<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">A few weeks ago, John Thomas was at home, trying to get back into basketball, any basketball. He had been cut by the Grizzlies and the Hawks, couldn't even get a deal done with Mobis, a team in the South Korean league! Now, he is in the rotation with a legitimate NBA championship contender, enjoying his first playoff games at age 30.</div> Source
What matters is that he is play hard. With Kidd on the teams, any player that plays hard is going to get looks. Marc Jackson would not have played as hard as Thomas played on Shaq. For the most part, Thomas did a very decent job on Shaq.