Some people say that the NBA league is like a waiting platform, with people coming and going. Among them, some people will take the train to the far side and perform a gorgeous career in the journey of more than ten years, and some people will get off the train halfway to the station and watch their teammates who once fought side by side with them drive to the far side, but they can only stop in place. This is a fiercely competitive alliance, but also a most unhumanized" alliance, even if you were so beautiful and made a great achievement, it is inevitable that you will be abandoned by this alliance under the situation of hero twilight and injury.
The Charlotte Hornets announced a contract extension that they would offer Isaiah Thomas, the strongest 175 on the surface who had just joined the team, a second ten-day short-term contract, but the humble 10-day contract was enough to impress Thomas Jr. Speaking about the new contract, Thomas Jr. said emotionally: "The coaching team also accepted me, they allowed me to be myself on the pitch, they allowed me to lead the team, they let me speak up in the dressing room and help the young players, that's what I'm doing here." Everyone here welcomed me with open arms. It is worth mentioning that in the last "bloodbathed" Pelicans game, Thomas Jr., who came off the bench, scored 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting in the 16-minute playing time.
I still remember that when he first entered the league, Thomas Jr. was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 60th overall pick in the second round, and there is no doubt that the reason why the Kings chose to select Thomas Jr. in this pick at that time was that there was indeed some "scratching" mentality. In the college league, Thomas Jr. averaged 16.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, he is indeed a rare offensive edge, but how can he find his own foothold in this giant league with only 175 centimeters in height? To this, Thomas Jr. gave this answer with his entire career.
From the Kings to the Suns, Thomas Jr. has proven himself on the offensive end in his first few seasons in the league, and in the 13-14 season, Thomas Jr., who has gradually become the team's starting team, averaged 20 points per game. However, in 2015, the Green Army's decision to bring Thomas Jr. to Boston undoubtedly changed Thomas Jr.'s career, and in such a team with a sound mechanism of rotational defense, defensive change and co-defense, Thomas Jr. finally ushered in his own spring and completed the transformation from player to star. In the 16-17 season, Thomas Jr. played in a total of 76 games for the Green Army, and in the limited playing time of less than 34 minutes per game, he could deliver an answer sheet with 28.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists, ranking second in the Celtics' history single-season average of points per game, behind the Green Army legend Larry Bird.
However, after the end of the 17-year playoffs, the problem of hip injury has become a burning concern for Thomas Jr., when, according to US media reports, angie, the general manager of the Green Army at the time, once provided Thomas Jr. with a 4-year contract worth 70 million US dollars, but at that time, Thomas Jr. did not put this contract extension in his eyes, and said: "They are going to use trucks full of banknotes to renew my contract." Unexpectedly, after that season, Thomas Jr. became a chip for the Green Army to trade Irving and was sent to Cleveland. Later, from the Cavaliers to the Lakers, Thomas Jr.'s career began to go downhill, and the problems of injuries, age and lineup system mismatch followed, and eventually, Thomas Jr. became an outcast of the NBA league, and he could only circulate in the development of the league's teams to wait for the opportunity.
In the previous environment where the epidemic swept through the NBA league, Thomas Jr., who frequently hit the Gold Bullion (a team under the Nuggets), once again got the opportunity to return to the NBA league, he accepted the Lakers' invitation and re-embarked on the NBA stage. After that, from the Lakers to the Lone Rangers, Thomas Jr. seems to have adapted to this turbulent and displaced life, and as long as he can stay in the NBA, he is even willing to make all sacrifices and concessions. Just as the so-called opportunity is always left to those who are prepared, in the case of frequent injuries in the Hornets team, they once again threw an olive branch for Thomas Jr., where Thomas Jr. won two short-term contracts in succession with his unyielding faith, and looking back on his various experiences in the past two years, this ending is already very rare.
For his position in the Hornets, Thomas Jr. has long seen the reality, in an interview with the media, Thomas Jr. is very humble to say that he came here to help young players such as Lamelo Ball and Rozier grow up, and beside these two defenders who are in the current year, the former All-Star is willing to be the green leaf around them and guide their growth.