After just 17 games, Isaiah Thomas’ career with the Los Angeles Lakers could come to an abrupt end this summer. As reported on Wednesday, Thomas will undergo season-ending hip surgery on Thursday, further complicating the situation surrounding his impending free agency.
Thomas missed eight months, including the first two months of the 2017-18 regular season, with the same hip injury after opting not to have surgery on his torn labrum last year. There is no timetable for Thomas’ return yet, but LaMarcus Aldridge, then with the Portland Trailblazers, underwent a similar procedure in 2012 that had an initial timetable of 2-4 months.