NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas’ appearance on Tuesday’s episode of ESPN’s Keyshawn, JWill, and Max show came to abrupt end after the former Detroit Pistons point guard got upset over the picture chosen for his phone interview.
While discussing the NBA Playoffs, Thomas expressed his displeasure with the photo, which featured an unsmiling Isiah looking a bit unhappy.
“By the way, I’m looking at my picture,” he told the show. “Come on, Keyshawn [Johnson], y’all doing that to me?”
Isiah continued, “I saw Max Kellerman’s picture up there. I saw your picture up there. Y’all smiling. This the picture y’all put up there of me? What y’all doing at ESPN to me?”
Keyshawn Johnson and Max Kellerman continued the conversation about Isiah Thomas and the picture later in the show.
Assuming Isiah was just joking around, Max and Keyshaun played along, before Thomas continued to complain about the photo.
“Pictures say a lot,” he said. “And the way y’all got me cast in this picture, you know that ain’t me.”
Isiah then threatened to hang up and call the show right back, but only if they actually changed the photo to a more flattering picture. While Max and Keyshaun attempted to keep Isiah on the phone, a producer for the show successfully changed the picture, only to once again chose one in which Thomas wasn’t looking very happy.
After Isiah Thomas and called back later, Max and Keyshaun returned to the subject of Isiah’s picture, with the latter agreeing that he understood why the legendary Pistons guard was upset over the photo.
“I don’t blame him, though,” Keyshaun explained. “You know how many pictures in my career, on the field and in television radio, that people use and it’s a frown? Don’t identify me like that! That’s what Zeke is saying.”
Watch a clip of the full interaction up top.
