Isiah Thomas Basketball player

For people with the same or similar name, see Isiah Thomas (disambiguation) Isiah Thomas 130pxIsiah Thomas during his head coaching tenure with the Knicks. No. 11 Point guardPersonal informationBorn (1961-04-30) April 30, 1961 (age 51)Chicago, IllinoisNationality AmericanHigh school St. JosephListed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)Career informationCollege Indiana (1979–1981)NBA Draft 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall Selected by the Detroit PistonsPro career 1981–1994Career historyAs player:1981–1994 Detroit PistonsAs coach:2000–2003 Indiana Pacers2006–2008 New York Knicks2009–2012 FIUCareer highlights and awards 2× NBA Champion NBA Finals MVP (1990) 12× NBA All-Star 2× NBA All-Star Game MVP 3× All-NBA First Team 2× All-NBA Second Team NBA All-Rookie First Team NCAA Champion NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1981) Consensus NCAA All-American First Team J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1987) NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team No. 11 Retired by the Detroit PistonsCareer NBA statisticsPoints 18,822 (19.2 ppg)Assists 9,061 (9.3 apg)Steals 1,861 (1.9 spg) Stats at Basketball-Reference. com Basketball Hall of Fame as player Medals Competitor for USA Men's basketball Pan American Games Gold 1979 San Juan Team competition Isiah Lord Thomas III, nicknamed "Zeke", is a retired American basketball player who played collegiately for the Indiana University Hoosiers. He went on to play professionally as point guard for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 until 1994 and led the "Bad Boys" to the NBA Championship in the 1988–89 and 1989–90 seasons. He was a 12-time NBA All-Star and named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. After his playing career, he was an executive with the Toronto Raptors, a television commentator, an executive with the Continental Basketball Association, head coach of the Indiana Pacers, and an executive and head coach for the New York Knicks. He was later the men's basketball coach for the Florida International University (FIU) Golden Panthers for three seasons from 2009 to 2012.