Isaiah Thomas is coming back to the NBA.
The veteran point guard is signing a free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, per The Athletic's Shams Charania.
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Thomas scored 42 points with six rebounds and eight assists in the G-League on Wednesday. If healthy, he might be able to provide the Lakers with some bench scoring.
This will be his second stint with the Lakers. He also played 17 games for Los Angeles during the 2017-18 season and averaged 15.6 points.
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The Lakers entered Thursday as the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference with a 16-13 record.
Boston Celtics
The 32-year-old guard hasn't played much since injuring his hip as a member of the Boston Celtics during the 2016-17 season. Thomas has appeared in just 92 games over the last four years. He played in only three games for the New Orleans Pelicans during the 2020-21 campaign.
Thomas' best moments came with the Celtics from 2015 through 2017. He finished fifth in MVP voting during the 2016-17 campaign and helped lead the C's to the Eastern Conference Finals.