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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Isiah Lord Thomas, III is a retired American 
3basketball player who played professionally for the Detroit 
4Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA); and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Isiah Thomas is a 12-time NBA All-Star, a member 
6of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named 
7one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Isiah Thomas was born and raised in the City of 
9Chicago; he played basketball for St. Joseph's High School and 
10played collegiately for the Indiana Hoosiers; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Isiah Thomas played with the Detroit Pistons as a 
12point guard from 1981 through 1994 and led the "Bad Boys" to 
13consecutive NBA championships in the 1988-89 and the 1989-90 
14seasons; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, After his NBA career, Isiah Thomas was an 
16executive with the Toronto Raptors, a television commentator, 
17an executive with the Continental Basketball Association, head 
18coach of the Indiana Pacers, and an executive and head coach 
19for the New York Knicks; he later coached the Florida 
20International University Golden Panthers for 3 seasons from 
212009 to 2012; therefore, be it
  
 
  
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
2NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
3SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Westchester 
4Boulevard from Roosevelt Road to Cermak Road as the "Isiah 
5Thomas Boulevard"; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation

7is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with

8State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs

9giving notice of the name of the
"Isiah Thomas Boulevard"; and 
10be it further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be

12presented to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of

13Transportation and
Isiah Thomas.