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Thomas proves doubters wrong

By Dana O'Neil
ESPN.com

Thursday, February 19, 2009

The other parents and well-meaning friends all asked James Thomas the same thing: Why are you wasting your time and money to send your son all over the country to play basketball? Isaiah Thomas might have had the name for the game, but with a body destined to crest at 5-foot-8, he certainly didn't have the build. "'What are you doing this for?' That's what they all said. 'He's not going to amount to anything in basketball,'" James recalled. There is foolish ...

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