How The Boston Celtics Ruined Isaiah Thomas's Career 

Nah he was being a diva, the Spurs wanted him and are a loyal franchise. He's sketchy with his Uncle Dennis and wanted to force his way to LA

@@maxh276 it’s his career. The Spurs were rushing a hurt player. His teammates called him soft for not returning. Shoo i’d dip out too.

For one playing on his injured hip for a series isn't what ruined Thomas career it was the fact he played on a bad hip joint for over 3 years before finally getting surgery smh can't blame the Celtics for his own ignorance of not getting surgery until your hip needs a full resurfacing surgery like he need as the surgeon who did his surgery in 2020 said his rip joint was "pitted like asphalt" and couldn't believe Thomas could even walk let alone play with his hip joint being that bad smh you can't tell me nobody told him he didn't need surgery for over 3 years smh and if Cavs, Nuggets and Wizards didn't tell him and he went all that time believing team doctors without getting another opinion from a doctor outside of any of those teams and being in major pain for 3 years then IT is an complete moron and might have other issues he needs to worry bout like getting getting his brain checked out smh no if IT blames the Celtics for his hip it's cause he doesn't wanna accept responsibility for his own ignorance smh

@@pplRretards even if this is the case, nba teams generally don't care about their players health too much if they are needed to win.

@@pplRretards shit, you can tell even the whole NBA doesnt give a shit. saw how many games they played in the rona season and how many players went down... there were WAY more injuries than usually

Idk people keep hating on the man for his height too like that’s not an incredible feat to be average height and make a big impact in the nba

@@sowishful yall forget how much of a premadonna he was. He caused mad issues.

@@mattk8810 😂 y’all hate on cousins and kyrie for dumb ass shit too so that won’t surprise me. I don’t get in my feelings over nba players choices.

He can still play in the NBA in the G LEAGUE THE OTHER DAY HE SCORE 80 OR 81 POINT....THE BOY IS GOOD LORD I HOPE YOU HELP HIM....ISIAH DONT GIVE UP BRO REMEMBER YOUR NAME IS POWERFULL SO DO YOU NO ONE CAN DEFINE YOU BUT GOD HIMSELF MAY THE LORD GUIDE N KEEP YOU STAY SAFE YOU N YOUR LOVE ONE....PEACE...

@@sowishful 5'9 is tall

Yup , this time is just a team screw back a player!

So you're ok with what kyrie did to the Nets ? Wtf are you saying . Franchises do screw people but its not cool to do that to a franchise that treated you fairly.

@@jamesross4779 Are u Moron?? what did Kyrie do to Brooklyn?? the guy didnt want the vaccine..So what? he average 27 points per game on 50 40 90 for brooklyn. He also is Top 10 in Merchandise Sales in the NBA..so I would say he paid alot of bills in Brooklyn. the dude got hurt in the playoff last year on the floor for Brooklyn ..he wasnt in vegas. stop thinking with SAS brain..lol..yall just bringing up 7 games for personal reason 2 years ago.. 2 years ago..Kyrie brought KD to Brooklyn another player in the Top 10 Merchandise list.. I would say Kyrie brought atleast a billon+ in Brooklyn..in sales.. KD wasnt coming with Kyrie not being dere....when the man sign for 4 years..they didnt' want to sign the guy the man he came here to play 4 years with..where u been? PeekDaGame not the sport..yall blacks really clueless..it'a a million dollar business bro. it aint highschool basketball..stop thinking sports..it's a business

Very true. However, I also reserve the right to grow weary of stars who demand teams build their rosters according to their wishes or demand trades and refuse to play while under multi ten million dollar contracts. Suffice to say: professional sports is a special economy.

This case Is exactly why I try to be even in blame. I don't trust these organizations and I'm not quick to blame the player anymore. Only exception is maybe kyrie cause that guy be moving mad sometimes

