It has been a crazy year for Isaiah Thomas. He spent most of his time injured with his most recent team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and played 15 games for them. It was probably the worst stretch for them this season. And then Thomas got traded again. Arriving to a team with its eyes on the Draft Lottery and the 2018 free agency period is not the situation Thomas envisioned he would be in last year, after he led the Boston Celtics to the first seed in the Eastern Conference.

The biggest problem now is Thomas is now part of a team that already has a good starting point guard. And this is not the average point guard you are talking about, it is Lonzo Ball. There is still uncertainty on what will happen when Ball returns from an MCL injury.

According to Mike Trudell, the Lakers' new point guard spoke to head coach Luke Walton. Thomas expressed his willingness to help the team win. He wants to start but is willing to do whatever the team needs to win games. Thomas said:

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“They’ve been playing well. I don’t want to mess anything up …When my name is called, I’m going to take advantage of my opportunity. My job is to help where I can.”

Thomas is in a very peculiar situation. He is in the last year of a four-year deal he signed back in 2014 and expected to get big offers before a serious hip injury last spring. It is unclear what his stance towards his free agency situation is right now, but logically the two-time All-Star will try to show he is still a valuable player for the correct team.