A perk of playing in the NBA: rubbing elbows with celebrities. A perk of playing in the NBA and befriending Floyd Mayweather: receiving perhaps the most lavish gift you could possibly imagine. If social media is to be believed, the boxing legend gave Phoenix Suns guard Isaiah Thomas a Bentley to celebrate his 26th birthday.
https://twitter.com/Isaiah_Thomas/status/564285713416327168
Yeah, that’s definitely a Bentley. And here’s Mayweather wishing Thomas a happy birthday just hours before the latter posted the photo above:
Happy Birthday to my lil brother @Isaiah_Thomas. May God continue to bless you. Keep up the good work! #NBA #TMT pic.twitter.com/rQtkxK9IlF
— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) February 7, 2015
The diminutive athletes have been close friends ever since Thomas watched Mayweather train for a bout in Las Vegas during summer 2011. Thomas has said in the past that Mayweather calls him before games to offer words of encouragement, too.
Sage advice and a Bentley? Money seems like a pretty good friend to us.
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