He’s 5-foot-9 and everybody’s big brother, Joe Pesci with a jump shot. Sometimes it’s a tip. Sometimes, it’s a nudge. Sometimes, it’s a joke. Sometimes, it’s a kick in the crown jewels.
“He’s the one who’s going to say something, too, like, ‘You’re not playing good, you need to step up,’ or something like that,” Nuggets center Nikola Jokic said recently when asked to explain what it’s like to share a locker room with Isaiah Thomas. “I think that’s what veterans do, and that’s what he does.”
Which led to the follow-up query from the scribes: What did he ever say to you?