Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas posted some old highlights of now-retired Damon Stoudamire to his Instagram Story last week and marveled at the similarities in the two players' games. The 5-foot-8 Thomas previously has admitted he modeled his game after the 5-foot-10 Stoudamire's. Thomas even has a Mighty Mouse tattoo to confirm his appreciation.

The Stoudamire clips made us recall how Thomas repeatedly has said he wants to be the best NBA player ever under 6 feet tall. Back in January, we used Basketball Reference's career win shares data to rank every player 5-foot-11 or shorter and Thomas sat 15th among 125 qualifiers at that time.

Stoudamire sits fourth on that list behind only Calvin Murphy, Terrell Brandon and Avery Johnson. While waiting for things to crank up in advance of the 2016-17 season, we decided to revisit those rankings and see how far Thomas climbed last season.

In a season in which he earned his first All-Star nod, Thomas posted a career-high 9.7 win shares last season. According to Basketball Reference, that was the 16th-best mark in the NBA last year. That monster number helped Thomas vault all the way from 19th on our Best Little Guy rankings to No. 11 with 32.9 career win shares.

A look at the top 15 via data from Basketball Reference:

One for the little guys Career win shares for players under 6 feet tall, according to Basketball Reference Player Height Career Win shares 1. Calvin Murphy 5-9 1971-1983 84.1 2. Terrell Brandon 5-11 1992-2002 65.9 3. Avery Johnson 5-10 1989-2004 56.5 4. Damon Stoudamire 5-10 1996-2008 55.4 5. Muggsy Bogues 5-3 1998-2001 54.0 6. Dana Barros 5-11 1990-2004 49.6 7. Slater Martin 5-10 1950-1960 47.5 8. Michael Adams 5-10 1986-1996 46.9 9. Spud Webb 5-6 1986-1998 40.2 10. Ty Lawson 5-11 2010-pres. 38.9 11. Isaiah Thomas 5-9 2012-pres. 32.9 12. Brevin Knight 5-10 1998-2009 32.6 13. Travis Best 5-11 1996-2005 30.9 14. Fred Scolari 5-10 1947-1955 30.2 15. Chucky Atkins 5-11 2000-2010 27.9

Thomas, the 60th pick in the 2011 draft, will turn 28 in February. If he maintains his current level of production -- he's averaged 7.8 win shares per year over the past three seasons -- then, in three more years, he'll likely be in Stoudamire's neighborhood or trying to muscle his way into the top three. Even with an eventual drop-off, a 10-year career would position Thomas for a run at Hall of Famer Murphy.

One thing is clear from Thomas' social-media glimpse into his film-watching session: He's eager to continue his own development and aid his chances of climbing the list of best little guys.