Authorities were called to the home of former New York Knicks coach Isaiah Thomas, where police said a 47-year-old man was taken to the hospital and treated for an accidental overdose of sleeping pills on Friday. When reached on his cell phone the 47-year-old Thomas told the New York Post he had not been treated for a sleeping pill overdose and that it was his 17-year-old daughter Lauren who had a medical issue. It "wasn't an overdose," he told the newspaper. "My daughter is very down right now. None of us are OK."
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Harrison Police Chief David Hall said: "we're classifying it as an accidental overdose of prescription sleeping pills," Hall said. "I'm not going to confirm or deny that it was Isaiah Thomas. It was an individual at his home." Hall told The Daily News that the man took about 10 Lunesta sleeping pills. "He was unconscious, but breathing on his own." And Thomas' 20-year-old son Joshua also said it was his sister, not his father, who required treatment. "He's fine," the Indiana University student told the Daily News. "Reports of sleeping pills are false."
The drama is the latest in what has been a difficult year for Thomas. He was fired as the Knicks coach on April 18 after a season of dreadful basketball, a tawdry sexual harassment lawsuit and unending chants from fans demanding his dismissal.
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