NAMES IN THE NEWS : Isiah Thomas Needles Quayle
Isiah Thomas couldn’t resist a little Dan Quayle bashing during a trip to the White House with his fellow Detroit Pistons.
Thomas, most valuable player in the NBA finals, poked fun at the vice president during a ceremony Thursday for showing up at two of the team’s worst games all year.
“Thanks for all your support,” Thomas said. Quayle grinned and waved his arms in protest.
President Bush paid tribute to the Pistons for their second consecutive championship victory. The team got to go to the White House the first time, too.
“I think they’re going to have to give us a wing,” Thomas said. “They have an East Wing and a West Wing, Now they’ll have a Piston Wing.”
Bush got a few good-hearted licks in during a Rose Garden ceremony.
Bush called Piston bad boy Bill Laimbeer “my old friend Mr. Congeniality.”
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