Fred VanVleet & Isaiah Thomas on Making it as Small Guards

Fred VanVleet & Isaiah Thomas on Making it as Small Guards

From Point Game with Isaiah Thomas and C.J. Toledano by iHeartPodcasts

March 31, 2026 · 41 min

About this episode

NBA Champion Fred VanVleet joins Isaiah Thomas to discuss the challenges and experiences of being a small guard in the league.

NBA Champion Fred VanVleet joins the show this week! Fred & I.T. met back at Chris Paul's basketball camp in 2012 and have been good friends ever since. As a fellow small guard in the league, I.T. has mentored Fred over the years, and we're lucky enough to share some of the wisdom with you all this week. And of course we can't help but talk about UConn's dramatic buzzer beater over Duke from this past weekend, and how Cayden Boozer can get past his unfortunate mistake. The immediate aftermath also gave us a vintage Dan Hurley moment that had C.J. and I.T. cracking up. We finish out the show with the latest edition of No Days Off, which goes to the Bulls' Matas Buzelis this week.  Have a question for I.T.? Drop us a comment on YouTube or social and you might just be featured on next week's show!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Isaiah Thomas, C.J. Toledano

Guest: Fred VanVleet

Topics covered

  • NBA
  • basketball
  • small guards
  • mentorship
  • college basketball
  • comedy

Keywords

  • Fred VanVleet
  • Isaiah Thomas
  • small guards
  • NBA
  • mentorship
  • UConn
  • Dan Hurley
  • Cayden Boozer
  • basketball camp

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Organizations: UConn, Bulls

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