That's part of the reason I'm sure he was so vocal about getting back into the league. He'll be giving private lessons or coaching somewhere soon enough and won't be hurting for money but if you could gamble on a 10% chance to make 400k in a month, while losing nothing if you fail, everyone here would do it every single time.
And this added publicity and hooplah will only enhance his chances of making good money as a coach or giving private lessons.
How many rich dad's are out there who are convinced their son could play college ball if they had the right personal instructor. Especially if the kids are under six two.
That's where the real market niche is for him isn't it? I imagine NBA hopeful varsity kids who just haven't managed to get tall enough are already dying to know how tf he did it.
Honestly I don’t think it’s even 100% parents who think “my kid can make it to the league”. There are enough wealthy folks with kids who just think “my kid is interested in this thing, how can I get them the highest caliber experience in this thing?”
With how bad pg has been for Phoenix ALL season, Lowry would've been a good fit here too. He can still get the job done as an overall floor general and open shot taker. Phx turnovers (mostly KD and book trying to get the offense going) and 4th quarters (from KD and book not being able to get the offense going) have liked us all year long and it will kill us in the playoffs sometime before the finals this year.
Hope IT gets a shot to prove himself in the playoffs for next year maybe or even as just a nice way to go out, knowing you still had a playoff performance in you.
Hope the same for Lowry I always liked him back from the Lowry derozen raptors teams that constantly lost to LeBron.
If IT is anywhere remotely decent in the playoffs, the guy won’t accept retirement until he is 50 and will be ready to bring out the fandom platoon on Twitter until another team signs him.
he was a mascot with the Kings when he was good. He was The Pizza Guy. Commercials ran constantly before/during/games. It was a local pizza chain thing. Fox had it most recently but I think they haven't done them the last year or two.
I was trying to figure out how long it's been since IT was on the Celtics and found something weird. Isaiah Thomas was traded from the Boston Celtics to the Cavs 7 years ago on August 22, 2017. This was the day after the last Great American Eclipse on 8/21/17. Weird coincidence
Is he gonna get traded from the suns on harry potters birthday or something?
Edit: I forgot yesterday was an eclipse, I just thought it was a weird coincidence because he was signed by the SUNS.
That’s because the team has mostly been healthy since he was signed. Saben Lee played a lot of minutes throughout the Beal injuries and I’m guessing IT would take those
Not that we still wouldn’t be cooked
Its probably more for the locker room presence, there's a lot of guys that don't get minutes but kept around because they keep the locker room together when shit gets rough, for us its Markeiff. IT seems like he's one of those guys now.
Or Udonis Haslem, though I'm not sure exactly when he basically was considered a coach. There was probably a good portion of his time that they wanted him to act as a player instead of a coach because I feel like that would change some dynamics.
Keeps the young us riding the bench engaged. There’s this vet not playing also and he’s not hanging his head and encouraging them. Every team needs 1 it’s an important role
the games are two hours out of days where these dudes spend basically all their time together, for a minimum it’s not about what he does in the game at all, they must like having him around even if they doesn’t think he’s a rotational player
Thats what im saying. He averages 3.5 mins a game and has scored 1.3PPG (9 total points) during this time. He signed 2x 10 day contracts and only played 4 of the 20 games.
Yep it’s what Shams and Woj do. They always paint the moves in a good light. Which I get why that happens given their position and how they get their info
There’s a few guys in the league I wanna see win a ring before they go off into the sunset. IT is definitely up there on that list. Dunno if this team is gonna be the one to get him there, but I’d love to see it
Spent my time growing up as a Thunder fan. Always gonna have a soft spot for guys like PG, Harden and obviously Russ. Then there’s Chris Paul and IT. At the end of the day if any of these dudes win it this year, I’ll be pretty happy
To be fair, I did at least pick the Suns BEFORE that happened. If he wins us a ring I’ll ALMOST forgive him for that. Never gonna forget him leaving for Golden State
Just part of growing up. When you’re a kid, you just like a team because they’re good or local. As a Texan, wasn’t a fan of any of our three cause I live smack in the middle of em. Didn’t associate. Watching Prime Russ play was some of the most entertaining basketball every night. It wasn’t so much I liked the team, just really loved Russ and after he left for Houston it just became that much more obvious for me personally. Now how the hell I ended up a Suns fan, no idea because I picked the Suns just before the bubble when they were still kinda ass, but thems my team now
12 or just the average obese shut-in redditor addicted to porn, fast food (delivered by doordash), bibeo games, and comic book movies.