Ya too bad this idiot doesn't state that IT played on his bad hip joint without surgery for 3 years since he played with the Celtics smh 🤦 Celtics didn't do him dirty and any GM would've traded IT for Kyrie smh and IT seriously can't be that dumb to honestly believe it was the Celtics fault as he played for Cavs, Nuggets and Wizards all before he finally got surgery on his hip lol your trying to tell me that not a single one those teams didn't tell him the cartilage in his hip joint was deteriorating and if that's so then you gotta blame the Cavs, Nuggets and Wizards as well smh and you gotta get a complete moron to be in major pain for 3 years before finally going to a personal doctor to get an opinion and finally getting surgery smh no IT can't take admit his own ignorance of not getting surgery after that series against the Cavs and rushing back cause he was more worried bout getting that Brinks truck smh and after he lost that brings truck he was just trying to survive in the league afraid of getting surgery smh the surgeon who finallybdid his surgery in 2020 stated that Thomas hips was "pitted like asphalt" and he needed the joint completely resurfaced as he played on a hip joint that was bone to bone with no cartilage for who knows how many years but at the time he was with the Celtics if he got surgery it would've been just to repair his cartilage instead of having to have the bone resurfaced and made smooth again smh ppl are completely retarded and can't do basic research on their own or really just have any common sense at all lmfao

he said that just because his only option was the lakers

AD would be playing for $10 as we speak 😂

Good thing he did. AD stands for Availability Denied.

Yup I remember that too …..

Greatest mr irrelevant of all time

@@TheBrownEqualizer still impressive regardless

he scored 81 in a ymca game... lmao

@@BE_WERM but people praised KD when he dropped 66 in a pickup game with no pros…

@@BE_WERM but 81 pts in a YMCA game, is STILL impressive? Not to mention the fact that the guys in the game he played are "closer to Lebron than YMCA guys are to him" so 🤷🏾‍♂️ lol.

Dont gotta be a celtics fan to appreciate and respect him, dudes an inspiration

He’s dumb for not signing the deal on the table, sometimes u gotta swallow a bit of self pride.

Dumb video considering the title smh when you make an title like this you better have some explanation of how the Celtics ruined his career smh for one Boston didn't ruin Thomas career only Thomas ruined his career as he never wanted to get surgery on his hip and ultimately didn't get surgery on his hip until 2020 over 3 years after playing in Boston smh the surgeon who did his hip surgery said Thomas hip had no cartridge and he needed his whole joint resurfaced and stated his right hip was "pitted like asphalt" smh if he would've got surgery after the season he would've been fine but he was to worried bout the short term getting that brings truck smh it wasn't the series that ruined his career it was him not undergoing surgery for over 3 years and playing on no cartilage smh can't tell me no one told him that his cartilage was deteriorating smh can't blame the Celtics unless you wanna blame the Cavs, Nuggets and Wizards as well as he didn't get surgery while playing for all 3 of those teams smh it wasn't playing for a series that ruined his hip and career it was playing on a shot hip joint for 3 years that ruined his career smh again like I said Thomas was so worried bout that Brinks truck and chasing the money that he didn't get the surgery after the season then he lost his chance at that brinks truck and was just trying to survive in the nba afraid getting surgery he'd be forgotten about so he was constantly rushing to try to get back on the court to prove himself smh

Hey Curtis as much as you smh you probably are going to require some sort of brain scan to check and see if it has been jostled a little too much. It certainly would not hurt. Your affinity for the smh abbreviation is somewhat disconcerting. Just looking out for you. It may be smh syndrome. SMH syndrome is a little known affliction that has only become more prevelant in the past few years. Similar to lol or brb these annoying abbreviations could be just a shortcut or something bigger. Please for the love of everything internet related go and get tested. It is really not that painful. It's for your own good. SMH.

@@pplRretards didnt want the vid . Boston didnt inform all the info to IT about hos injury therefore he played thru it making it WORSE

Isn't gonna happen he too old now plus he isn't the same player since that hip injury

He’s on the hornets now I think

You guys don't find it strange how his sister dies of all things a CAR ACCIDENT and surprisingly this is when Isaiah gets this sympathy and this history making game?? Do ya'll not put 2 in 2 together 🤔.... I can't be the only one that's woke!

@@Coco-xw3wp m8 what are you on about?

@@rodneyrainey2021 he puts up like 10 and 3 while playing 5 minutes so he’s still got its just no team wants to give him real minutes

That killed me 😂

I was drinking a literally chocked because if it.

delusional

He was damaged goods. It's a business. He has not played anywhere near that level since.

@@webdev217they’re the ones who damaged the goods - which is his whole point. Please critically think what inexcusable Management from the Celtics did to a player who gave his all for the franchise. Lakers would never

@@98pleasure35It was mainly the GM who thankfully left

@@98pleasure35”Lakers would never” like they didn’t do the same to Lamar Odom💀

IT, at 5'9" could not afford to play the game the kawhi played. it sucks IT got injured, but that's pro sports. kawhi was a finals mvp and an eventual champion. they are no where near the same category of players.

