Isaiah Thomas

Isaiah Thomas isn’t supposed to make his Cleveland Cavaliers debut before 2018 as he recovers from a hip injury, but his timetable might be moving up. From Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: Isaiah Thomas’ timetable for return seems to be accelerating from the original target of January 1. . . . Though there has been no official [...]

LeBron James is ready to start playing with Isaiah Thomas. Though the 5’9″ point guard has become something of a forgotten commodity from the Kyrie Irving trade, the Cleveland Cavaliers know what they have in him—James included. Thomas has no timetable for his return from a hip injury, but he and James have, per Cleveland.com’s [...]

When Gordon Hayward crumpled to the floor early in the Boston Celtics’ opening-night loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, everyone in Quicken Loans Arena knew. The fans, the players, the coaches—they all understood. Something was broken. Hayward’s season was over. It was a gruesome, soul-sundering sight to behold, made so much worse, for some reason, by [...]

Growing up being the smallest guy on the court your whole life, playing with an extra chip on your shoulder to prove all of your doubters wrong and to dominate your enemies (on a basketball court) becomes ingrained into your DNA. Isaiah Thomas has been doubted, overlooked and underappreciated seemingly his whole NBA career after [...]

The 2017-18 Boston Celtics will look a lot different than the 2016-17 Boston Celtics that were the No. 1 seed in the eastern conference and made the eastern conference finals. 11 of the 15 players on the Celtics roster will be new, including four of their five starters. One of the few players that was [...]

In a summer full of blockbuster trades, the one that may affect the NBA championship picture the most is the deal between the Celtics and Cavaliers that was finalized last month and featured Kyrie Irving and Isaiah Thomas as the centerpieces moving from the Cavs to the Celtics and vice versa. The main complication that [...]

Boston was the big winner in free agency this season as they were able to lure 27-year-old All-Star wing Gordon Hayward from the Utah Jazz. Everybody knew Boston would be a big contender for Hayward’s services because of his connection with Celtics Head Coach Brad Stevens, whom recruited him to and coached him at Butler [...]

How tight are Isaiah Thomas and Tom Brady? Tight enough for the New England Patriot quarterback to text the All-NBA point guard after news broke that he was traded from the Boston Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers as part of the Kyrie Irving trade. Thomas penned a piece for The Players’ Tribune that dropped on [...]

Alas the drama and complication surrounding the mega trade between the two premier teams in the eastern conference featuring Kyrie Irving being dealt to the Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas has been completed and finalized. After a week of re-negotiation and concern after Cavaliers doctors feared the risk of re-injury for Thomas with his [...]

With his smallish stature at 5’7″, Isaiah Thomas has been doubted his entire life on a basketball court and as such has played with a huge chip on his shoulder his entire career. He was the last pick of the 2011 NBA Draft and was essentially allowed to walk from the Kings after a season [...]