Former New York Knicks basketball coach Isiah Thomas was rushed to the hospital by ambulance Friday morning after overdosing on prescription sleeping pills. Thomas was rushed from his home in Purchase, New York to a nearby hospital after taking roughly 10 Lunesta pills.
During a TNT conference call held Monday in which Charles Barkley popped off on a topic most avoid, and made a humorous yet tasteless joke about the Knicks former head coach.
While discussing ways in which the Knicks should be improved this season, Barkley said,
I think they have a better coach. This coach probably won’t try to kill himself.
BADA BINGGG. OOOhhhh low blow I tell ya, but I was sure laughing when I read it. Go Get ’em Chuck.