The Return of Isaiah Thomas

 Landon
Meet Isaiah Thomas, a five foot nine guard who was an All-Star in 2017 and not only that, but finished fifth and MVP voting that same season. Yet just a year later he was one of the least efficient players and not to mention arguably the worst defensive player in the league. These horrendous performances got him out the league within 5 years. In today’s video we’ll uncover what went wrong and how he’s making a return to the NBA.

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Since 1990, there’s only been one player that’s been drafted with the 60th pick who’s became an all star. That player is Isaiah Thomas who was drafted late by the Kings in 2011 but for good reason. You see, the average height of an NBA player is about six seven, and well Isaiah’s 10 inches below that threshold. But what’s special about Isaiah is his quick first step that gives him an advantage towards bigs. Nevertheless, most organizations put the their second round picks to use in the G League, lucky for Isaiah, the kings were willing to give some playing time. Little did the kings know, this may have been one of there best decisions ever.


By March Isaiah was already in the starting lineup. And by the time his rookie season concluded he averaged, 12 points and placed 7 in Rookie of the year honors, racking up 28 votes. Coming that close to winning that prestigious award when being the last pick is insane! Isaiah was getting better and better every year until the Kings decided to trade Isaiah to the suns for essentially nothing. The trade made no sense whatsoever with the Suns already having 2 great guards, Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe. Thankfully for Isaiah, his stint in phoenix was short.
The next part of his journey was by far the best. When the news broke that Isaiah was coming to Boston everyone was excited…….
He came 2nd in 6 man of the year and made it to the playoffs, falling short to Lebron’s Cavs. The following season was one of Isaiah’s best, he was leading his team with a career high in points and assists as well as getting selected for his first all star appearance…… With this he became the ninth player under six foot to become a all star. By the time the playoffs rolled around, Isaiah’s Celtics matched up against the hawks. And in game three he had his career high in points, 42.
They ended up losing in six but Celtics coach, Brad Steven’s saw how rapidly Isaiah was improving and developed a new offensive to fit around Isaiah. This new game plan proved to be a success with Isaiah averaging a new high of 28 points. He also broke multiple records like having the most points in franchise history for a 4th quarter, having 29 certifying him as the clutches player in the NBA. That same season he made the all star team for the second consecutive time, as well as coming 5th in MVP votes. Nevertheless, Isaiah carried his team to the first seed which was the highest they’ve been in about 10 years.
They flew past the bulls in the first round and in the second round versus the wizards, Isaiah had his career of 53 points in game 2. It was a rough series were it went to seven with the Celtics pulling out. Their next matchup was a familiar foe, the Cavs. In retrospect they stood no chance, Isaiah had one of his worst playoff performances ever and only played 2 games that series due to a hip injury that he sustained earlier in the season. Over the playoffs it progressed from bad to worse, and it wouldn’t have got this awful but Isaiah refused to get surgery and play through injury. After getting eliminated in the ECF, the Celtics started the season off traded Isaiah Thomas to the Cavs for Kyrie Irving.
Isaiah missed the first few months of the season because of that injury, but when he got back he wasn’t the same. Like we said, what makes Isaiah special is his quick post moves past his taller defenders, But that injury made him unable to do much of anything. Since the game plan back in Boston was built around him it didn’t really show his defensive struggles, but when he came to Cleveland it brought that to life. Not only that, when Isaiah Thomas was on the court the Cavs “box plus minutes” lowered severely.
After Isaiah’s tenure with the Cavs he played on several other teams whether it be for a veteran minimum, 2 way deal, or even a 10 day contract. Although none were as memorable as him with the Celtics.
Flash forward to now, where tweets recently came out regarding Isaiah Thomas attending workouts for the Kings with other free agents. If these talks don’t fall through, this could be the return of Isaiah Thomas. Yes, he had other stints with team, but there’s something special about the Kings. When you think about out of the team Isaiah played with the longest it was by far the Kings. They believed in him when they drafted him and when they made the change to start him permanently.
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