This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 4/15/2010.
Hall of Famer and Top 50 member Isiah Thomas was one of the greatest "small men" ever to play professional basketball. Thomas, who stood barely over six feet, was in his day the grittiest performer to play the position, a feisty competitor who offered no quarter and expected none in return. He possessed the skill and determination to take over a game at will and helped build a last-place Detroit Pistons team into back-to-back NBA champions in the late 1980s. Thomas' sunny smile belied an inner toughness that made him a key member of a scrappy, physical group of players dubbed the "Bad Boys" of Detroit. On the front left tail is the "Champion" manufacturers size 40 tag with wash instructions. Adjacent is another Champion "YEAR 1991 ID# BODY LENGTH 0" tag. Across the front is "PISTONS" in red on blue screen print. Below that and on the back is the player number "11" in the same screen print. Across the back is the player name "THOMAS" in blue vinyl lettering. On the upper left breast is the embroidered official “NBA” logo. Autographed on front in black marker and rates an 8. The jersey shows game-use and appears to have no alterations of any kind. The autograph is accompanied by a LOA from JSA.