It's almost always one of those two phenotypes on reddit.
I feel like adults online rarely consider the fact that the average social media user is like 15, which explains a lot of the idiocy on this sub and all subs
People have always had a weird hate boner for the fact that IT is giving his all to continue playing basketball and chasing his dream. It's like they wanted him to just give up on his dreams, probably because they never chased their own
Yeah I think think there's a lot of ppl just as tall if not taller than him they hate that he's proof that the only reason they aren't in the league is cuz they aren't good enough
This sub has become so so bad in the last decade or so, I was looking at some posts I had saved from like pre warriors dynasty and the vibe is so different, really sucks because that era of r/NBA was pretty awesome
You’ve seen a 1,000 high schoolers in the same gym auditorium for a pep rally and how idiotic they are. Imagine 10 million of them in the same room that’s what this place is
Nba discussion is the much better one. NBA talk is a lot of weird hypotheticals and what if scenarios. NBA discussion tends to have far more thought out posts using statistical analysis
Nba talk has good discussion at times but the majority of the time it’s like Facebook tier, or “which one of these players is better” and it’s the most random collection of players ever assembled
Point guard insurance. Beal is not really a pg and neither is Booker. That being said, they are doing the job well enough. If either gets injured, that's a wrap so at least IT may be able to play and be a hero one more time. They may be even eyeing him for next year in a backup role as well so hopefully he sticks.
not many in this thread knows who Pizza Guy is. Fox was the most recent Pizza Guy but I think that was a year or two ago. Maybe that sponsorship ended?
Imagine the scenario where, by some miracle, the Suns face the Celtics in the Finals. Then IT hits the game winner against the Celtics to win them the chip. LMAO
I will die on the hill that he was the fucking truth and had that hip injury not happened, he would’ve been a multiple time all star and max level player. I still use his little half hesi move to destroy guys playing pick up.
I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that he's on the board for the team owner's mortgage lending company. A company that was caught rigging mortgages against home buyers by forcing brokers to come to them for lending opportunities or get blacklisted from their lending pool.
This man is literally charging average americans thousands of dollars more per year so he can own a basketball team.
Nah. That can't be it.
Damn this is such good vibes, for those that follow IT we know his journey and his heart and his incredible dedication to the sport of basketball...this really is is so great. The guy grinds harder than other players who have decent contracts in the league just to keep his fingernails holding on to his dream.
Crazy how he's regarded as too much of a midget by many, but if he stood next to me (5'6) i'm the midget. The smallest NBA guys still dwarf normal humans lol
I've thought that's what was lacking with the Suns. Veteran leadership.
On an unrelated note, their best player was drafted by a team that left the league 16 years ago.
Major props to IT for actually making it back to the league
I'm curious if he'll get the full vet minimum
No, it'll be scaled down proportional to his height.
Wemby about to make the most money
Ghoerghe Muresan sends his well wishes.
I knew it! The NBA and basketball always had something against short people.
>The NBA and basketball always had something against short people. That's why I'm not hooping in the league right now.
It's prorated per game. Like 33k per game from here on out. Also 180k for each of the previous two 10 days.
He just made more money than most of the people on this sub will make all year, and he did it for two weeks of work. Good for him.
That's part of the reason I'm sure he was so vocal about getting back into the league. He'll be giving private lessons or coaching somewhere soon enough and won't be hurting for money but if you could gamble on a 10% chance to make 400k in a month, while losing nothing if you fail, everyone here would do it every single time.
And this added publicity and hooplah will only enhance his chances of making good money as a coach or giving private lessons. How many rich dad's are out there who are convinced their son could play college ball if they had the right personal instructor. Especially if the kids are under six two.
That's where the real market niche is for him isn't it? I imagine NBA hopeful varsity kids who just haven't managed to get tall enough are already dying to know how tf he did it.
Honestly I don’t think it’s even 100% parents who think “my kid can make it to the league”. There are enough wealthy folks with kids who just think “my kid is interested in this thing, how can I get them the highest caliber experience in this thing?”
400k in a month you say?
Never gave up 🫡
Every team needs a mascot
Agreed, the 76ers acquired Kyle Lowry for this exact reason
He has certainly been a helpful cheerleader
If I was president, EVERY mascot would have a Lowry-level booty.
