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Isiah Thomas III

Isiah Thomas is regarded as one of the best point guards in NBA history. He played for the Detroit Pistons and retired in 1994. Soon after he moved to Canada with his family and worked as general manager for the Toronto Raptors. He became CEO and owner of the CBA or Continental Basketball Association in 1999. He remains one of the top African Americans working in the front office of the multimillion-dollar basketball industry.