Report: Isaiah Thomas seeking NBA comeback via G League Showcase

The 2-time All-Star has appeared in just 87 NBA games since finishing 5th in Kia MVP voting after the 2016-17 season.

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December 12, 2021 1:17 AM

Isaiah Thomas played just three games last season with the Pelicans, and he’s appeared in just 87 total games since the 2016-17 season.

Two-time All-Star Isaiah Thomas isn’t giving up on his NBA dreams just yet.

Thomas, 32, has signed in the NBA G League and will play in the G League Showcase in Las Vegas, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Saturday.

Two-time All-Star Isaiah Thomas has signed in the NBA G League and will play in the G League Showcase (Dec. 19-22) in Las Vegas, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Thomas is on the NBA comeback trail.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 11, 2021

The G League Winter Showcase features eight teams in a single-elimination tournament. Team scouts and executives will be in attendance to evaluate players.

“The ultimate goal is to get back in the NBA,” Thomas said last month while playing for the United States national team in qualifying for the 2023 World Cup.

In the past four seasons since being dealt by the Boston Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017, Thomas has played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards and New Orleans Pelicans.