Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas posted some old highlights of now-retired Damon Stoudamire to his Instagram Story last week and marveled at the similarities in the two players' games. The 5-foot-8 Thomas previously has admitted he modeled his game after the 5-foot-10 Stoudamire's. Thomas even has a Mighty Mouse tattoo to confirm his appreciation.
The Stoudamire clips made us recall how Thomas repeatedly has said he wants to be the best NBA player ever under 6 feet tall. Back in January, we used Basketball Reference's career win shares data to rank every player 5-foot-11 or shorter and Thomas sat 15th among 125 qualifiers at that time.