Isaiah Thomas on Scouting for the Celtics & Conference Finals Predictions
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🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode, I.T. opens up about his new role with the Celtics as a pro and college scout and what it felt like experiencing the NBA Draft Combine on the other side of the table. Then we dig into how round two shook out: Wemby’s Spurs absolutely dominated an undermanned T-Wolves squad and the Cavs overpowered the #1 seed Pistons against the odds with great team basketball. And now it’s time to preview our conference finals: Spurs v. Thunder and Cavs v. Knicks. In the West we have two teams with insane chemistry and team defense, in the East we have two somewhat inconsistent teams with a ton of potential. In our games segment, we quiz I.T. on playoff trivia, make him choose the three pairs of kicks he would want on a desert island, and award this week's No Days Off to Cavs' stand-outs Evan Mobley and Sam Merrill.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:25.7 | Guaranteed Human. One interview, we were interviewing a guy that was overseas, and it was a Zoom interview. And it was so dope because he didn't even know I was in the, like, I wasn't in the, the Zoom. I was just in the room, so he didn't even know. And they asked him, like, what do you like about the Celtics? What do you like like have you watched the celtics before he like man i i grew up watching like i love kg i love rondo but my favorite player man isaiah thomas he didn't even know i was in there so i got |
| 0:32.3 | in the video like man nice to meet you bro he was tri So it was dope because, like, that wasn't set up. |
| 0:38.9 | And for him to say that about myself and just, you know, that was just super cool. |
| 0:44.4 | So, like, being in them rooms, seeing all the, you know, front office guys from all the other teams, seeing all the former players. |
| 0:57.3 | It was, it was a super cool moment for me because like this has been not the easiest, you know, transition. Like I want to play first |
| 1:03.3 | and foremost, like because I can still play at a high level, but I still got to look out for |
| 1:07.7 | what's best for my future and knowing what I want to do moving forward. So just get my feet wet, bro, and add another episode of point game. |
| 1:38.3 | I'm, of course, joined by my co-host, Isaiah Thomas. |
| 1:41.5 | IT, man, we got a lot to cover. |
| 1:43.7 | Conference finals are here. |
| 1:45.3 | But I did want to kick off this episode. |
| 1:48.1 | I mean, you were making news. |
| 1:50.6 | You got a new gig to announce. |
| 1:53.5 | So I don't want to put words in your mouth. |
| 1:56.3 | Tell us a little bit about this development that happened over the week and some backstory on that. |
| 2:00.9 | It's been in the works for a while. We were just trying to make sure everything made sense for both |
| 2:05.5 | sides. Something that I always wanted to do, be a part of an organization, be a part of the front |
| 2:10.8 | office, and help make these decisions that are being made down the line. So this is a step in the right direction in terms of, you know, hopefully one day maybe |
| 2:22.3 | being a GM or, you know, head of basketball operations or, you know, whatever the game |
| 2:28.0 | of basketball takes me. |
| 2:29.1 | But I want to be a part of the decision making, and this is a step in that direction. |
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