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1 Month Sacramento Kings Isaiah Thomas scored 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting (including four threes) with four rebounds, two assists and five turnovers over 27 minutes in the Kings' loss to the Thunder on Monday. Thomas has been somewhat vocal about Keith Smart's rotations and tonight the normally upbeat player looked extremely frustrated on the court, especially after a series of plays in which teammates ignored him wide open at the 3-point line. Smart benched IT for the second quarter and then after Thomas was key in wiping out a big Thunder lead in the second half, Smart benched him some more. Hilariously, Smart talked in postgame like he'll be coaching the Kings next season. | 1 Month Sacramento Kings Kings point guard Isaiah Thomas ripped into his team and teammates after Sunday's blowout loss to Houston. "Guys just aren't playing hard," he said. "Guys have clocked out already. I don't know what it is. It's frustrating. I'm tired of it. It's embarrassing." It's hard to disagree with Thomas, and it's nice to know that at least one player on the Sacramento roster cares about finishing the season the right way. Thomas didn't stop there, saying he was concerned about the attitude of the team. "Definitely worried. We're not playing good at all. We're not playing together." | 1 Month Sacramento Kings Isaiah Thomas scored 10 points and handed out a season-high 10 assists in Sunday's road loss. IT2's minutes tailed off in the past two games, and he had just six points and three dimes on Friday, so this represents a solid bounce-back effort. He only logged 28 minutes tonight but that was actually a team-high for the Kings, who trailed by 18 points at halftime and never made it a competitive game. | 1 Month Sacramento Kings Isaiah Thomas tied his season-high with six rebounds in Sunday's loss, while scoring 18 points and handing out eight assists. He even had one 3-pointer and one steal despite playing under 32 minutes. "It's just tough as a player," Thomas said on Friday, referring to Smart's rotations. "I always say that when you have inconsistent minutes, you're going to have inconsistent production ... It's how coach Smart likes to coach and you just got to go with it." IT2's ability to succeed under Smart's reign shouldn't be discounted on draft day next year, when the Kings will assuredly have a new head coach. | 1 Month Sacramento Kings Isaiah Thomas played 35 minutes but never got going vs. the Rockets, finishing with 12 points on 3-of-16 shooting, one 3-pointer, five assists, one steal and one block. There was a bizarre rash of PG shooting problems on Wednesday, and we're not reading anything into IT2's struggles. After all, he finished March shooting 49.7 percent from the field, 45.9 percent from downtown, and 90.6 percent from the FT line. | 2 Months Sacramento Kings Isaiah Thomas played 25 minutes and was benched down the stretch in Saturday's loss to L.A. He finished with 10 points and five assists. Backup PG Toney Douglas was scoreless in six minutes and it seems Keith Smart has settled into familiar territory with Tyreke Evans, John Salmons and Marcus Thornton freelancing more often than not. Thomas has been remarkably steady for the past few months, so his owners should take these random duds in stride. | 2 Months Sacramento Kings Isaiah Thomas continued his hot streak against the Suns with 23 points, three boards, eight assists and three 3-pointers in 29 minutes during an easy 117-103 win on Thursday. It's been smooth sailing for last year's Mr. Irrelevant and it seems like ages ago that Keith Smart refused to play him big minutes. In Thomas' previous four games he averaged 22.5 points and 4.0 triples. IT2 is one of the best scoring point guards to own in the entire league right now. | |
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