Isaiah Thomas and a 'legendary' 2016-17 season

Posted May 25, 2017
After the Boston Celtics announced that Isaiah Thomas would miss the remainder of the postseason after aggravating a right hip injury, team president of basketball operations Danny Ainge took to Twitter and dubbed Thomas’ 2016-17 campaign a “legendary season.” Reflecting on everything that has happened around Thomas since the start of the NBA’s calendar year in July, it truly has been fascinating. (ESPN.com)

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