Isaiah Thomas thanks coaches and fans for All-Star selection
The 5-foot-9 point guard was announced as an All-Star reserve for the East Thursday night
Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas sent out a heartfelt series of tweets Thursday evening after being selected as an All-Star for the second straight season.
The 5-foot-9 point guard will join a crowded backcourt of reserves for the Eastern Conference squad that includes John Wall, Kyle Lowry and Kemba Walker.
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Thomas currently ranks second in the NBA in scoring, posting 29.1 points per game. He’s been a model of consistency for the Celtics offense all year, by scoring 20 or more points in 29 consecutive games.
The 27-year-old has also taken his game to another level in recent weeks, solidifying his All-Star spot by putting together one of the best offensive months in franchise history. His 32.9 points per game average in 11 games in January puts him just behind Paul Pierce’s February 2006 (33.5 ppg) mark for the top scoring month in team history. He’ll have three more games to try to break that record before Feb. 1 hits.
Those high-scoring efforts have produced regular “MVP” chants for Thomas from the TD Garden crowd over the past few weeks.
“It’s stuff you dream of as a little kid,” Thomas said this week. “Always say, to be the guard and play for the Celtics and for them to be chanting MVP, it doesn’t seem real. So I’m just, for now, I’m staying in the moment. I’m embracing it. These fans are everything to me.”
Thomas and his Eastern Conference teammates will suit up for the All-Star game on Sunday, Feb. 19, in New Orleans.
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