They Are Hiding Isaiah Thomas’s Dark Past

How did Isaiah Thomas go from finishing fifth in MVP voting in 2017 after averaging 28.9 points per game while leading the Boston Celtics to the Eastern Conference Finals to a man who earned less in his career? What Ben Simmons is earning this season alone? Short Answer Isaiah Thomas had one of the quickest falls in NBA history, from MVP-type numbers with a Max contract on the horizon to a season so bad that LeBron would have traded him after just 15 games in just one year, his Scoring numbers were cut in half. Field goal percentage dropped to 36.1% and after being traded, Isaiah would play just 96 games in seven years on seven different teams, begging the question of what caused one of the biggest drops in his career, if not the largest we have ever seen.

What's happening? Mike here and you? We know that since data was tracked in 1997, Isaiah Thomas is the second-leading fourth-quarter scorer, a big statement, but if we look at the 2017 list, Isaiah Thomas had the second-most fourth-quarter points of any player. other than Kobe Bryant, as in That 2017 season, Isaiah averaged a staggering 9.77 points per game in the fourth quarter alone, a scoring average that was actually better than Kobe's, and Isaiah seemingly cemented himself as one of the best closers in the game, if not the best, with his hyper-efficient play. 2017 AA was a legit offense. He stars as the go-to guy for Bost Boston's offense, leading the Celtics to the number one spot in the Eastern Conference over the Cavs and ranking third in points per game, ninth in true shooting percentage, ninth in vorp, seventh in seventh in winning percentage. per 48 minutes, second in offensive win percentage and second in offensive box score plus minus, these numbers were undeniable and by all accounts he was only 27 years old, Isaiah was on track to earn a Max contract and compared to other brilliant Allstars at the time, guys who will be in the Hall of Fame one day.

Isaiah's numbers remain strong this season. Isaiah was named Second Team All-NBA along with Steph Giannis, Kevin Durant and Rudy Gober. I came into this season having never scored 40 points in a single game. He would score 40 or more five different times in 2017, including a 52-point eruption against the Miami Heat, while also breaking the record for most 20 consecutive games by a Boston Celtic with 43, a record that had been held by John Havich for 4 37 years. The Celtics at the time had a defensive roster that lacked star power on the offensive end and Isaiah fit right in with him on the court.

Boston had an effective field goal percentage of 54.8, which would have ranked them second in the entire NBA and in terms of offensive rating with this on the court the Celtics would have ranked first over the Golden State Warriors with a rating out of 11 16.4 but before we continue guys I want to thank Taurus for sponsoring today's video and I don't know if you saw the recent game. between the Nuggets and Mavericks on March 17, when Kyrie Irving scored his second game-winner in that postgame interview. Kyrie said most of it is instinctive and the preparation takes hours. There have been tons of impressive performances this season, but in a sporting spirit.

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If you need comfort and air conditioning this season, purchase a coolify cyber from Taurus. The link is on the screen or in the description. click below thanks to Taurus for sponsoring today's video and now let's get back to that video. Isaiah did not end there, as in the 2017 playoffs he would consolidate his status as an NBA star, but he would also do so following a tragedy the days before the first game against the Chicago Bulls China, Isaiah's sister, would die in a Tragic car accident on Saturday. Thomas' younger sister China Thomas, 22, was driving normally but then swerved slowly to the left before hitting a barrier and then a pole, this was of course devastating news and a seemingly impossible situation.

Isaiah's teammates in the city of Boston showered him with support and love, but you can only imagine how difficult it would be to play a basketball game after your sister's death, even Charles. Barkley would come out and say this just in memory of his sister. Isaiah would go out and score 33 points in the first game against the Bulls, attend his sister's funeral, be there for his family, and then lead the Celtics to a victory in the first round of the Series. In the second round, things only got tougher as the media constantly reminded him of his sister's death with tough questions asking him how he felt playing through this pain, but Isaiah's mental toughness really showed in the first game against the Wizards: would lose his tooth when he was elbowed in overtime.

Porter Jr, however, would not leave the game, he would respond by leading the Celtics to a comeback in game one and then in game two, Isaiah went nuclear as he could not be stopped en route to a career-high 53 points against the Wizards. match that he would dedicate to his sister, today is our birthday and he wanted to play well for her, which meant that after Boston defeated the Wizards, Isaiah Thomas's stock was at an all-time high, yes, Boston would lose to the Wizards. Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference. Finals, but at this point Isaiah believed in Boston, he thought that the team that had bet on him and the team that he had given his soul for would never give up on him, but unfortunately he was wrong when Kyrie Irving shocked the NBA with his own Kyrie Irving announced. request a trade from the Cavs LeBron James was caught off guard and is disappointed oh wow Kyrie irvan doesn't want to be LeBron James' little brother, he doesn't want to be LeBron James' teammate, reports would come out that Kyrie had stopped talking to his own Teammates. during practice before playoff games and that he no longer wanted to be in LeBron's shadow.

Kyrie even went so far as to threaten to undergo surgery that would force him to miss the 2018 season if the Cavs didn't trade him. Cleveland now had to fight and Suddenly, Isaiah Thomas found himself without a max contract in Boston and was instead sent to the Cavs along with Jay Crowder in a 2018 first-round pick that became Colin Sexon. Unfortunately, this is where the story and reasoning behind Isaah's downfall gets very, very murky. SL Shady returned for one game in March during the 2017 season. Isaiah suffered a hip injury against the Timberwolves and according to multiple reports, the Celtics told him he could play and would be fine according to Isaiah, this is what

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I think they handled it poorly, they didn't explain to me what the extent of my injury could be if I play at the end of the day, it was a bone bruise so that's what they said, so if you're going to tell me it's a bruise in the bone. Playing 10 out of 10 times, Isaiah emphasized that at his height he felt he would never be able to sit down if he was healthy enough to play and that's why he played, however, this injury would be so serious that Isaiah was forced to miss the final three games of the Eastern Conference.