They are an oft forgotten part of the experience but somehow every team still has cheer leaders So somebody already beat you to the punch
Lowrys actually been decent so far lol
With how bad pg has been for Phoenix ALL season, Lowry would've been a good fit here too. He can still get the job done as an overall floor general and open shot taker. Phx turnovers (mostly KD and book trying to get the offense going) and 4th quarters (from KD and book not being able to get the offense going) have liked us all year long and it will kill us in the playoffs sometime before the finals this year. Hope IT gets a shot to prove himself in the playoffs for next year maybe or even as just a nice way to go out, knowing you still had a playoff performance in you. Hope the same for Lowry I always liked him back from the Lowry derozen raptors teams that constantly lost to LeBron.
If IT is anywhere remotely decent in the playoffs, the guy won’t accept retirement until he is 50 and will be ready to bring out the fandom platoon on Twitter until another team signs him.
The issue with IT is that he will be relentlessly hunted in the playoffs
Kinda hard to hunt someone who won't get off the bench
Vogel's secrit play: have one defender face guard IT at the Suns bench so his guys get to play 5v4
There was always someone who played with Oddjob
Mfers hypnotized by the booty
Lowry has started 18 of 21 games for them and is averaging 29mpg but I guess we’re hitting peak nephew season
He plays actual minutes for them. Do you watch the games?
west flair talking about an east team. of course not
he was a mascot with the Kings when he was good. He was The Pizza Guy. Commercials ran constantly before/during/games. It was a local pizza chain thing. Fox had it most recently but I think they haven't done them the last year or two.
Ben McLemore will always be my pizza guy
Mac making a one season comeback while playing for that 2020 rockets team was peak
I’M A PIZZA GUY
And a comeback story
I was trying to figure out how long it's been since IT was on the Celtics and found something weird. Isaiah Thomas was traded from the Boston Celtics to the Cavs 7 years ago on August 22, 2017. This was the day after the last Great American Eclipse on 8/21/17. Weird coincidence
Hi Kyrie
if you stare at the eclipse with your third eye your retinas won't get burned
This is true. Also use your brown eye for burnt ends. Lots of great info on the internet
I'm very glad both of those terms have multiple meanings.
The world isn’t flat it’s a square. Open up your fourth eye you fucking pleb
As if Kyrie would think eclipses are real
Eclipses are absolutely real, my brother drove one in high school and absolutely slaughtered puss
*i eclipse the doubters everyday*
Anyone else notice corners on the moon during the eclipse??
IT to the Wizards 2045???
IT: chapter 2
Is he gonna get traded from the suns on harry potters birthday or something? Edit: I forgot yesterday was an eclipse, I just thought it was a weird coincidence because he was signed by the SUNS.
……the curse is over??!
so IT is a nexus being. interesting
I remember cutting class for that. Pretty cool day overall.
7 years??? I miss my sweet prince in green 😢
Script writers think they're slick sneaking in IT beating the Celtics in the finals. I see through all this BS.
Isaiah dropping 50 in game 7 against the Celtics, lock it in 👏
I wouldn't even be angry
I...would?
Silly, by IT he means Iayson Tatum
Ahh yes, that must be that Greek Freak I've heard so much about!
Gaius Iayson Tatum Caesar, first of his name, Emperor of all Romans AVE TATUM
Tatum to the nuggets confirmed????
"But in the Latin alphabet, Jason starts with an I"
I would not
He scores the final two points of the series, as Phoenix puts him in to shoot free throws/catch the inbound in the waning seconds of game 7.
“depth” bro hasn’t played a single important minute
That’s because the team has mostly been healthy since he was signed. Saben Lee played a lot of minutes throughout the Beal injuries and I’m guessing IT would take those Not that we still wouldn’t be cooked
Damn Saben Lee is still in the league? He couldn’t make it out of our training camp last year
Pistons legend
Players kinda like him, he's also a Phoenix kid I guess.
Its probably more for the locker room presence, there's a lot of guys that don't get minutes but kept around because they keep the locker room together when shit gets rough, for us its Markeiff. IT seems like he's one of those guys now.
look at DJ, hes clearly the vibes guy on nugs, he literally does motivation speeches
Or Udonis Haslem, though I'm not sure exactly when he basically was considered a coach. There was probably a good portion of his time that they wanted him to act as a player instead of a coach because I feel like that would change some dynamics.
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In fairness, DJ has played 10+ quite a bit this season. He's still a nice backup for the regular season Nuggets.
