Isaiah Thomas laughed at the doctor.
His latest injury, a torn ligament in his left thumb, had rewritten Murphy’s Law. On Sept 16, Thomas was playing in the first pickup game of the day with his new Washington Wizards teammates when he attempted to secure the ball and jammed his thumb.
Though he played on, the swollen finger would later turn purple. After Thomas received the results of an MRI exam — which revealed he would require surgery to repair a ruptured radial collateral ligament — all he could do was chuckle.