meet Isaiah Thomas a 5'9 guard who was an All-Star in 2017 and not only that but finished fifth in 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 defender in the league these horrendous performances got him out of the league within 5 years they gave up on me in today's video we'll uncover what went wrong and how he's making a return to the NBA since 1990 there's only been one player that's been drafted with the 60th pick who's became an
Allstar that player is Isaiah Thomas who was drafted late by the kings in 2011 but for good reason you see the average height for an NBA player is about 67 and well Isaiah's 10 in 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 their second round picks to use in the G League lucky for Isaiah the kings were willing to give some playing time by March Isaiah was already in the starting lineup Isaiah Thomas been superb since getting into the starting
lineup and by the time his rookie season conclud cluded he averaged 12 points and placed seven 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 two great guards Goran dragic and Eric bledo thankfully for Isaiah his stit 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 I remember the night he got traed from Phoenix to the Celtics and I literally jumped out of my chair and I was like yes yes yes I texted him and I said this is the greatest thing that's ever happened to your basketball career it seems crazy to hear that from a guy that was a big rival of the Celtics and back then he didn't want anything to do with the Celtics he came second and Sixth Man of the Year and made
it to the playoffs falling short to LeBron's Cavs The Following season was one of Isaiah's bests he was is leading his team with a career high in points and assists as well as getting selected for his first All-Star appearance the Boston Celtics Isaiah Thomas with this he became the ninth player under 6 feet to become an Allstar by the time the playoffs rolled around Isaiah Celtics matched up against the Hawks and in game three he had his career high 42 points for to shoot a bomb from Thomas it's they ended up losing his six but
the Celtics coach Brad Stevens saw how rapidly Isaiah was improving and developed a new offense to fit on 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 fourth quarter is deep having 29 certifying him as the clutchest player in the NBA that same season he made the All-Star team for the second consecutive time as well as coming fifth 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 high of 53 points in game two Isaiah Thomas has cracked 50 it was a rough Series where 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 two 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 the injury after getting eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals the Celtics started the season off trading Isaiah 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 Isa special is his quick post moves versus his taller Defenders but that injury made him unable to do much of anything since the game
plan in Boston was built around him it didn't really show his defensive struggles but when he came to Cleveland it brought all that to life not only that when Isaiah Thomas was on the court the Cav's box plus minus Lord severely after Isaiah's tenure with the c he played on several other teams whether it be for a veteran minimum two-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 stin with the team but there's something special about the Kings when you think about 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 this shows that the kings are the only team te that respects Isaiah let's face it when the Celtics found out that Isaiah suffered an injury they immediately sent him off to Cleveland all I'm saying
is that being 35 years old it's not too late to get a spot on a team heck even Chris Paul's doing it right now being short and on the older side if Isaiah Thomas is going to get a roll on a team it should most definitely be with the Kings