Finals and after he was traded, I would say this about Celtics GM Danny H. Quote: I may never talk to Danny again, that might not happen. I'll talk to everyone else, but what he did, knowing everything I went through, you don't do it. that brother, the cavalry thought Isaiah Thomas was medically cleared, of course they wouldn't have traded Kyrie Irving and they would have gambled LeBron's last season with the team on Isaiah Thomas if they thought his hip was so bad he was going to need surgery , unfortunately, though that's what would happen. Isaiah would undergo surgery in the future, but first we had the nightmare of a Cleveland Cavaliers season.

Now we have to remember right now exactly where Isaiah came from to get here as one of the shortest players in league history. Throughout his life, Isaiah was counted out on a basketball court and needed to prove himself. He was only a three-star recruit in high school, but he became an NBA player. He was the 60th pick in the 2011 draft, but by his rookie season he would have been almost All the teams that ignored him were wrong and he ended up starting with a lottery pick. Jimmer Fad in his third season in Sacramento would average over 20 points per game and six assists per game, but the Kings would give up and send him to the sons who also gave up on him when his sons moved him after just 46 games. for Marcus Thoron, who had averaged 3.6 points per game in Phoenix and a top-10 protected pick who ended up becoming the 28th pick in Scal La Basier, a man who was out of the league in four years, so even while Isaiah He continued to prove himself on the court before everyone, no team believed in Isaiah until the Boston Celtics and then the Celtics caught him by surprise after he suffered a personal injury and a personal tragedy, so now he replaces Kyrie Irving. shoes with the Cavaliers alongside LeBron James Isaiah felt the pressure to go out there and perform no matter how his hip felt, although Tracy McGrady would actually warn Isaiah on TV about trying to play through this injury.

Isaiah is no longer a young man in the spring. He's up there in Ag has many mouths on his body. I mean, I remember having knee surgery and thinking it was going to be something small, but unfortunately it completely changed who I was as a player. Sitting in the first 36 games to start this season, Isaiah would come out and try to play and the results were disastrous in just 15 games in Cleveland. Isaiah would average 14.7 points per game on 37.3% shooting as the Cavs would finish with 50 and 32. just seven and eight in the 15 games Isaiah played. Isaiah was trying to be the same player he was last season.

His usage percentage was 28.9 in Cleveland, very comparable to LeBron's 31.6. Isaiah, though he just wasn't the same player and he and LeBron didn't get along. Either way, which meant Isaiah was traded to the Lakers, where doubts continued to grow, no one will give Isaiah Thomas the super BX. Isaiah is currently battling for five mid-level exception teams in seven years, however, even after averaging 20 points per game. For the Lakers, Isaiah was still nowhere near the same player he was as he shot only 38% and the Lakers were a losing team with him and Isaiah would eventually undergo the hip surgery he needed, however this caused dropped from a maximum level player.

Aside from signing a one-year, $2 million deal with the Denver Nuggets, this was only supposed to be a short-term bump in the road; Unfortunately, Isaiah would play only 12 games in Denver and shoot just 34.3% from the field due to his quickness. He left and although Isaiah would end up having opportunities with the Pelicans, the Lakers again, the Mavericks Hornets and now the Suns, his best opportunity in Redemption and a significant big contract was with the Wizards in 202 20. That season, although we saw how much they had caused the injuries. fall in Washington Isaiah played in 40 games and started 37 of them, but his final problem reared its ugly head as W's offensive numbers were near Superstar level at the highest of levels, his defensive numbers even at 2017 were honestly horrible, as evidenced by the fact that while he was on the court with the Celtics, Boston had a defensive rating of 112, which would have ranked the Celtics tied for fourth-worst in the NBA, while when Isaiah was off the court, Boston had a defensive rating of 102.3, which would have qualified them. first in the entire NBA ahead of the Spurs with the Cavs in 2018, nothing was working as on the court for the Cavs, Isaiah led them to an offensive rating of 106 and a defensive rating of 122.2 my league and offensive rating and last in the league. in defensive rating behind the SunsEven worse, this defensive rating was so bad that this 9.4 difference in the margin between Isaiah Thomas' ENC Court play and the Sun's defensive rating was a larger margin than the Suns had with the Boston Celtics and the Celtics had the best defense in the entire league, so when he was at his best as an offensive star or when he came off the bench as a sixth man, Isaiah Thomas' offense made up for his lack of defense and was undoubtedly an incredibly valuable piece, unfortunately .

These hip injuries simply cost him and Tracy McGrady's work ended up being prophetic, his mobility was gone, his quickness was gone and in his prime, Isaiah would never regain the same form. Isaiah never had a single season with a positive number in the defensive box score plus minus and for that 2020 season with the Washington Wizards, Isaiah would rank last in the entire NBA in defensive rating among players who played in at least 10 games . I'm a running back and a fan holds up both middle fingers and his response was: I'm Sorry, I just wanted some ice cream because if you miss two free throws, I guess the fans get a prophecy.

The question is: can we blame Isaiah for this? Isaiah battled injuries and the Boston Celtics told him that he would be fine if he played through an injury. Isaiah's words are true. I think we can all agree that it's one of the toughest things that can happen to an NBA player, so thanks for watching guys. I hope you enjoyed this video if you are new to the channel make sure to subscribe and turn on post notifications to see more videos like this, if you are already subscribed you are Great we all know here are two videos like this that I think really You are going to enjoy it and as always I hope you have a wonderful day in peace.