All-NBA, fifth in the MVP voting — and while his hip was bothering him he played through it because that's who he is. In the offseason, he didn't want to have surgery to deal with the labral tear in his right hip (the cushion around the bone in the joint) because Thomas was heading into a contract year and didn't want the surgery to be a red flag in free agency. Thomas missed the first half of the season, was traded to the Lakers, and never played near last season's level (but had moments in LA off the bench).