Posted by NineMike2Whiskey:

Nah IT just gave as good as he got. As told from the following site.....

http://www.makingpages.org/hoops/Malone.danger.html

In December 1991, Isiah Thomas, one of the league's most loved superstars, was driving to the basket and Karl Malone "went for the ball" but somehow managed to hit Isiah's face so hard with an "unintentional" elbow that Thomas had to be carries from the court and required plastic surgery and forty ststches.

Malone was assessed a flagrant foul and given a $10,000 fine and a one-game suspension. Malone, of course, claimed it was an accident and did not mean to hurt Thomas. After the incident, he talked to Isiah and denied the elbow was deliberate and offered no apology.

As Michael Lowe, D.P.M., team podiatrist for the Utah Jazz, remembered it in remarks at the 1996 AAPSM annual meeting:

Isiah Thomas was driving the lane hard to the basket when Karl swatted at the ball but missed and caught Isiah across the eye brow with his elbow. Again the smaller mass paid the price from the 265 lb. Malone. Thomas went down hard to the court. His initial reaction was that he had been shot in the head by some one in the stands. I looked down to see if the Orthopedic Surgeon was going on to the court, he wasn't in his seat, he had gone outside of the court area to answer a page. Isiah was hemorrhaging from the laceration quite badly and was badly dazed from the impact with Karl's elbow. I went down to see if I could help the trainer, since there was general mayhem on the court. I suggested that we put a collar on him and get a back board to carry him off the court. It was at this point that Bill Lambier grabbed me from behind and practically lifted me off the ground by the neck, telling me that Isiah wasn't going to leave the court that way. This was done by shouting about 2 inches away directly into my face. Before I could react from his shove to my chest to get me out of the way, he picked Isiah Thomas up like you would pick up your three year old son, and carried him very carefully into the locker room for further evaluation. It was at about this time the Orthopod showed up. I gladly turned the situation, and Bill Lambier, over to him. Isiah had a lacerated artery across the brow and was bleeding quite profusely. Lambier refused to leave his side. Since Isiah had a poster boy like face, the Orthopedic surgeon elected to have him transported to the hospital for a Plastic Surgeon to do the primary repair. Lambier went with him to the hospital too. That's what I call team support.


Of course, Malone supports his team, too -- only he does it by hurting opponents, not helping his teammates.

I personally liked the bit about IT being the leagues most "loved" superstar

That is one thing that has gone bye- bye from ball. The incredible mental and physical toughness that these guys had. Now these guys have a frikin hangnail and they are on the IR for 5 games btchn about next years salary.

Posted by Marv:

Anybody remember when the Chief punched out Laimbeer and the refs "missed" it?

Posted by Bippity10:

Isiah was dirty, Rodman was dirty, Laimbeer was a thug, Mahorn was a brute. Stockton was equally as dirty as all of them but for some reason gets a pass. All I have to say is who cares.

Posted by Nalod:

When you play pro hockey or football, you put your life at risk. Pro sports is about doing what is nesessary to win.

Contrast this to miss gay-z's game of late. Soft.

Isiah was a son-of-a-bitch. He was a fighter, sometimes dirty, sometime not. He would not have been the player if not for the intensity, and he paid a price by being off the dream team. But if he was not the player he was, he would not have been considered for the dream team.

I don't like everything Isiah does, and Van Gundy's comments have merit to them. Isiah does some things I do like, and thats how it is. Take the good with the bad. He maybe a sneakly litte Shlt, but he is our sneak little shlt!

I don't drink the coolaide and not know its bad for you.

Still standing on the fence huh Nalod?