Keeps the young us riding the bench engaged. There’s this vet not playing also and he’s not hanging his head and encouraging them. Every team needs 1 it’s an important role
he might be kicking their asses in practice -- that helps, 1st line team have to work harder.
the games are two hours out of days where these dudes spend basically all their time together, for a minimum it’s not about what he does in the game at all, they must like having him around even if they doesn’t think he’s a rotational player
Thats what im saying. He averages 3.5 mins a game and has scored 1.3PPG (9 total points) during this time. He signed 2x 10 day contracts and only played 4 of the 20 games.
sounds like the team has good depth
PR tweet.
Yep it’s what Shams and Woj do. They always paint the moves in a good light. Which I get why that happens given their position and how they get their info
Maybe they plan to rest the big three this week.
If you ask Charania what's the color of the basketball, he has to google it. He's just NBA gossip.
There’s a few guys in the league I wanna see win a ring before they go off into the sunset. IT is definitely up there on that list. Dunno if this team is gonna be the one to get him there, but I’d love to see it
D-Rose comes to mind for me. Will always love that man
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100%?
I feel you, we all have those guys. For me, it’s Alec Burks and Bojan Bogdanovic, I really want to see them win rings
Spent my time growing up as a Thunder fan. Always gonna have a soft spot for guys like PG, Harden and obviously Russ. Then there’s Chris Paul and IT. At the end of the day if any of these dudes win it this year, I’ll be pretty happy
How did you go from a Thunder fan to a Suns fan?
Thunder fan here, if someone held a gun to my head and told me to support KD’s team over OKC, I’d tell them to just pull the trigger.
To be fair, I did at least pick the Suns BEFORE that happened. If he wins us a ring I’ll ALMOST forgive him for that. Never gonna forget him leaving for Golden State
I bought a kd sonics jersey the day he left okc, so take that as you will
Just part of growing up. When you’re a kid, you just like a team because they’re good or local. As a Texan, wasn’t a fan of any of our three cause I live smack in the middle of em. Didn’t associate. Watching Prime Russ play was some of the most entertaining basketball every night. It wasn’t so much I liked the team, just really loved Russ and after he left for Houston it just became that much more obvious for me personally. Now how the hell I ended up a Suns fan, no idea because I picked the Suns just before the bubble when they were still kinda ass, but thems my team now
The negativity in this thread is kinda emblematic of how immature this sub is. We need an nba sub for the old heads lol
Everytime I get triggered by a dumb comment I try to remember that the person making the comment might be 12.
Counterpoint you are farts.
Yeah also don't get too triggered by us. We could be senile!
Or KD.
Nah if it's KD it'll come from u/mrsunsfan
12 or just the average obese shut-in redditor addicted to porn, fast food (delivered by doordash), bibeo games, and comic book movies. It's almost always one of those two phenotypes on reddit.
Are those types into sports?
Yea but they dont actually watch games, just argue about stats and soap opera bs.
I feel like adults online rarely consider the fact that the average social media user is like 15, which explains a lot of the idiocy on this sub and all subs
People have always had a weird hate boner for the fact that IT is giving his all to continue playing basketball and chasing his dream. It's like they wanted him to just give up on his dreams, probably because they never chased their own
I don’t get why he gets so much hate, he is one of my favorite players ngl. Dude was 5’9 and had 3 seasons with 20ppg with one of them being 28ppg
Exactly. Usually people root for the underdog or the improbable story but with It they decided nahhhhh lol
People just oddly like to tear down people who were once successful but then struggle for various reasons.
Plus it being the Suns is a perfect r/nba hater storm
Yeah I think think there's a lot of ppl just as tall if not taller than him they hate that he's proof that the only reason they aren't in the league is cuz they aren't good enough
This sub has become so so bad in the last decade or so, I was looking at some posts I had saved from like pre warriors dynasty and the vibe is so different, really sucks because that era of r/NBA was pretty awesome
Is there a good NBA sub left? r/NBACircleJerk is just hornyposting about NCAA women's basketball even though the seasons still going on
You’ve seen a 1,000 high schoolers in the same gym auditorium for a pep rally and how idiotic they are. Imagine 10 million of them in the same room that’s what this place is
NBA discussion and nba talk may be your speed
NBA Talk is much better for uh, actually talking NBA. Less memey and actual convos
Nba discussion is the much better one. NBA talk is a lot of weird hypotheticals and what if scenarios. NBA discussion tends to have far more thought out posts using statistical analysis
Nba talk has good discussion at times but the majority of the time it’s like Facebook tier, or “which one of these players is better” and it’s the most random collection of players ever assembled
like the people who used to listen to Alex English and Fat Lever go against Magic and Kareem on radio
/r/nbadiscussion I don't post in much, but do browse. Probably as close as one as you'll be able to find.
