Isaiah Thomas

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... guy who is absolutely lethal even when everyone in the building knows a) he’s going to get the ball, and b) he’s going left. But that’s how the 27-year-old has gone from the last pick in the 2011 Draft by the Sacramento Kings  (he was an afterthought after the Kings made a deal to get Jimmer Fredette on Draft night ) to an All-Star in Boston. How he got from Sacramento - where the Kings intimated he pounded the ball too much - to Phoenix, where he signed a four-year, $27 million contract in 2014 as part of a sign-and-trade deal with the Kings , and then to Boston, which got him a few months later after the three-guard arrangement almost no one outside of Phoenix thought could work indeed didn’t work, to the Celtics, explains a lot about how those respective teams have done in recent years. His size or ballhandling is not an issue in Boston, where coach Brad Stevens has given Thomas the ball and the late-game responsibility to make the right play. Thomas, as of this writing, is fifth in the league in scoring ( 27.7 points per game ), providing ...

Dennis Schroder Talks Isaiah Thomas Slap Incident

... Hawks host the Celtics Friday night, the first game between the teams since the Hawks won the playoff series in six games. Schroder was asked, considering the competitive nature of both players, how he intends to keep the rivalry between the lines of the basketball court. “If he don’t slap me, nothing is going to happen,” Schroder said Friday morning. “If we keep it competitive, just fighting for balls, then nothing is going to happen. Then both of us will try to win the game. That’s fine but slapping or something else is not okay with me.”. Schroder said despite the incident he feels no extra motivation in the individual matchup. “I didn’t think he would do that at first,” Schroder said. “But you never know. I’m not saying that he is a bad player because of that. Tonight is a big one for us, the Hawks, and the team is bigger than anything else.”. During Game 3, Schroder was called for a personal foul 16 seconds after the incident, and he and Thomas ...

With Floyd Mayweather In The House, Isaiah Thomas Delivers Knockout Punch

... with an emphatic slap. Thomas and Mayweather are longtime friends, and Thomas jokes that the Celtics "usually win when he's in the building." Mayweather was shown on the Garden's Jumbo Tron during one fourth-quarter timeout, and he playfully held up the Celtics' cap of a companion as the crowd roared. Immediately after the final buzzer, Mayweather asked Thomas for his game-worn jersey and Thomas obliged, hoping for a gift in return. Floyd Mayweather was enjoying the show that Isaiah Thomas and the Celtics put on in the fourth quarter. Greg M. Cooper/USA TODAY Sports. "I wanted that jewelry," Thomas said of Mayweather's glitzy chains and wristwear. "I didn't want the jacket. That's too small for me. I wanted that jewelry.". Thomas made 7 of 12 shot attempts in the fourth quarter, including three 3-pointers. TD Garden serenaded him with now-familiar "MVP" chants as he attempted free throws with 72 seconds to play. After hitting a pull-up 3-pointer in transition in a one-point game with about seven minutes to go, Thomas pointed at his wrist while walking back up the court, whipping the Garden into a lather by suggesting the fourth quarter is ...

Isaiah Thomas Shares 'villain' Role With Al Horford In Atlanta

... of the regular season begins. Memphis is now 4-0 against the Warriors and Rockets, the No. 1 and No. 3 teams in the West.  But the Grizzlies have also lost to the bottom feeding Lakers, Kings, Heat, Timberwolves and Knicks.  That’s why they’re stuck in the mix in the difficult middle of the conference standings rather than competing for home-court advantage in the playoffs. “We just gotta start treating everybody like they’re those teams,” said point guard Mike Conley. “I think we get up for the good teams somehow and seem to lay eggs when we feel like we should win games.  Just got to come with a better mindset for all the games we play.  We know we can play with anybody.  We’ve proven that.  For us to get to that next level we’ve got to be consistent no matter who we’re playing.”. Just like at Golden State, it took a halftime jolt from coach David Fizdale ...

Isaiah Thomas Step-back Jumper With 2.4 Seconds Gives Celtics Win Over Hawks Video

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Isaiah Thomas Is Quickly Becoming The Nba's Next Great Clutch Performer

... more than a week later, and done much more damage over the course of the season. He’s the biggest reason why the Celtics hold the No. 3 spot in the East standings (just 1 1/2 back of the No. 2 Toronto Raptors) despite out-scoring opponents by only 2.3 points per game. [Follow Ball Don’t Lie on social media: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tumblr ]. It’s enough to make Thomas a legitimate MVP candidate, if not yet a favorite. The questions over Thomas’s value won’t stop completely — it’s hard to hide a 5-9 player on defense in the playoffs — but there’s no longer much doubt that he’s very valuable. They call it winning time for a reason, and anyone who dominates those late minutes like Thomas deserves a great deal of attention. – – – – – – –. Eric Freeman is a writer for Ball Don’t Lie on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at __link__ or follow him ...