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Does Isiah Thomas have too much influence with the Suns?! 👀 Stephen A. & Perk debate | First Take



Does Isiah Thomas have too much influence with the Suns?! 👀 Stephen A. & Perk debate | First Take
Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins discuss whether Isiah Thomas has too much influence with the Phoenix Suns and Brian Windhorst joins the show to discuss the latest on Ja Morant.
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41 Comments

  3. JM

    So what if Zeke have influence with the Suns? That is the prerogative of the Suns owner, and Zeke, the HOF & winner of back to back chips, does know basketball.

  5. Jeewantha Bandara

    Here's what Isiah Thomas did as an executive from 1999 to 2008

    Bought the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) in 1999 and ran it to the ground within 2 years
    Started as the GM of the Knicks in 2003. This is what he accomplished
    1. Second worst record while being the most expensive roster in the league
    2. Sexually harassed a female employee and paid $11.5 Million in a settlement
    3. Signed terrible players to high paying contracts and justified this by saying that such contracts would become trade assets in their last year. He literally kept doing this for years

    He's a walking disasterclass in management. Ishbia is blinded by his childhood love for this man while growing up in Detroit. Isiah is a terrible front office person and despicable human being. He should not even sniff an NBA job ever again.

  7. Boz

    Isiah is out of date with the business side of things with the NBA, the Suns will regret this and trading for Beal. They have no escape plan from this they are tied up with what they gave for the next few years.

    And they failed to get Beal to remove his no trade clause not good at all.

  8. Homeless Partridge

    Let’s not forget Isiah was a clown in the front office. He signed Jerome James and an overweight, underperforming Eddy curry each to what would be equivalent to a $26M a year contract today. Embarrassing.

  9. Max TT

    So what if Isaiah had a role? Ishiba is being a great owner to seek advice from such a great basketball mind. Ishiba may not have had the skill to be a pro, but dude knows the game as well. And is a genius in his own right. Chris Paul always hurt, big salary, he had to know a trade was coming.

  13. Kevin

    Ja only got 8 games for the first suspension and now 25 after he promised Adam Silver it wouldn't happen again. How are the NBA and media out to get him? He is getting such light punishments. He comes across as soft bitching like this.

  15. hendrix.

    Stephen…he’s dropping a book. He gotta sell it fam, don’t hate. The game is the game.

  21. Hazar -

    Perkins is lying 😂😂 Why would Isiah Thomas call Big Perk ??? Come on man 😂😂😂

  22. James Music Production

    CP3 was the reason ppl even looked at the Suns again. Same with the Clippers and he got traded and they bring in PG and Khwai 2 yrs later

  23. Prentice Young

    SAS holding Isiah Thomas ability to help run based on his experience with the NY Knicks from 27 FREAKING YEARS AGO is asanine,10,11,12… The Knicks have done NOTHING since so blaming him is ludicrous and saying he can't be official in his dealings with teams is also.

  24. Miracle D. First

    I guess everyone forgot Isiah’s front-office track record. He ran the CBA into the ground and that's why the G League exists today. He also ran Toronto and the Knicks into the ground. And With this new collective bargaining agreement, I can almost smell disaster.

  27. Milky

    CP3 is Mr Petty in the NBA “the league of petty”. CP3 wanted to stay so he took hit shot. I got no problem with it because people with common sense can separate the truth from gossip. We all know Isaiah ain’t making decisions in trades lol 😂

  29. Clay P

    As much as Stephen A can be a donkey, sometimes he’s spot on. This is one of those times. No one believes you Ja, not for a second. And when you come back with this ‘they’re out to get me’ mentality, it demonstrates explicitly that you DON’T actually take accountability, but rather that you are doing the exact opposite. He was becoming one of the most prominent faces in the NBA, which you have to be chosen for, it doesn’t just happen. That goes hand in hand with his Nike deal. He’s had life served up to him because of this play style and who the NBA see’s him to be and who is could be… and then he made choices that have knocked over that silver platter. So how is it that the NBA is out to get you? It’s called consequences son, and not even a victim mentality can prevent them from coming down on you. This will not be the last time for Ja.

  31. Rams Eye Bryant

    More stupid talk how can he have to much influence when this the first time we ever even heard he had a say over there ?

  32. Brandon Wayne

    Nah! CP3 just need to end up on Pelicans, Grizzlies or the Lakers, be willing to come off the Bench some nights (saves your legs). Be willing to take over games coming off the bench win six man (not injured deep in playoffs). What ever team that is wins back to back championships

  35. caper087

    So he’s top 6 best point guard of all time, why don’t ya just say he’s the 6th best lol 😂

  36. Randy Bailin

    Isiah Thomas' track record in management positions has been horrible. What are these guys talking about?

  37. CompletelyGemini

    Idc who you are or what you’ve done. Learn proper etiquette and be classy. Doesn’t take much to make a phone call about trading a person. It’s courtesy

  39. Benjamin Berman

    Isiah Thomas failed all three levels of his job as a GM.
    1. Developing the existing roster- F
    2. Drafting talent – F
    3. Free Agency- F- –

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