“He was a cold-blooded basketball killer and he’s got that in him” - Skip Bayless says there’s no way ‘in heaven or hell’ Michael Jordan would sit down with Isiah Thomas

The rivalry between Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas was one of the fiercest in NBA history. The two players did not see eye-to-eye during their playing careers and their beef has continued well into their retirement.

Skip Bayless addressed the rivalry on his Undisputed show. He acknowledged that Jordan would never sit down with Thomas to hash things out as he is not a "nice guy." He also stated that Jordan was a "cold-blooded killer" during his playing days and that his mentality is unlikely to have changed.

"I'm not saying and never said he's a nice guy, because I would not call Michael a nice guy," Bayless said. "LeBron is a nice guy, and I think he really works hard to be a nice guy because, at heart, he's a nice guy. And he wants to be loved in ways Michael never cared and doesn't care about being loved."

"So if you ask Michael about the '85 All-Star Game, he's just gonna blurt it out again. Isiah froze me out and because of that Michael got even by freezing Isiah out of the '92 Olympics. But there's no way in heaven or hell that Michael is going to sit down with Isaiah because he doesn't sit down with anybody. Because in the end he was a cold-blooded basketball killer, and he's still got that in him."

Bayless also believes Michael Jordan is paying the price for holding grudges. He feels the six-time champion takes out his frustrations on his team, the Charlotte Hornets.

"You know and I know that's why he was the greatest to ever play," he went on. "He was who he was because of this. Now he's gotta pay the price for it, which is loneliness later in your life and regret of 'I can't do what I do anymore.' And he's trying to get his frustrations through the team that he owns and operates, and he's a disaster at it."

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Isiah Thomas disagreed with Michael Jordan on the cause of their long-term feud

Isiah Thomas reacts after being introduced as part of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team during the 2022 NBA All-Star Game at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on February 20, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio.

A recent article published by the Inquisitr touched upon the origin of the Michael Jordan-Isiah Thomas rivalry. The article was built off Jordan's comments during a 1992 interview in which he accused Thomas of freezing him out of the 1985 All-Star game.

“If you go back and look at the film, you can see that Thomas was actually doing that," Jordan said. "Once it started getting around that he was freezing me out, that’s when the ill feelings started to grow between us.”

Thomas rebuffed the story and requested Michael Jordan to stop with the lies.

“Stop lying this story is not factual or accurate, tell the truth man,” Isiah tweeted. “Dr.J, Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Sidney Moncrief and I did not freeze you out. If memory serves me correct I was injured most of the second half and Bird had a broken nose. Magic and Sampson dominated the game.”