Former Lakers Fan-Favorite Point Guard Signs 10-Day Contract With Pacific Division Rival

The 11-year veteran will get another shot in the NBA.

Former Los Angeles Lakers point guard Isaiah Thomas will get another crack at the NBA. 

According to senior NBA insider Shams Charania from The Athletic, the 11-year NBA veteran will sign a ten-day contract with another of his former teams, the Phoenix Suns. 

IT is back: 11-year vet and two-time All-Star Isaiah Thomas is planning to sign a 10-day contract with the Phoenix Suns, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Thomas averaged 33 points on 45 percent 3-point shooting for Salt Lake City in the NBA G League, scoring 30 in four games. pic.twitter.com/4XrKEINKut

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 16, 2024

Thomas last played in the NBA with the Charlotte Hornets at the tail end of the 2021-2022 season. He signed two ten-day contracts with the team and ultimately finished the season as a Hornet. He averaged 8.3 points a game on 43.3% shooting from the field and 39.7% from beyond the arc. 

For the last couple of days, he has been a member of the Salt Lake City Stars, the G League affiliate of the Utah Jazz. He was playing great basketball there, and the Suns decided to take a shot with the undersized guard. 

The two-time NBA All-Star played for the Suns from 2014 to 2015 before being traded to Boston in the 2015 NBA trade deadline. 

The former Laker will get the opportunity he's been waiting for again. We wish him luck down in Arizona.