TRADE NEWS! IDOL Coming Player “CONFIRMED” for Boston Celtic……

Waltham, Massachusetts Sometimes after Isaiah Thomas comes to the Boston Celtics’ practice court to get up jumpers, he stops to admire the 17 championship banners that ring the court and wonders how he got here.

“Dude, I play for the Boston Celtics. Sometimes when I’m in here by myself, I think to myself. For the Boston Celtics, I am the franchise player. The 5-foot-9 Thomas, the 60th and final choice in the 2011 draft, stated, “Like, it doesn’t make sense.”

“But in the end, those are the kinds of things I fantasized about. I therefore thought that it would happen eventually, even though no one else shared my belief. For it to occur and for me to still be alive

For the start of the season, Nike debuted campaigns for some of its top NBA players. There are posters around Boston that show Thomas driving at the rim with Chicago’s Jimmy Butler trying to defend from behind with the headline, “Pick me last again.”

It isn’t lost on Thomas that a mere 20 months ago, he wasn’t particularly happy. He was a third-string point guard tangled in the Phoenix Suns’ backcourt spiderweb. Still, it came as a surprise when the team dealt him — four months into a four-year contract — to the Celtics in the frenetic final moments before the 2015 trade deadline.

Since that day, Thomas has spearheaded Boston’s run to consecutive playoff appearances, earned his first All-Star nod, represented the Celtics on stage at the NBA draft lottery, served as the team’s primary recruiter in the pursuit of top free agents including Kevin Durant and emerged as the face of one of the league’s most storied franchises. With help from Thomas, the Celtics landed another All-Star this summer, Al Horford, and are the popular choice to push the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference.

Thomas beams with excitement when he talks about the potential for this year’s squad. But after looking forward, he’s presented with a curveball that takes him back: What if the Celtics had never traded for him?

“Where would I be? I don’t know. Probably somewhere else,” Thomas said. “I mean, the Phoenix thing just wasn’t working out. It seemed like they didn’t want me as bad as they did when the summertime happened. You never know. I don’t know where I would be. I’d be somewhere.”

Would Thomas be the face of another franchise?

“You never know. I mean, I always felt one day I was going to be, no matter where it was,” he said. “I don’t know. That’s a tough question. I don’t know where I would be. Knowing me, things would have worked out somewhere, but who says it would have worked out like it has since I got traded?”

As the conversation continues, Thomas is still processing the hypothetical. He eventually circles back to the question.

“I guess if that trade with me didn’t happen, and this team never jelled — everything just came together, slowly but surely, especially having a great coach in Brad Stevens — if that all didn’t happen, then Al Horford’s not coming here. Kevin Durant’s not considering us,” Thomas said.

“And the world’s not talking about the Boston Celtics as being a top-three seed in the Eastern Conference. That’s just fact.”