BOSTON -- Isaiah Thomas has been a major draw on the floor most of this season which is what you expect from a 5-foot-9 guard who is a two-time All-Star.
And while his game is usually what sets him apart, it was a pair of social media messages that sent the NBA world abuzz with what many thought was a coded message regarding a Boston Celtics trade.
As it turned out, the Celtics decided to stand pat at the trade deadline with a roster that’s getting healthier. But that didn’t address what many were wondering.
What was up with those emoji eyeballs, something Thomas had not tweeted since last summer around the time Boston landed Al Horford.
Thomas wasn’t trying to pass along any free agent clue or anything of the like, he said.
“I was watching a TV show,” Thomas said.
He also posted one of an hour glass.
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“Time is ticking man,” Thomas said.
Thomas had no idea that what he thought was a seemingly harmless tweet, would generate so much attention and speculation afterwards about the Celtics who were once again square and center in the trade rumor mill.
“I didn’t (know) until I did it and then I realized the whole world was talking,” said Thomas, grinning after the team’s first practice following the all-star break on Wednesday. “I didn’t mean to shake the internet like that. I didn’t mean to do that to y’all.”