The Clippers won’t be keeping Isaiah Thomas after acquiring him in today’s three-team deal with the Wizards and Knicks, reports David Aldridge of The Athletic (Twitter link). Since the deadline has now passed, we can assume that means Los Angeles will be releasing Thomas once the trade is officially complete.
Thomas, who will turn 31 on Friday, started 37 games this season for the Wizards and has had a nice bounceback year, averaging 12.2 PPG and 3.7 APG with a .409/.413/.816 shooting line in 23.1 minutes per contest. He has been a liability on defense, however — Washington recorded a dismal 120.2 defensive rating during his minutes.
Waiving Thomas would open up a second spot on the roster, since the club also traded point guard Derrick Walton to Atlanta today. Los Angeles may be targeting specific players on the buyout market – including comeback candidate Darren Collison – for those roster openings.
Assuming Thomas is cut today, teams around the NBA will have an opportunity to claim him off waivers this weekend. Since he’s on a minimum-salary deal, no cap room or trade exception would be required to place a claim.
Wtf Why?
Why!!! What man I thought he would have fit in well there I still think a team should pick him up a team that needs scoring off the bench
Trey Burke would make more sense for pretty much any team.
I could see him going to the warriors. Gets to start for the rest of the year.
Gets to jump on a playoff team next year and play meaningful/rotational minutes as the main backup gaurd to steph and klay.
they also need to fill roster spots haha
Golden State is about the only team that could use him.
yeah or the hawks or knicks
damn he cant catch a break
Guess they don’t like him. Could be just to give him a better chance elsewhere in a contract year. Clippers pretty stacked at PG.
Maybe that means they will get Daren collision?
Isaiah Thomas should go back to Boston or sign with Cleveland, or golden state. Don’t think he would want to sign with the Lakers . Bad taste playing with LeBron
Boston would never sign him, sadly, for him, at this point a guy like Wanamaker who plays good D and plays within a system is about 10 times more valuable as a back up PG than Thomas.
II screwed the Cavs. Thought he was better with light therapy, but he could not even jog. Could not adjust. IT’s opportunity was with Orlando but they were waiting for Fultz.
For Cav fans that dislike Drummond, this could be the best news going!
His offensive production does not outweigh his defensive liabilities anymore. Just gets toyed with on defense every night.
Doesn’t have that explosive first step anymore, doesn’t get to the line like he used to, and never played D. He’s a liability to a contender and sucks up minutes from young guys on a team like the Hawks.
Come back to Boston for one more run
Just thinking that
Boston could use a scoring guard off the bench. But not that many minutes. They probably need size at the 4 more though, although they have a couple of young guys that can give them minutes there
So much for the Brinks truck!!
A shame, but a necessary move.
If he wasn’t so short he could probably get by, but with his offensive game a shell of what it once was, the awful defense would be back-breaking.
Such a massive fall from grace. Amazing what one injury does to you. Boogie also