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Today's humorless report that the Clippers will consider Isiah Thomas in replacement of Mike Dunleavy as the team's basketball boss, brought to you by FoxSports.com college writer Jeff Goodman, isn't without precedent. Just a year ago, ESPN's Chris Sheridan reported a similar sourced rumor: reviled Clippers owner Donald Sterling had then considered Isiah as a supplement to the franchise's front office.Back then, the Clippers calmly acknowledged a chat between the parties, but nothing more -- certainly not a job offer to Zeke, then wrapping up his duties as a cuckolded Knicks scout. This time, ESPN reporter Ramona Shelbourne has tweeted that the Clippers responded with a caps-locked denial. That's how toxic you are, Isiah Thomas. When you're rumored to be taking over an NBA team, said team issues immediate ALL CAPS denials.
But really, this is more a statement on our perception of the Clippers of a franchise, and Sterling as a team owner. Would Goodman have the composure amid the hysterical laughing to push this story live if it were any other team? "Hornets to hire Isiah Thomas" ... I mean, no writer of repute would even consider publishing such a story. I could barely type it as a joke. It's only mildly believable if the Clips are involved (and even then only mildly believable). That is what Sterling's years of latency (or worse) have done: The Clippers are the Isiah Thomas of sports franchises.
What's the more likely story here? Zeke, now a college coach at Florida International, feels a twang of excitement at Dunleavy's retreat from the coaching seat and the subsequent promotion of (what is considered a) warm body Kim Hughes. He remembers the (weird, it seems) meeting with Dunleavy and Sterling. He thinks he has a shot at the job. He, or someone close to him, talks to Goodman, a college writer with a national platform. RUMOR. TWITTER-POCALYPSE. DENIAL. Fin.
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