Is Isaiah Thomas coming back to the NBA?

“The Little Guy” is back in the NBA, and he’s looking and feeling like himself. After playing only three games with the New Orleans Pelicans a season ago — and a total of just 87 over a five-year span — former Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas has earned his way onto the Los Angeles Lakers roster once again.

When did Isaiah Thomas leave the NBA?

He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1980 and a 12-time NBA All-Star. When Thomas retired as a player in 1994, he ranked third in NBA history with 9,061 assists and fifth in league history with 1,861 steals.

Is Isaiah Thomas playing in the NBA?

There just is no quit in the former University of Washington playmaker.

What did MJ say about Isiah Thomas?

Jordan claims the story starts at the 1985 NBA All-Star game. “If you go back and look at the film, you can see that Isiah was actually doing that,” Jordan said in the article. “Once it started getting around that he was freezing me out, that’s when the ill feelings started to grow between us.”

Why did Jordan not like Isiah Thomas?

There’s a long-standing theory that Thomas was a conspirator to freeze Jordan out during the 1985 All-Star Game. (Jordan, who started the game as a rookie, scored only seven points while hitting just 2 of 9 shots.) It’s an allegation that Thomas has long denied.

Do Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas get along?

The beef between Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas was highly publicized back in the early 90s. The two never got along well off-court or on-court. Moreover, their rivalry made every face-off between the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons more than just a game.