Perfect Time and Place for Isaiah Thomas

Clyde,

First of all, and most importantly, welcome back!

I'm in favor of IT coming back too. I don't know wtf is going on in Brad's head, I am as confident as I can be that IT would take a veteran's minimum contract to get back into the NBA.


Bob


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This team is built on defense and IT provides a target for the other team to exploit whenever he plays. If he no longer has the ability to make up the loss on the other end, it is a net loss. That could be what team management thinks about the issue.

I agree that it is a feel-good idea on the emotional side, but not so logical on the basketball success side.

If the season was lost and we were just riding around in a tank, I'd say why not? Neither are the case.

RosalieTCeltics wrote:BobH just had a "be still my heart" minute.  Tyreke was always one of his favorite players. Wonder what kind of shape he is in? How old is he?

Rosalie,

He's 32, but he's a young 32 because he just gave his body 2 years off (not because he was being nice to it, but...).  He was an athletic freak, very right-sized at 6'5"+ without shoes and a 6'11" wingspan.  One of the most dynamic full court players of the last 10 years.  SO tough to stop going north-south.  What he's been doing with himself for the last 2 years is anybody's guess.  If he hasn't been a complete slacker he's probably going to end up on someone's bench.  He's a proven veteran who had an "self-entitlement problem" which has probably abated after these past two years in exile.

Off the internet:
He played for the Pacers when his ban was handed down. It's not clear what substance he was banned for, but the penalty fell under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement's "drug of abuse" policy rather than its performance-enhancing drug policy.

Per the CBA, drugs of abuse include:

• Amphetamine and its analogs (including, but not limited to, methamphetamine and MDMA)

• Cocaine

• LSD

• Opiates (Heroin, Codeine, Morphine)

• Phencyclidine (PCP)


He asked for reinstatement, and it was granted.  Presumably a drug test was, or will be, applied to verify that he is clean.  He also must know that, at 32, this is his last shot.  If he F's this up, between Father Time and the league, he won't be able to come back again.


Bob


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