The 37-year-old point guard last played in the NBA during the 2023-2024 season, representing the Phoenix Suns. Overall, he hasn’t played basketball since 2025, when he briefly played for the Salt Lake City Stars in the G League.
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In May this year, the Boston Celtics appointed him as a scout, but the 175 cm tall basketball player still does not give up ambitions to return to the court.
“I want to play basketball abroad for a year! I want that experience! I want to go out on the court and humiliate those guys,” said the American, reacting to recently expressed thoughts by another former NBA player Patrick Beverley, who said that not all NBA players could successfully play in Europe.
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Having spent a total of 11 seasons in the NBA, I. Thomas played most successfully in the 2016-2017 season, when representing the Celtics he scored as much as 28.9 points and 5.9 assists and seriously contended for the MVP award, ultimately finishing fifth in the voting.
However, later his career was halted by a club injury, after which I. Thomas never returned to the All-Star level. In total, he played 556 NBA games and recorded averages of 17.5 points and 4.8 assists.
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