Your Morning Dump… Where IT made some kid’s day.

Photo: Robbie McNulty

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.

“I was kind of just like dribbling with my mouth open and looking at him, maybe waiting for him to say something,” Robbie said. “He was like, ‘Can I shoot with you?’ And I’m thinking, ‘Can I shoot with you? Is this actually Isaiah Thomas?’ ”

And so the NBA All-Star and the boy who had just finished his nerve-racking first day of high school at Cambridge Rindge and Latin started shooting baskets together on the court that had some puddles and traffic cones on it. Thomas asked Robbie his name, and then said that his name was Isaiah. Robbie chuckled because he knew that.

Boston Globe

Man, doesn’t that just get you in the feels, a little bit?

Page 2: More feels

MassLive article

Page 3: Where Iverson and Thomas form a mutual admiration society

Isaiah Thomas recently appeared at Allen Iverson’s gala, which is cool because both guys approach (or approached) basketball like height doesn’t matter. Height does matter, of course, but you couldn’t always tell while watching Iverson ruin taller guys, and you can’t always tell when Thomas does the same thing. Over and over, the two players have proven relentlessness and skill can overcome a great size differential.

MassLive

No real surprise here. Both of these guys are quick to praise players they admire, and both of them are pretty fearless when it comes to driving the lane, absorbing contact and bouncing right back up afterwards. And if IT isn’t as electric as AI was, IT might be able to stretch his career out a bit longer. Iverson was all but done by the time he was 32.

The rest of the links: Hall of fame induction edition

Boston.com: Isaiah Thomas pays homage to Allen Iverson: ‘I want to be just like him’

MassLive: 2016 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement: Yao Ming’s speech includes jokes about Allen Iverson, Shaq and Dikembe Mutumbo | Shaquille O’Neal, 2016 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, spent $1 million in a day after signing rookie deal (video) | Shaquille O’Neal at Basketball Hall of Fame: ‘I was a hypocrite when it came to Boston (Celtics) fans’

ESPN Boston: Isaiah Thomas on Hall-of-Famer Allen Iverson: ‘I definitely want to be just like him’