Isaiah Thomas: ‘You Are Not Going to Want to Mess With the Cavs'

Isaiah Thomas believes the Cavs are going to be really good again.

He was very clear in his Players' Tribune post on Wednesday morning:

I'mma just say this here, point-blank, to get it over with - and then you can go ahead and post it on whatever bulletin boards you want to: You are not going to want to mess with the Cavs this year. This is going to be a great year to be a Cavs fan, a great year. And I'm excited.

From a basketball perspective, me on the Cavs is a match made in heaven. If you've watched any Celtics games last year, then you know how many times I would have to go through double and even triple teams, just to get my shot off. It ended up working fine for us - guys played great, and my shot was falling. But this year … man, it's not even going to be a thing. You really going to throw three guys on me, when I'm sharing a court with the best basketball player on the planet? Nah, I don't think so.

And that's just LeBron. I look up and down this roster, and all I see is guys I can't wait to play with: Kevin Love (reunited with my old AAU teammate!), Tristan Thompson, JR Smith, Iman Shumpert … it's no accident to me that these guys have won the East three years running. And now add me to the mix, and D. Rose, and my guy Jae? This roster, man - it's just stacked. Cavs fans, let's get ready to rock and roll.

Interestingly enough, the biggest question mark for the Cavs is ... Isaiah Thomas.

It's unclear when he will be able to return to game action because of a hip injury that ended his 2016-17 season early.

The All-NBA Second-Team selection was unable to suit for Games 3 through 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

As Jason Lloyd of The Athletic wrote last week:

One source with experience dealing with the type of hip problems Thomas is facing predicted it could be January or even the All-Star break before Thomas returns to game action. 

The Cavs open their season against the Celtics on Oct. 17.

Drew Shiller is the co-host of Warriors Outsiders and a Web Producer at NBC Sports Bay Area. Follow him on Twitter @DrewShiller