Former Celtics star Isaiah Thomas is joining the organization as a pro and college scout, as first reported by the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach. Thomas will remain based in Seattle and serve as one of several regional scouts for the Celtics, working closely with Brad Stevens and the Celtics front office.
Thomas is currently at the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago with Celtics executives and will assist with scouting in the year ahead. (The Celtics already have regional scouts in Atlanta and Dallas).
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Thomas, who played for 11 different NBA teams, became a star during his three-year tenure with the Celtics. Thomas’s best season came in 2016-2017, when he averaged 28.9 points and 5.9 assists per game and finished fifth in MVP voting.
Thomas sat courtside alongside new Celtics owner Bill Chisholm at a December home Celtics game and has routinely spoken positively about his relationship with the team, even though his tenure ended abruptly, with him being traded for Kyrie Irving in 2017 after he suffered a hip injury.
Thomas recorded a voiceover for a Celtics hype video earlier this year and wrote the foreword for the Boston Globe’s 2024 Celtics championship book. And, a few weeks after the Celtics won the 2024 NBA title, Thomas told CelticsBlog it’s been an honor to still be so connected to the Celtics fanbase.
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“It means everything,” he said. “It’s a blessing. I always talk to my friends about it — you would think I played 10 years here, you would think I won multiple championships. The love I have with the city, and vice versa, it’s just genuine.”
Now that love has been formalized into an official working relationship.