After joining the Los Angeles Lakers on a deal at the trade deadline, Isaiah Thomas had a solid showing through 17 games for his favorite childhood team. Unfortunately, those 17 games were all that Thomas lasted before he decided to have surgery on his bothersome hip.
Thomas originally injured the hip last season and it forced him to miss the beginning of this season while he was with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Most believe he probably should’ve had the surgery last offseason, but Thomas decided to delay it in hopes that he could simply rehab the injury
That didn’t quite work out as Thomas was clearly bothered by it, and was not the player he showed himself to be a year ago.