Isaiah Thomas made a strong debut with the Los Angeles Lakers in the loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The 32-year-old former All-Star came off the bench and led his team in scoring with 19 points.
After the game, LeBron James talked about Thomas, with whom he was teammates back in his Cleveland days. “We just tried to implement a couple of things early on and shoot around,” the four-time NBA champion said. “I know what he’s capable of doing, I know how he affects the game and what he’s good at.
“A lot of uphill DHO’s to him when he’s coming to his left hand. He can shoot the ball extremely well, he gets to the paint, he shoots free-throws extremely well.
“When you have a veteran ball club, you can add a veteran and he’s able to mesh pretty quickly because we kind of know what he’s been able to do in this league, we know what you can do with him.”
