"The biggest difference between the Knicks and other rebuilding teams is that we can win, and they can't."
"Little Sheep Su Xi? It's Goat Su Xi, sir."
"Goat Su Xi will conquer every arena. You all had better get used to it."
"..."
Isaiah Thomas had a sharp tongue, practically forged from pure titanium alloy.
It was no wonder his words in Charlotte were so sharp; he'd been holding it in for too long. Ever since Jordan's apotheosis, he had been cast as the number one villain in all of Jordan's biographies. They made him out to be some irredeemable scoundrel, and he'd been bottling up his frustration for years.
Furthermore, he had always seen himself as the king who ended the reign of the Black and White Duo, but Jordan's rise to dominance made everyone completely forget about his own short-lived dynasty.
Coupled with the infamous backstory of being excluded from the Dream Team, his reputation was in tatters for many years.
