Isaiah Thomas presents a very unique situation with the Boston Celtics. Its not often that a bench player emerges as a team’s best player but that is exactly what Thomas did last season. He blew everyone away on the scoring front with over 19 points per game and immediately became the number one option.
As Chris Forsberg points out in the Celtics Summer Forecast, Thomas never hesitates to make it clear that he is interested in being a starter. Throw in that Brad Stevens never shut down the possibility of his starting and it appears to be a legitimate idea.