Thomas, who had a starring role in the rivalry between the Pistons and Celtics in the 1980s, didn't want to be portrayed as a villain. That's what Thomas thought happened in "The Last Dance," a docuseries about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.

Isiah Thomas famously played against the Larry Bird-led Celtics during the ‘80s and early ‘90s, and those matchups were chippy, to say the least. So it would’ve made sense for him to appear in the recently released doc.

An NBA analyst recently discussed whether Michael Jordan's "The Last Dance" influenced Isiah Thomas to decline the Celtics documentary.