The soap opera surrounding the tribute video for Isaiah Thomas conflicting with the jersey retirement of Paul Pierce came to an end on Tuesday night. In a pair of tweets, the Cavs point guard thanked the Celtics for offering to play a tribute video for him, but said the attention of the Feb. 11 matchup should be solely on Pierce as he sees his No. 34 get retired to the rafters after the game.
I'd like to thank the Celtics for their gracious offer to play a video tribute on Feb 11th celebrating my 3yrs in Boston. But since it appears this has caused some controversy w/ Paul Pierce's night I'd ask the Celtics instead to focus all of their attention on #34's career.
— Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) January 17, 2018
I look forward to coming back and playing in Boston on Feb 11th and see all of the great fans whom I will always remember for their love and incredible support the past few years.
— Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) January 17, 2018
Rajon Rondo was irked to hear that the Celtics would honor Isaiah Thomas on any night. "What has he done?” Rondo asked. Told that he led the Celtics to the conference finals last year, Rondo remarked, “Oh, that’s what we celebrate around here?”
— Bill Doyle (@BillDoyle15) January 17, 2018
More Rondo on IT: “This is the Boston Celtics. This isn’t the Phoenix Suns, no disrespect to any other organization, but you don’t hang conference titles. Do we hang going to the conference finals? What do we hang here?”
Title banners, Rondo was told.
“OK, cool,” Rondo said.
— Bill Doyle (@BillDoyle15) January 17, 2018
Wait, guys, I think I figured out the perfect clip to play for Isaiah's tribute video on Pierce's retirement day. pic.twitter.com/WqXNx2SqMe
— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) January 4, 2018