There was a day last spring when Isaiah Thomas noticed he could lift his leg without any pain. That hadn’t happened in years.
This weekend, he plans to show the NBA what that means for his game.
More than a year removed from his last NBA appearance, and nine months after surgery that he says fixed a bone-on-bone condition in his right hip, Thomas has games to play. The two-time All-Star is suiting up with USA Basketball for a pair of FIBA AmeriCup qualifying games in San Juan, Puerto Rico — and Thomas expects NBA teams to be watching.