On March 28th, it was announced that Isaiah Thomas would have surgery on his hip. It was later confirmed that the surgery had ended one of the most polarizing individual seasons in recent NBA history.
Isaiah ended the 2016-17 season on the Boston Celtics with 28.9 PPG and 5.9 APG, leading the Celtics to a Eastern Conference Finals appearance. The season was so good that it put Isaiah at 5th in MVP voting and put him on the Second All-NBA team. In August, Isaiah was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the blockbuster trade that brought Kyrie Irving to Boston.