When he was a top point guard in the NBA, Hall of Fame Detroit Pistons floor general Isiah Thomas was anything but friendly to the Boston Celtics and their fans. He was a regular thorn in the side of the so-called “original big three” of Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale in the latter days of that basketball dynasty.
But fast forward a few decades and Thomas, now an elder statesman of the league, helped guide then-Cal student athlete Jaylen Brown to the Celtics ahead of the 2016 NBA draft to put his former nemesis in a position to spark a new dynasty as that club rebuilt from its last era of contention.
