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Isaiah Thomas Back?
Isaiah Thomas back! After missing the first 36 games of the season recovering from a hip injury, the wee scoring machine will make his Cleveland Cavaliers debut tonight, against the Portland Trail Blazers*. To be honest, I’d nearly forgotten him. ...
Here's The Moment Isaiah Thomas Found Out He'd Been Traded
From The Players’ Tribune comes this genuinely affecting video showing us the moment that Isaiah Thomas found out he had been traded from the Boston Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers....
Isaiah Thomas Has Had It Rough
The new Lee Jenkins jam does what it usually does—suffuse its subject with a big old cloud of pathos—and his current subject, Isaiah Thomas, couldn’t be more deserving of the treatment. Thomas landed in Boston after languishing under-appreciated in Sacramento and Phoenix, made All-NBA teams, led the...
Report: A 2020 Second-Round Pick Will Complete The Kyrie Irving-Isaiah Thomas Deal
The Cavaliers and Celtics have reportedly come to an agreement to tie up last week’s blockbuster deal, with Boston throwing in a 2020 second-round pick to soothe Cleveland’s concerns about Isaiah Thomas’s hip. The draft pick rounds out a return for the Cavs that remains pretty hefty, even if Thomas’...
The Cavs Want More Incentive To Take On Isaiah Thomas's Hip
Fresh off reports that the Cavs weren’t especially happy with the state of Isaiah Thomas’s injured hip, Adrian Wojnarowski last night reported that the Cavaliers will ask the Celtics to include more assets in the Kyrie Irving trade, with the threat of a veto looming over re-engaged negotiations:...
The Blockbuster Kyrie Irving Trade May Not Be Complete After All
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN broke the news last night that the Cavaliers are “considering possible ramifications” after putting Isaiah Thomas through a physical after he was acquired from the Celtics in the Kyrie Irving trade....
The Cavs Hit A Home Run
Consider the returns that NBA teams have recently gotten for disgruntled superstars who wanted out of town. DeMarcus Cousins was traded for a bag of pine nuts. Jimmy Butler went for a nice steak dinner. Paul George was swapped for an old bowling trophy. Last night, the Cavs managed to turn Kyrie Irv...
Reports: Cavaliers And Celtics Agree To Swap Kyrie Irving For Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, First-Round Pick
The Cavaliers have agreed to send Kyrie Irving to the Celtics in exchange for a trade package anchored by Isaiah Thomas and a first-round draft pick and rounded out by Jae Crowder and Ante Zizic, according to Shams Charania of The Vertical. ...
Isaiah Thomas Is Out For The Rest Of The Playoffs
Whatever scrap of hope the Celtics might have had for being able to resemble something competitive against the Cavaliers is probably gone: Isaiah Thomas is officially out for the remainder of the postseason....
LeBron And The Cavs Broke The Celtics
Somehow, Marcus Smart, Kelly Olynyk, and Avery Bradley were not enough to stop the Cleveland Cavaliers or even slow them down very much. The final score was not that imposing, as the Cavs won just 117-104, but Cleveland emotionally disemboweled the Celtics early and turned the entire second half int...
The Wizards Are Dead And Kelly Olynyk Killed Them
Thanks to a big night from oafish backup center guy Kelly Olynyk, the Boston Celtics took Game 7 from the Washington Wizards tonight, 115-105, and won the honor of trying to stop LeBron James and the Cavs. They will probably not fare that well, but whatever, this is their night....
Isaiah Thomas To Heckler: "I Will Fuck You Up, And You Know That"
We missed this gem at the time, but here’s Boston’s wee hero talking some smack to a mouthy Game 3 attendee....
Isaiah Thomas Will Beat You And Then Embarrass You
This isn’t meant to denigrate Isaiah Thomas, who fucked the Wizards all the way up last night and is proving himself to be the True Superstar nobody thought the Celtics had, but oh my God, can you imagine how aggravating it must be to get 53 points dropped on you by a guy who is about the size of To...
Holy Shit, Isaiah Thomas<em></em>
The Wizards tried everything against Isaiah Thomas tonight. They threw taller defenders at him, they tried trapping him on pick-and-rolls, they tried switching on him, they tried hitting him. Nothing worked. The puny Celtics star got into the best point guard duel of the playoffs with John Wall and ...
Isaiah Thomas Loses Tooth
Who knew that teeth hampered your offensive ability? Isaiah Thomas came alive after losing a front chomper, waking up the Celtics offense en route to a quick 12 first-quarter points....
Does Isaiah Thomas Carry The Ball? A Fred Hoiberg Debate
After a Game 4 loss, Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg accused refs of ignoring Isaiah Thomas’s carrying. “He had a hell of a game tonight. But when you’re allowed to discontinue your dribble on every possession, he is impossible to guard. He’s impossible to guard when you’re able to put your hand underneath...
The Celtics Have Righted The Ship
The first four games of the Celtics-Bulls series made no sense. The road team won all four games and season-long trends gave way to puzzling single-game outcomes. Celtics winger Jaylen Brown hardly saw the court despite a solid rookie season. Rajon Rondo spent all year switching back and forth betwe...
Isaiah Thomas's Tears Were Real<em></em>
On Saturday, Celtics star point guard Isaiah Thomas found out that his 22-year-old sister, Chyna, had been killed in a car accident. On Sunday, Thomas was in in the Celtics’ starting lineup for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Chicago Bulls. Before the game started, cameras cau...
Isaiah Thomas's Sister Killed In Saturday Morning Car Accident
Police say a woman killed this morning in a one-car accident north of Tacoma is Chyna J. Thomas, the 22-year-old sister of Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas....
What's Eating Isaiah Thomas?
The Celtics lost 116-102 to the Clippers last night, and after the game Celtics star point guard Isaiah Thomas was spotted doing that thing no team ever wants to see their star player doing: refusing to take off his uniform and staring into space....