This year's epidemic has made many forgotten players find the opportunity to play in the league again, Joe Johnson, Cousins, Cowley Stan, etc., and Thomas Jr. is also one of them. However, after successive appearances for the Lakers and Lone Rangers, he returned to the Development League Grand Rapids, and he failed to get a formal contract. However, in recent times, Isaiah Thomas was named the development league's player of the week, and in the three recent games for the Nuggets development league team, Thomas Jr. averaged 41.3 points per game, shooting 52%. This is not the first time That Thomas has had such stunning stats, scoring 81 points in a semi-professional game, and it looks like Thomas Jr. can still show full dominance in low-level games, so it seems that he still has the ability to return to the NBA.
In the 4 games for the Lakers, Thomas Jr. averaged 9.2 points, 2 assists and 1.5 steals per game, but the team lost all 4 games, only the first and second games performed well, announcing his return with 19 points and 13 points, but in the next two games, Thomas Jr. completely lost himself, one 11 shots, one 5 shots 1, such a performance is obviously not favored by the Lakers. And his second 10-day short contract with the Lone Ranger, only played for the team only one game and only 8 shots 3, and then triggered a safety and health agreement, comprehensive Thomas Jr. this season's game, Thomas Jr. is likely not to get more formal contracts, he can only be a team's firefighter at most, he has difficulty returning to the top, in this league Thomas Jr.'s figure can only become more and more weak.
Watching Thomas Jr.'s career history is really sad, from the day the draft began to enter the league, Thomas Jr. began his own history of struggle, when the draft talent was abundant, until the 60th pick was selected by the Kings, reporters are around Irving, Derrick Williams, Brandon Knight, these talented players, only one reporter talked to Little Thomas after interviewing others. Thomas Jr. can not help but say that he is not good enough, in his rookie season can be used as an important firepower on the King bench, averaging 11.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, especially referring to Thomas Jr., who is only 1.75 meters tall, he can play such a table in the high-ranking NBA It is not easy, his talent is not the best in that year, but he successfully entered the second team of the best rookie team, which is Thomas Jr.'s first honor.
In the Kings' third season, Thomas Jr. completed the first performance of scoring 20+ points per game, to know that of the 59 people who were selected before him, it is rare to play such a performance in the third season, and in the 2013-14 season, Thomas Jr. (20.3 points), together with his teammates Cousins (22.7 points) and Rudy Guy (20.1 points), achieved the first 3-man average of 20+ per game since the establishment of the NBA, and in the heart of the city, Thomas Jr. always has a place. Sacramento was his first memorable city, and Boston was a place that Thomas Jr. would never forget for the rest of his life, and on the first day he arrived in Boston, General Manager Angie said to him: "Isaiah, play the way you play now, you will become a legend of the Celtics." Coach Stevens said to him: "I don't want you to change yourself because of anyone, I will change them to adapt to you." ”
And the Green Army is indeed doing this, Stevens created a system that successfully tapped the potential of Thomas Jr.'s offensive end, and other players on the defensive end also protected Thomas Jr. very well, I believe that many people still remember Thomas Jr. + Horford + Tatum + Bradley, they really created a lot of miracles, if it were not for the fact that James performance was too strong that year, the Celtics really could have stood on the stage of the Finals. The three years in the Green Army are the highest moments of Thomas Jr.'s career, and his Stevens is like the relationship between Maxima and Bole, it is estimated that Thomas Jr. did not think that there would be a team around him to build an offensive system, and his playoff experience was all from the Celtics.
When they came to the Green Army, they were still in a period of reconstruction, and people never regarded Thomas Jr. as the savior of the team, even though he was already a good scorer, but he was only a backup point guard for the team, and no one thought that Thomas Jr. would become the leader of the team. In the 2015-2016 season, Thomas Jr. played 82 games in the regular season, including 79 starts. Averaging 24.2 points per game in the playoffs from 17.4 last season, the Greens still stopped in the first round but won two in the series. In the 2016-2017 season, this was a crazy season for Thomas Jr., he set a new high in various statistics, the Green Army was also centered on him, his usage rate reached 34%, and Thomas Jr. also averaged 9.9 points per game in the final quarter, the second in the league to give back to Stevens, that year Thomas Jr. ranked No. 5 in the MVP list, he really became the offensive engine of this team.
Everything was good for the Green Army that year, they forced James's Cavaliers to a desperate situation, if it were not for James's godly performance, Thomas Jr. would probably stay in the Green Army forever, and he also created too many miracles, 29 points in a single quarter, 53 points in a single game in the playoffs, but unfortunately Thomas Jr. became a victim, and in front of other point guards, Thomas Jr. will always be the one who will be sacrificed. Since then he has begun his wandering career, cavaliers, Lakers, Wizards, Clippers, Pelicans, counting him to 7 teams, no matter how good Thomas Jr. can play, he will always be one of the traded. The same is true of Thomas Jr. now, whose body flaws are destined to become superstars like James and Durant, and even if he can average 41.3 points per game, we may see more in the future that a team signed Isaiah Thomas on a ten-day contract.