Thomas despatched to the G League for a rehab task
Isaiah Thomas is nearing his return from a lingering hip harm, and he is reportedly on monitor to play in his first sport the season later this month. The subsequent step in making his Denver Nuggets debut consists of a rehab task within the G League.
The Athletic’s Nick Kosmider stories that Thomas gained’t truly play in any G League video games, however it’ll permit him some apply time with a G League group.
Final month ESPN reported that the Nuggets have been hopeful Thomas would be capable of go well with up in mid-February, previous to the All Star break. If all goes effectively throughout his G League task, there’s robust perception Thomas will return no later than the primary sport after the All Star break on February 22 in Dallas.
The Nuggets are presently sitting in second place within the Western Convention with a file 37-17, simply 1.5 video games again the surging Golden State Warriors.
(Thomas, Torrey Craig, Jamal Murray: Picture by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE Getty s)
Thomas, who turned 30 on February eight, averaged 28.9 factors per sport for the Boston Celtics in 2016-17, an earned second-team All-NBA honors. He sustained a hip harm that pressured him out the Celtics’ 2017 playf run, and was later traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers as half the blockbuster Kyrie Irving commerce.
Finally yr’s commerce deadline, Thomas was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, the place he appeared in simply 15 video games earlier than in the end signing a one-year cope with Denver in July.