Isiah Thomas: Aretha Franklin took care of her favorite Bad Boy
Isaiah Thomas speaks during the funeral for the late Aretha Franklin at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit on Friday, August 31, 2018. RYAN GARZA, DETROIT FREE PRESS https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/aretha-franklin/2018/08/31/isiah-thomas-aretha-franklin-funeral/1162149002/ MARYANN STRUMAN | Detroit Free Press For NBA great and former Detroit Piston Isiah Thomas, Aretha Franklin was like a surrogate mom. He was introduced to her by his own mom, Mary Thomas, in 1981 when he first joined the Pistons at age 20, Thomas said Friday, recalling his relationship with the Queen of Soul at her homegoing service at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. His mother and Franklin "somehow connected through music." "In the 60s and 70s, my mom would sit in the windowsill humming the words, I say a little prayer for you," Thomas recalled. "My father had just lost his job, so the music, I say a little prayer for you, meant a lot to us in the household. "Aretha foun