COMMENTARY
There’s a chance — if Celtics announcer Tommy Heinsohn’s urgent critiques of NBA refs are not your bedtime soundtrack — that you don’t know much about Isaiah Thomas.
Thomas is already star in Boston, but he’s about to be fully introduced to a national audience as the Celtics play LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals.
If you’re already a fan, you’ll recognize the qualities below as the things you like about Thomas most. For the uninitiated, here’s a quick primer on the budding Celtics superstar.
He’s short
At 5-feet-9-inches tall, Thomas is tied with Calvin Murphy for the all-time shortest NBA All-Star.