Isaiah Thomas and Michael Jordan

[KG Living Legend]

 Who remembers the point in Jordan's career when he figured out he needed to save his energy to dominate the fourth quarter.

 I believe Isaiah is at the point in his career where his physical prime parallels his mental Prime.

  He's the most intelligent he's ever been in his career and he's starting to Pace himself and absolutely dominate the 4th quarter.

  As was said by the announcer the other day you hardly see Isaiah Thomas break a sweat, which is just incredible to me. The kid must be in the best shape of anybody in the NBA and now he understands how to dominate the 4th quarter.

 The final test for Thomas is the playoffs this season if he continues this fourth-quarter dominance he truly is an NBA superstar.

[Phantom255x]

My hope is he can keep working hard and maintain a great diet (he does seem to admire Tom Brady's regime and longevity).

If he Keeps it up, it should be a no brainer for Ainge to re-sign him and we have a premium scorer on a championship team (hopefully with some help as well).

I don't think his 30 PPG will last after this season and his 4th quarter magic won't entirely last either, but even if he's 25 PPG kind of guy who can hit some clutch shots in the 4th, perfectly fine.

[Denis998]

The guy is built like a tank. Mini lebron

[Ogaju]

what we need to understand is that as much as we tend to see his size as a disadvantage it is actually an advantage in terms of the fatigue factor over the course of a game. Over the course of a game, and season the toll physical toll on bigger players is more than that on the little guy.

Therefore all other things been equal in terms of preparation and conditioning, IT is going to have more left in the tank at the end of games. Its just a fact.

[hwangjini_1]

what we need to understand is that as much as we tend to see his size as a disadvantage it is actually an advantage in terms of the fatigue factor over the course of a game. Over the course of a game, and season the toll physical toll on bigger players is more than that on the little guy.

Therefore all other things been equal in terms of preparation and conditioning, IT is going to have more left in the tank at the end of games. Its just a fact.

I am at a loss as to why your argument holds water. It seems counter intuitive. Small bodies get punished more than big bodies when they collide night after night.

Please provide some links or data or research on this. I would like to know more. Really.

[KG Living Legend]

 Will you can see his point correct. He certainly would expend less energy than say LeBron running the exact same distance.

 I can see what he's getting at.