I’d love to have him for the first game, but we’ll see. Although Thomas has been cleared to take contact in practice and is getting closer to a return, he has not yet been penciled in to play Wednesday at the Dallas Mavericks.“The last couple of days he’s been catching the ball with no problems,” Brooks said. Even after practice, the left-handed Thomas could be seen lofting three-pointers with a small piece of black tape wrapped around the finger.
He wanted to practice last week, but it takes time to heal.
I’ve been through real-life situations. WASHINGTON -- Isaiah Thomas has missed the Wizards' last two games with a left calf strain and it sounds like he will be out at least a little while longer.
After most of his teammates had cleared out of the locker room Friday night in Philadelphia, Isaiah Thomas took a few forkfuls of the postgame spread. After two games on the sidelines with what the team called a knee injury, Thomas returned to the court and averaged 27.8 points per game for … Others include forwards Troy Brown Jr. and CJ Miles and center Ian Mahinmi, who all missed the preseason and have yet to return to contact practices. "Still, with Sunday’s practice, Thomas is on track to become the first of the injured Wizards to return to the floor. Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas was ejected less than two minutes into Washington's game against the Trail Blazers on Friday night for pushing official Marat Kogut. Probably not, but we’ll see. Everything happens for a reason.”His acceptance of the injury aside, Thomas has pushed to return sooner than his expected timeline of six to eight weeks. His latest injury, a torn ligament in his left thumb, had rewritten Murphy’s Law.
I mean, I really couldn’t control that,” Thomas said Sept. 30. I'll play no matter what.
Thomas signed a one-year minimum contract with the Wizards to fill Wall’s starting spot, but the fluke injury temporarily sidetracked his assimilation in Washington.“I’m past that.
That hunger, however, has not forced the Wizards into rushing him back into the rotation.“It takes time for it to heal,” Brooks said.
It was the first time the 30-year-old point guard worked out fully with teammates since Sept. 16, when he ruptured a ligament in his thumb during a voluntary game of five-on-five.Thomas worked out with protective tape over the thumb, Brooks said. The Wizards guard caught up with NBC Sports Washington at his holiday toy giveaway at the Boys and Girls Club in Northwest D.C. on Saturday and gave an update on how he's feeling. “Thomas made significant progress toward his pledge Sunday afternoon when he participated in a complete practice. Isaiah Thomas laughed at the doctor.