As he tries again to reboot his NBA career in another new city, Isaiah Thomas is having an eventful first season with the Washington Wizards.
He’s playing meaningful minutes because longtime friend and former rival John Wall is still rehabbing from an Achilles tear. Thomas himself missed five games this month with a calf strain. And just after returning from that injury, Thomas walked into the stands at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia to speak to two 76ers fans who were shouting obscenities at him.
“Don’t ever call me out of my name, because I would never do that to anybody else,” he told reporters after the incident.