@@Kevinschart that's the shame about it. He was a great player, but as a liability on defense and being 5'9 the same Celtics that screwed him on his injury status would have probably traded him if he had to sit out for a long recovery time. Damned if you do or don't type of thing

True basketball examined pointed this out on the Spurs organization.

@@trevorburton3290 hate it when people say defensive liability I did my research and he has an average b+- for his position so if you call him a liability every point guard is

@Nykaitcha how , not , when , he did , it and destroyed , others , al ready , ! 30 + points , a game , doofus , you probally , 6’6 , and , could’nt do that , !

Facts and they are both some 🚮

BA Ben Simmons is garbage

That’s not crazy. IT was 5’9” in the nba…. Physical gifts mean a lot in sports

@Stefan / Educated Tyrone 76ers fan and your dead on balls right about that clown

i think there has to be some things behind the scenes that we don't know about. I remember his brinks truck comment, so sounds like he was ready to play hardball. I don't think that was the right position for him to take. I guess this is hindsight but maybe get the smaller bag first then you have more leverage get the big bag.

So true 😭

We don’t care about Celtics f them🤬

isaiah thomas is actually 5'8

@@williamfoxlord he didn't say he wasn't tho...

yeah people are made at the celtics, but the reality is he's a small man that got injured. can't blame the celtics for IT's genetics or his injuries.

@@Kevinschart Nah. A good organization would have benched him to help him recover, no drive the brakes off him.

@@Kevinschart He gave the Celtics everything, and they dropped his ass the moment Kyrie was available. And now the Celtics have bad karma since that day.

@@dropoff2986 especially at the PG positions 😭. Kyrie hurt all the time or ruined chemistry Kemba got fucking hurt and lost his explosiveness I hope nothing happens to Schroeder.

@@conchobar They tried. He wanted to play..

Absolutely right

FYI - IT was already acting on this prior to getting hurt. "They better bring out the Brinks truck."

Don’t forget Dennis Schroder lol

When did he almost get a max deal?

Why does he need to be

@@toughmunths anyone likes a good comeback story and I hope it all goes well with him

In 2k I gave him a contract because I wish it would happen in real life

Watched him briefly play for my team, was here a year. His size is a liability, defenses picked him apart. Didn’t play a lick of D, didn’t matchup w anyone. Yeah he could score but most NBA guys can.

@@drew5965 I do agree his defense sucks and does not put any effort on it because physically he really can't. Certified bucket though.

Dude, he already made millions. Lol

It's his fault talking bout they better back up the brinks trucks. He was never going to get that type of money

@@Da_Realest_of_Men Nah, he was going to get some serious money. That big year in Boston was when he finally put it all together and showed what he could be. He would have been paid massively.

@@Da_Realest_of_Men Lol he was all nba he woulda got at least $30 mil/year over 4 or 5 years

@@Da_Realest_of_Men You obviously don't know what you're talking about. He was eligible for 200 million because of his play that season

your right its hindered them from getting kemba walker, gordon hayward and having tatum and jaylen sign extensions

@@dredddpatrol They drafted Jaylen and Jason. Kemba is gone. Hayward is gone. Kyrie is gone. And, no one else is coming. The Celtics are gonna be a middling playoff team for the foreseeable future.

i still think that if isaiah thomas was there they would've done better

without injury*

@@dunnowy123 singe could’ve gotten Vucevic with the exception but got a 2month rental of Fournier instead. Again Fournier wanted no part with the organization.

Same

When we got Kyrie I had a feeling we were doomed. I watched one season and then was praying we would get rid of that stupid nigga. Nowour front office signed away Marcus Smart for a center when we needed a better point guard. Fuck the NBA.

definitely a bad and unnecessary pass

I mean yeah that's kinda how it works if you can't play you're value is basically nothing

@@gotworc but Isaiah could've maintained MVP level play for at least a few more years before gradually decreasing had the Celtics been up front with the severity of his injury. Instead, the let him believe he was ok when he was actually making it worse by playing on it.

That’s just business, and business should never be taken personal.

@@edwardwalden05 it amazes me how people justify sociopathic behavior by calling it ‘business’.

@@edwardwalden05 business is one thing and health another

what were they supposed to do, keep a permanently injured IT and pass on NBA champion caliber Kyrie Irving? As much as it hurt, Ainge made the right call. As we saw in subsequent seasons, IT was never the same. If you get sentimental and hold on too long over emotion instead of choosing pragmatism, you're going to lose out.

