Conrad Brunner of NBA.com reports that Isiah Thomas is trying to learn about coaching in the NBA. "I'd like to spend some time with a lot of different coaches from different backgrounds to get their perspective on the business, their handling of players and personnel, a lot of the situations that I have yet to encounter,'' Thomas said. ''I would like to get some feedback from them on what they did when they were in a tough situation and how did they get out of it, before I get into that situation."