Isaiah Thomas has managed to keep the basketball world on its collective toes over the past week thanks entirely to ambiguous emojis.
The Celtics star sent the trade rumor mill into overdrive initially by tweeting the eye emoji. Speculation over an impending Boston trade skyrocketed. Thomas then tweeted an hourglass emoji on Wednesday, signalling even more mystery over its intent. On Thursday, with the trade deadline looming, Thomas gave some much needed backstory to his social media intent.
Apparently, he wasn’t trying to ramp up trade rumors:
Isaiah Thomas on the emojis: "I didn't mean to do that to y'all.