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Who Are The Two Most Famous Athletes To Share A Name?

Do you think that when Isaiah Thomas’s dad decided to name him after Isiah Thomas (prompted by a bet), he ever thought his son would actually grow up to make it to the NBA? It’s a nice story, but it always leads me to double- and triple-check how to spell the name of the active player in Boston....

The Trade Deadline, In One Act

Setting: The clown-ass internet....

It's Time For The Celtics To Get Isaiah Thomas Some Damn Help

One of the big subjects of talk around the NBA these past few weeks has been LeBron James’s workload. And with good reason, too: LeBron’s 32 years old now, with a hell of a lot of basketball miles behind him, and as the past two seasons have shown us, the Cavaliers’ title chances correspond pretty d...

Isaiah Thomas Is The Fourth-Quarter King

He’s only 5-foot-9, but there’s nobody more terrifying in the fourth quarter than Isaiah Thomas. The Bogues-ian Celtics all-star has scored 15 or more points in the 10 fourth quarters this year, twice as many as any other player. He’s averaging 10.5 points in the fourth quarter this year. To put tha...

Wizards Dress In All Black Before Game Against Celtics; Isaiah Thomas Calls It "Cute"

The Wizards and Celtics play tonight, and it’ll be their third meeting this season. The first two encounters featured John Wall scuffling with Marcus Smart, Jae Crowder touching Wall’s nose with a single finger, and Bradley Beal smirking at Smart. The Wizards decided to set the tone for this round b...

Isaiah Thomas Denies Trash Talking Dennis Schrö<em></em>der's Mom

Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schröder and Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas were jawing back-and-forth throughout Friday night’s 103-101 Celtics victory. After the game, Schröder claimed that Thomas was trash talking his mother:...

Isaiah Thomas Is Having A Moment

Jazz center Rudy Gobert has the longest wingspan in NBA history at 7-foot-8.5, and the tree-shaped Frenchman is currently leading the NBA in both blocks and defensive rating. Tonight, he chased 5-foot-9 Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas into the lane, creating a scenario that seems as likely to end ...

Isaiah Thomas's Sons Are The Best, Cutest Hype Men

One of the best things about the NBA playoffs—curmudgeonly reporters be damned—is that players start bringing their kids to press conferences. After Isaiah Thomas scored 28 points to lead the Celtics to a Game 4 victory the Hawks, he introduced sons James and Jaiden to the world. They immediately ma...

The Silicon Valley Guys Who Turned Around The Warriors Don't Believe In Their Ridiculous Luck

Friday night, in the third quarter of a home game against the Boston Celtics, Steph Curry started throwing up threes with no more trouble than a drunk trying to fall onto a sofa. Six for six he was, the kind of eruption that literally changes the dimensions of the game: He buried one trey from just ...

Goodness, This Isaiah Thomas Pass

I’ve been repeatedly watching the replay of this no-look, behind-the-head pass from Isaiah Thomas that set up Jae Crowder’s game-sealing three, trying to figure out at what point Thomas spotted Crowder on the wing, and I never see him glance over there. But it sounds like it might be one of those sp...

5' 9" Isaiah Thomas Stuffs 6' 11" DeMarcus Cousins At The Rim

The Celtics scored approximately one million points in a defense-optional win over the Sacramento Kings this afternoon. Isaiah Thomas, now an all-star, turned 27 today and he celebrated by getting up there and swatting former teammate DeMarcus Cousins’ layup attempt. “Get that shit out!” indeed....

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Isaiah Thomas Stares Down Suns Bench, Says It Was All In Good Fun

The Celtics played in Phoenix tonight, giving Isaiah Thomas an opportunity to go at the team that traded him less than a week ago. He dropped 21 points and seven assists (albeit on 6-16 shooting with five turnovers) on his old teammates, but really took over the game in the final two minutes. He sco...

Report: Isaiah Thomas To Suns In Sign-And-Trade

With LeBron's signing out of the way, the rest of the free agency dominoes are starting to fall like many predicted. ...

Do Not Even Think About Dapping Chris Paul In Front Of DeMarcus Cousins

Saturday's Kings-Clippers game ended with DeMarcus Cousin missing a tough, potentially game-tying shot as time expired. As Cousins was leaving the court, he noticed his teammate, Isaiah Thomas, attempting to shake Chris Paul's hand. Thomas should have known better, because Cousins was having none o...

Madison Square Garden May Be On Fire [UPDATE: Everything Is Fine]

The first to note it, that we're aware of, was @NYScanner, which an hour ago sent out the message, "Manhattan: Box 0706 at 8 Penn Plaza at Madison Square Garden. FDNY Using all hands for a fire on the 6 floor." @BuffNetwork (a Twitter account that posts pictures of firefighting in the tri-state area...

The Renaldo Balkman Experience, In Nine Seconds

As the the odd man out after J.R. Smith signed with the Knicks, Renaldo Balkman's second chapter in New York comes to a close. We'll always treasure our time together, so take this opportunity to look back on Balkman's last play as a Knick: just giving the ball to Sacramento's Isaiah Thomas for an...

It Could Have Been Worse ... His Name Could Be Bill Laimbeer

Huskies guard Isaiah Thomas was named that because his father, a Lakers fan, lost a bet to a Pistons fan regarding the 1989 NBA Finals. [Arizona Daily Star]...