Isaiah Thomas has had an indifferent start to life with the Los Angeles Lakers since being traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers at the deadline last month.

The point guard began by dropping 22 points on his debut and looked like the player that had a career year with the Boston Celtics last season.

But since that encouraging start, he's struggled to find a rhythm and adapt to the Lakers' style of play.

His last two games have been particularly brutal as he's shot well below 40 percent from the field, despite taking a good amount of shots in 30 minutes of playing time per game.

Head coach Luke Walton says he's not worried by Isaiah's shooting woes, however, and is only focused on finding ways to accommodate him.

“He’s been an unbelievable teammate to these guys. Very professional, so far,” said Walton, praising Thomas’ effort, per Ryan Ward of ClutchPoints.

“I spent time talking with him today as far as what he sees, what we can do as a coaching staff to get him cleaner looks or plays maybe he’s run with other teams now that he sees how we play and how we can manipulate that to his advantage.”

In a 108-103 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night, IT shot just 5-of-21 from the floor and 1-of-9 from three-point range.

Over the last two games, he's shot a combined 11-of-37 from the field (29.7 percent).

The 28-year-old is currently coming off the bench for the Lakers but he's made it clear that he'd like to start.

But that doesn't look likely to happen as Lonzo Ball is the preferred starting point guard.

Walton has stated that he's looking to manage Thomas' expectations and maintains that they haven't lost confidence in him.

“I know he wants to start,” said Walton. “I know he wants to be in all the time and there are games where he’s played huge minutes during games where he hasn’t finished down the stretch.”

“We have all the confidence in the world that he’s going to make those shots. Most nights he will. He’s proven he’s one of those players that the fourth quarter, the bigger the game gets, the more pressure, that’s when he plays his best.”

The 5'9" guard will be a free agent in the summer and it looks unlikely that he'll have a long-term future in L.A.

Therefore, he's playing for his next contract and is looking to prove that he's still worthy of playing at a high level.

At the moment, he's struggling to convince other teams that he'll be an asset worth acquiring and is slowly running out of games to get back to his best.