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myespn.go.com - 8/20/2007
Isiah Thomas Wasn't on the 1992 Dream Team
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Why not? In the Star-Telegram, Jan Hubbard writes that Isiah Thomas was left off the 1992 Dream Team because people didn't like him. The biggest controversy involving the selection of the 1992 Dream Team was the omission of Isiah Thomas, who had been on the 1980 Olympic team and had been on championship teams at Indiana in the NCAA and Detroit in the NBA. Thomas was popular among fans, but ...

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Need4Sheed.com — ... Players hated Isiah Thomas, thats why he wasn't on the Dream Team. ...

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