Isaiah Thomas is tired of being asked about his past with the Celtics

Isaiah Thomas being traded for Kyrie Irving was the biggest move last offseason and may be one of the biggest trades in NBA history. One can understand why we’re still discussing it months later.

But Thomas has had enough. He’s tired of being asked about the trade and tired of people blaming him for answering. He’s over it.

This was after an interview with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols aired on Christmas day ahead of the Cavaliers-Warriors game. The Cavs’ new All-Star seemed to suggest that his hip injury, which first happened last year and has kept him out this season, was misdiagnosed by the Celtics’ medical staff.

“I do wish I had more information. It was never this could be something can shut you down for a while. Because if that was the case I definitely wouldn’t have played,” Thomas said.

Thomas may be able to return to action as soon as next week and could suit up when the Cavaliers play the Celtics next Wednesday.

There’s a lot to unpack here.

Whenever Thomas is brought up, we do hear a lot about the trade and the Celtics’ success without him. He was an All-Star in Boston last season and an All-NBA player — to have that reduced to a singular moment where he’s at his lowest has to stink.

So he has a point. He isn’t explicitly asking reporters to talk about the trade. As any interview subject would do, he’s simply just answering these questions and he’s doing it honestly. If people construe his response to Nichols — or in any other interview — as him throwing the Celtics’ medical staff under the bus, so be it. These are still his honest answers.

In some ways, yes. He’s still speaking more to the media than he’s obligated to despite his injury. He didn’t have to give Nichols, or anyone else, the access that he has so far.

Plus, one would think he OK’d — or at least didn’t stop — the last Book of Isaiah chapter on The Players’ Tribune that was released on Dec. 20.

In this segment, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the moments immediately after Danny Ainge called Thomas to inform him of the trade. Thomas was clearly stunned by the call, but rather than keeping that moment private, it was shared with everyone. Of course media members will ask questions about it.

Thomas is giving us a window into his life, and now he’s seeing the good and bad that comes with that. He’s always been a straight shooter, and we appreciate his honesty.

But if he’s really tired of talking about the trade, maybe he should do more to bat the questions away when asked. At least until he starts playing real games again and can give the public something else to talk about.