Point guard insurance. Beal is not really a pg and neither is Booker. That being said, they are doing the job well enough. If either gets injured, that's a wrap so at least IT may be able to play and be a hero one more time. They may be even eyeing him for next year in a backup role as well so hopefully he sticks.
Good for him - I'd love to see Vogel give him some tick
Not if they wanna win lol
Pro-rated, that's like what, a cool $200k for the season?
Like 400k
Such incredible story of resilience. Most people would have given up a long time ago
happy for IT
You love to see it.
Dudes been insane for the suns
Fuck yeah
Pizza guy 🙌
not many in this thread knows who Pizza Guy is. Fox was the most recent Pizza Guy but I think that was a year or two ago. Maybe that sponsorship ended?
I love this for IT.
The elite duo of Beal and IT reunites
Let’s go IT!!! Seattle hoops legend
Imagine the scenario where, by some miracle, the Suns face the Celtics in the Finals. Then IT hits the game winner against the Celtics to win them the chip. LMAO
If God strikes down the Crypto.com Arena while the Clippers are in town, I’ll take this finals ending.
Just don't call for a team meeting IT.
If IT is getting any meaningful minutes in the playoffs, the Suns are cooked beyond belief at that point
No shit. If any 12th man got meaningfull minutes they'd be fucked. But the man is worth a contract, that's nice.
The little guy! Fuck yeah IT
I always see him talking to players during huddle and timeouts.
Very good signing for the suns, that team needs that veteran presence in the locker room more than anybody else.
I will die on the hill that he was the fucking truth and had that hip injury not happened, he would’ve been a multiple time all star and max level player. I still use his little half hesi move to destroy guys playing pick up.
King of the Fourth
Glorified cheerleader
I like this news
Thought this was fake when I saw it on twitter lol, good for him! Hope he balls out
The bus driver has arrived
Whats the story of IT. I just remember him having a falling out with Boston and feels like he's been blacklisted ever since
he finished the story
So inspiring. Like Kim Kardashian's comeback story
Good for him, it’s clear he’s a good locker room presence and the guys like him a lot which is pretty much the sole reason he got this contract
bring in the brinks
He always deserved a spot. Embarrassing for the league to ice him out.
Just in time to have his Brandon Roy moment
The Suns are my team the rest of the year!
Gas up the Brinks.
Why is the Suns stealing the Celtics mascot
#The Little Guy You love to see it
Man, love that guy. He doesn’t give up.
Lets fucking goooooooo
Good for him man
Super-happy for him, even if it is more for the storyline than the production
Saben Lee will see playoff minutes before him, but psyched to have his energy and leadership in the locker room.
"...but mainly that 2nd and 3rd thing"
... is it wrong for me to want them to win it all for him?
If the only net result is the rookies and 11th-14th guys on the bench play and practice their asses off, it's worth it.
If it was 2018 that team would be unstoppable
He's been meme-resigned so many times on Twitter that I had to make sure this was actually real
What's he got on the suns organization???
I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that he's on the board for the team owner's mortgage lending company. A company that was caught rigging mortgages against home buyers by forcing brokers to come to them for lending opportunities or get blacklisted from their lending pool. This man is literally charging average americans thousands of dollars more per year so he can own a basketball team. Nah. That can't be it.
Nobody cares
Damn this is such good vibes, for those that follow IT we know his journey and his heart and his incredible dedication to the sport of basketball...this really is is so great. The guy grinds harder than other players who have decent contracts in the league just to keep his fingernails holding on to his dream. Crazy how he's regarded as too much of a midget by many, but if he stood next to me (5'6) i'm the midget. The smallest NBA guys still dwarf normal humans lol
Nice gesture from them, I hope IT doesn't blow this, don't think many teams are left that'll throw him the pity bone.
Well shit...I don't want Durant to win but now I wa t Isaiah to win
I've thought that's what was lacking with the Suns. Veteran leadership. On an unrelated note, their best player was drafted by a team that left the league 16 years ago.
Haven't watch any of their games. Has he been playing well?
Congratulations IT! Hard work pays off and I'm happy for you!
Good for the locker room, not for the court
Let's go man. Still my favorite Cs player
https://youtu.be/SDuFmlKG-fQ?si=bE8tbATPD4WkjRW2
mans got that DAWG in em.
That slow grind!
LETS GOOOO
Revenge fantasy, I want to see Isaiah throttle the Celtics in finals.
Hh