IT in Search of it.

Ironically the smallest person in the NBA is currently making the biggest headlines this week. Isaiah Thomas has worked his way through the league and performed at a level that was not expected of him in many cases simply because of his size in this long -talented NBA. Point guards are add an average 6 ft 2 I can guard both the point guard and shooting position. There’s no question that Isaiah Thomas’s special since he has been in the league as long as he has but there’s one one thing that must be taken in consideration colon: is he a starter?

Thomas has been the starting point guard for the Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, but in his recent injury to his hip, he has seemed to gain the wrong hype around his prowess. After the recent trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers, Thomas’ ability to make his teams better as a starting point guard has become an area of drought. After all he was traded because his style of play in being ball-dominant like it was with the Celtics, just did not fit the system to play alongside LeBron James and accompanying players. As a result, IT was traded to a very young Los Angeles Lakers team headed by the new star in the making, Alonzo Ball. Magic Johnson, the former Laker and owner of the team has expressed extreme confidence in Lonzo ball being the floor General for the youthful squad. However Isaiah Thomas’s agent, has relayed a clear message to the front office that his client has no intention of coming off the bench. These are two contradicting ideologies.

Not only did the agent put an all-caps message on Twitter to the Lakers organization, he has also relayed that “Killa” is not started and played as a reserve, he will demand a buyout. For someone who has not won a single championship and has only been and All Star once, this is a tall order. Because Lonzo ball has been out with an injury Isaiah Thomas has been afforded the opportunity to start for the Lakers twice and the Lakers have lost both games with him as the starting point guard. In his first game playing Dallas he 22 points where as he shot 58% from the field, but without Isaiah Thomas the style of play the team suffered late because of match-up personnel.

In the second bout, the Lakeshow took its talent to New Orleans to face the Pelicans whereas Thomas found himself hitting only one shot and turning the ball over twice before being ejected from basketball game in a fight with Rajon Rondo. The reasons for the fight are undisclosed, but it does raise a brow of concern early on in the union of a new star and a Classic organization. Isaiah Thomas is a good NBA player for what he provides on the scoring end of any struggling team he’s played for and the one year of success in Boston. It remains to be seen whether or not the little man with big heart can perform in another primetime floor with another basketball God organization. It will ultimately come down to how much he can buy into the system and make a name with play rather than drama and antics. He’s good, but he can be great with patience and attitude.