@@mjkittredge I know, I agree, in the moment it seemed like a viable decision. I was upset in the moment, but happy to get Kyrie. Now after the long term and hearing all the stories, I'm more upset at Ainge and just the organization in general, not telling him the significance of his injury, which really was what ruined his career

@@cullensmolcha7301 yeah that part I agree with. If he could prove the DRs deceived him about the extent of his injury to keep him playing he should sue the organization. Perhaps they quietly made some payments to him.

Can you tell Ben Simmons give some money back to the owner!

Loved IT but never cared about the trade. Only a foolish Celtics fan would have hoped they dropped a bag in his lap and kept around long term

@@conorflanagan9605 Glad these fans weren't the GM.

How can you not care when he brought your franchise to where it is now. Celtics have not had the team chemistry and heart since IT

@@conorflanagan9605 That's why no marque player wants to come to the Celtics. Mark Cuban would have never done what the Celtics did.

He has one

@@jonstangerjazz9188 Celtics loyalty = trash. You guys ran Ray Allen out and hold a grudge against him for not being loyal lol, straight hypocrites,.

@@dalecarson645 Dale... the truth of the matter (as much as I hate it) is that the NBA is a BUSINESS!!

It's business, and mine is to hate Boston...ever since. #KingOfTheForth #MySonsFave

Yea, they completely fucked over Paul Pierce by acquiring Garnett (who bleeds green, still) and Ray Allen to get a ring. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Isaiah is the only one who thinks the team wasn’t honest about his injury. There’s no other evidence besides his opinion

@@dalecarson645 yea, ask any C’s fan how they feel about Paul Pierce. Probably the last loyal super stars to play in the league. And Garnett, who only played here in the highlight of his career (he still bleeds green).

Antoine Walker said it when he played "Danny Ainge is a snake" . Snakes do things like but if you trade for Kyrie why keep IT ? Even if IT stayed that hip injury would've caused him problems and his burst and speed he had to get to the hoop he lost it and that's why he hasnt been the same since

@@billrusso6422 Walker was one of the most selfish, bad shot players that ever played the game, there's a reason they won a title soon after letting him go.

@@MerkinMuffly both can be true

What happened to him is unfortunate but I don't feel sorry for him because he achieved a lot more than most people will achieve in a lifetime, he just couldn't sustain it. There is nothing to be sorry about.

but they would be forever rebuilding, with a guy like IT why would you need to continue rebuilding? thats just dumb bruh

@@marco-hw8sz basketball isn't all numbers thank you!

@@marco-hw8sz They wouldn't be forever rebuilding. The idea was still for the "process" (for lack of a better term) to bear fruit in 2017. You could tell Ainge had that time frame in mind by the way he structured the future picks in the Pierce and KG trade.

@@marco-hw8sz yes they would still be rebuilding, because he gives up a lot of points on the defensive end. Like it or not, but Celtics made the right move by not investing into an undersized guard with a hip injury, going on 30. They had their future in mind, and signing IT long term wouldn’t be smart for any team

@@edwardwalden05 smart thing on paper but see how it turned out for them. just like kyrie trade was a smart thing on paper and they played better without him

That's the reason the Kings keep losing. They trade players and change coaches so often that the team can never gel into a cohesive unit. I was disappointed when they traded Isaiah Thomas. He had mojo. They have never had anybody like him since.

Yall lost your leprechaun, it's gonna be a 10 rebuilding curse fam. I already see it 😔

I was a kid in Boston in the '80s. Nothing will ever beat the Bird years for any Celtics fan older than about 40. Those teams were something special-and I still remember my grandmother (gods rest her soul) cheering her head off every time Bird made a shot.

Eh its got old real quick because him would score 30 points but literally give up 40 on the defensive end because teams attacked him every play. After a while it just wasnt worth the trouble for that horrible defensive trade off

@@mikerhem1273 but you cant ignore the fact that he lead the celtics to no.1 spot. That's why they are so exciting to watch. You dont expect them to win, but they did.. You see guys doing so much effort in defense.. Celtics was one of the top defender team back then.

SAME!

19.1k*

@@ifesjournal sorry for being European i guess XD

@@alexandreazevedo9906 oh sorry lol

@@ifesjournal no problem, we just don't use "k's'" only m and M

Boogie did well in the playoffs. Don’t understand why they didn’t resign him

@@jesseb5985 I don't get it either man, he might not be the All-Star caliber player he once was but he still provided valuable scoring and valuable minutes off the bench when Ibaka was out