Isiah Thomas jury selection moving along rather swimmingly

September 11th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

There are two types of women in this world: (actually, that’s not true at all, but for the purposes of this post we will suspend our collective disbelief and forge ahead) those that welcome sexually-suggestive advances from retired NBA players at their current place of employment and those who don’t and take you to court after they are fired. I guess there are also those that lie about it and take you to court. Oh also, some probably suppress the advances for years and end up emotionally unstable and watch “Grey’s Anatomy” for guidance. (See, that two types of women thing just doesn’t work.)

At any stage, the jury for the Isiah Thomas vs. Anucha Browne Sanders sexual-harassment case is underway, so let’s see what some of the perspective jurors have to say. Via CStB and the NY Times: (it’s Select, so you might not be able to click through)

“I’m a Yankee fan, don’t follow basketball,” said the 67-year-old Phillip Lief, a doctor from White Plains who was accepted without challenge from either side.

“I’m not a crazy sports fan, but I like to watch tennis, or golf,” said Michelle Zelekowitz, 50, of Pleasantville, N.Y.

[ … ]

“I don’t follow sports,” said Irene Ray, 58, a receptionist from the Bronx, though she noted on her printed questionnaire that she had heard of one of the players scheduled to testify.

“I know Stephon Marbury got those $15 sneakers out,” she said. “I think that’s great.”

[ … ]

Edward Watts, 43, a court officer from the Bronx, called himself a “New York fan” who watches games on TV, but only to a point.

“I don’t rush home at 7 o’clock,” he said, turning to Thomas. “Sorry, Isiah.”

[ .. ]

“I can speak freely?” Tommy Vasquez, 37, a Bronx maintenance man, said when asked about Thomas. “He’s a pretty good talent evaluator, but he’s not so good a G.M.”

He got a laugh from everyone but Thomas, whose lawyers objected to Vasquez as a juror. The judge overruled. Score the goal for the plaintiff.

Ah, how great. Even in a court of law, Zeke is getting criticized by Knicks fans. And you know what? This is actually nothing to LOL about it. I don’t know if Thomas was making advances via the Interweb or not, but computer love gets tricky.

Observe: