Travis Best is picking a belated bone with his former coach, Isiah Thomas.  After being traded to the Chicago Bulls, Best claims he wasn't given a fair shot since training camp in today's Indianapolis Star.

"Isiah himself said Jamaal outplayed me in training camp, which was totally untrue.  The job was handed to him, period. No questions asked. Those things are hard to swallow after being (in Indiana) six years."

Best, an unrestricted free agent after the season, said he got no satisfaction when he spoke to Thomas about his backup role.

"I talked to him, and it's never really done any good. I don't know if whatever I said went in one ear and out the other or if he had his mind set."