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[junker-town]

1 report says Isaiah Thomas was disliked. Celtics teammates and coaches say otherwise.

Coaches and players strongly disagreed with the idea that Thomas wasn’t a locker room favorite.

Externally, it seemed like Isaiah Thomas was a perfect teammate during his time on the Boston Celtics. He played hard as hell. He put his 5’9 body on the line constantly driving to the rim without abandon. His sister passed away last playoffs, and Thomas played in the Celtics game one day later. Later those playoffs, he scored 53 points.

One report tried to claim otherwise — here’s what Chris Broussard said on Fox Sports 1 on Friday. (H/t to NESN.)

“I will tell you this, I spoke to several executives, or texted with several executives (Tuesday), and a lot of them were saying that a lot of the players in Boston really weren’t that fond of Isaiah,” Broussard said. “We know he had those problems in Sacramento and in Phoenix. I didn’t know he was having those issues — before (talking with) these executives — in Boston.”

But there were other reasons why Boston would move on from Thomas: his defensive weaknesses, a nagging injury suffered last postseason, his age compared to Kyrie Irving, and his upcoming free agency. His trade definitely doesn’t imply he was disliked.

It didn’t take long for the people closest to Thomas in Boston to disagree with Broussard’s report. Kelly Olynyk, teammates with Thomas for all two-and-a-half seasons he spent there, immediately chimed in. (Olynyk now plays in Miami.)

This Preposterous! #RealOne https://t.co/F7qlWSgd9v

— Kelly Olynyk (@KellyOlynyk) August 23, 2017

Likewise, Celtics assistant coach Walter McCarty responded.

Y'all need to stop that!

— Walter McCarty (@waltermccarty) August 23, 2017

Marcus Smart didn’t specifically address the tweet, but mentioned his regret for Thomas (and Jae Crowder) to be moving on.

Big welcome to @KyrieIrving but most importantly-I'm gonna miss IT & Jae. You'll always b my big bros! Thx 4 everything over last few years!

— marcus smart (@smart_MS3) August 23, 2017

From everything we know about Thomas, it always seemed unlikely that he would be anything but a fan favorite in the locker room. We’ll see if anyone else chimes in, but looks like Broussard (or the front office types he is quoting) aren’t totally correct.