Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Member Isiah Thomas is widely regarded as one of the greatest point guards ever to play professional basketball and was selected as one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history. Isiah was selected for the NBA All-Star Game twelve times and was named the All-Star Game MVP twice during his thirteen year NBA career with the Detroit Pistons.

Isiah was the second player selected in the NBA player draft after his junior year in college. Isiah is the Pistons’ all-time leader in points, assists, steals and games played as he played with the toughness which was characteristic of the Pistons during his career and led his team from last place to back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990. Isiah averaged 19.2 points and 9.3 assists in his career and joined Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson and John Stockton as one of four players to register more than 9,000 assists.

Isiah, a 6’1-1/2″ guard, starred as a freshman at Indiana University under dynamic coach Bobby Knight (after being recruited by over 100 colleges) and, while earning All-American honors and selection for the United States Olympic Team, led the Hoosiers to the NCAA Championship in 1981 in an upset over the University of North Carolina and was selected as the Final Four MVP.

Isiah’s mental toughness and focus on the basic fundamental techniques enabled him to go down in history as one of the best "small" men to ever play the game of basketball.