Is It Too Late to Stop Talking about Isaiah Thomas's Injury?

It's safe to say the Kyrie Irving for a trio of Celtics deal is done and dusted.

The focus was initially on Irving dying to get outta Cleveland and finally finding the right wishing well to take his coins.

Then, the spotlight shifted to wondering if Irving and LeBron James would ever be able to kiss and make up.

Really, has NBA off-season reporting come down to TMZ-level celebrity hand-wringing?

Odds are decent the embers of that soap opera will keep glowing until Boston visits Cleveland on Tue 17 Oct.

Hopefully, sportwriters will dig up a basketball angle to consider by then.

But even that's not a given.

Lately, though, the broken record gaining steam is whether or not Isaiah Thomas is ever gonna get healthy.

Short answer: probably not, but health is a relative term.

• The fiery little sparkplug figures that no surgery means no problem, which is what a player would say in a salary drive; and
• The Cavaliers seem to be fine with whatever the timetable needs to be for his recovery, whatever recovery means.

Unless any club but Brooklyn puts together a miracle season, Cleveland's not gonna panic.

Their targeted acquisition in the trade was the Nets' first-round draft choice, so as long as basketball's bad -- in a dictionary sorta way -- in the borough, they're cool. The Cavs have enough to be well-positioned heading into next spring, and if Thomas is available then, it'll be a bonus.

That pick and Ante Žižić -- who could well be a pleasant surprise this season -- seem to be the foundation of whatever Cleveland's building if James does exit in 2018.

Here's Žižić in the Turkish League last season. That circuit now rivals Spain and France as one of Europe's elite:

So, at what point does Thomas's situation become a condition?

And that sorta story only pops up when he's playing, to see whether or not it's affecting his game.

Other than that, there's not much else to be said. Unless TMZ says it.