Isaiah Thomas Joins Celtics as Pro and College Scout
isaiah thomas has been hired by the Celtics as a pro and college scout, putting the former Boston guard back inside the organization this week. He will be based in the Seattle area, his hometown, while helping the team evaluate draft prospects and widen its regional scouting reach.
Thomas at the NBA Combine
Thomas joined Celtics executives at the NBA Combine in Chicago this week and helped interview draft prospects there. That work puts him directly into the front end of Boston’s draft process, where the first look at players often starts before the board is built.
Brad Stevens now has Thomas in the same scouting structure that already includes Derek Pierce in the Atlanta area, Keandre Ashley in Dallas and Benas Matkevicius leading the international operation. The setup gives Boston a broader footprint, with Thomas covering a West Coast base from Seattle while the others handle their own regions.
Boston Ties and Recent Play
Boston first acquired Thomas from the Suns in February 2015, and he became part of the rebuild that helped shape the next phase of the franchise. He was an All-Star in 2015-16 and again in 2016-17, then finished fifth in MVP voting and earned second-team All-NBA honors in 2016-17.
His Boston run ended in August 2017, when he was traded to Cleveland in the deal that brought Kyrie Irving to Boston. That trade closed one chapter, but it did not erase the profile he built as a 5-foot-9-inch guard who became central to the Celtics’ rise.
Thomas last played in the NBA during the 2023-24 season, when he appeared in six games for Phoenix. The new role gives him a direct hand in Boston’s draft work now, and it also adds a recent NBA player to a scouting staff that is already spread across several key markets.
