which became the pinnacle of the two's grudges.

So the two have been really grudged for a long time, and Thomas ranked Jordan eighth and said that it was just a matter of time.

Especially after James' rise, he finally had a player who could be compared with Jordan, and Thomas became James. He once said publicly: "Never in history, a player can dominate so many aspects of the game like him. He can be at ease in scoring, rebounding, assisting or defense. His comprehensiveness is amazing."

It can only be said that everyone has their own ranking in their hearts. Thomas doesn't like Jordan, so he will definitely not rank him first. Jordan is also a lucky Thomas. In "The Last Dance", Jordan directly named Thomas when talking about one of the most annoying players.

Do you guys, what do you think of Thomas' ranking?

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