Isaiah Thomas was the star of the Brad Stevens’ era Boston Celtics. The diminutive guard quickly established himself as a fan-favorite on the underdog Celtics, earning himself two All-Star selections and finishing in the top five of MVP voting in 2017. However, a severe injury led to his eventual exit from Boston, as he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Kyrie Irving trade.
During a recent appearance on the “Knuckleheads” podcast, Thomas revealed that Boston kept the severity of his injury a secret.
“The thing that hurt the most was that nothing was explained to me,” Thomas said. “If you tell me, ‘This can possibly get worse, this is what you have,’ then it’s on me to make the choice…They shot me up to go into the Wizards series, I got shot up three times, every round. The last one was right before Game 7 of the Wizards series…Then in Game 2 of the Cleveland series, I get hit by a screen, and it just shoots to the back of my hip, and I’m like, ‘What the [heck]?’”
