I don't know, all those teams are pretty hardcore. I think Stockton put him in his shadow. He did make it 1st team 84-86, and 2nd team in 83 and 87. He does have some notable accomplishments, like 2 championships and finals MVP.
I can't say this but, who do you think is the better guard? and where do you think he should have been?:
Stockton
Thomas(your guy)
Jordan
Price
Drexler
Magic
Johnson
Ellis
Dumars
Personally Stockton will always be #1 to me. Magic, Robertson and Jordan are in an elite club, and I always think of these guys as un-comparable. I am not a big Thomas fan, but he was easily the best PG in Piston's history giving them 2 Winning Finals.
But what is weird, is that he got those Championships in 88 and 89, which are two of the years you talking about, but Dumars made the team and he didn't.
All great things come to an end...even in basketball -Me