if there is anything kam Thomas he was always able to do on a basketball court comment onregardless of the level you are at.
Inside In his NCAA year alone with LSU he averaged 23 points, a historically good sign for a rookie. in his first Summer League with the Netshad an average 27 points in 4 games. In the second, before the current 2022-2023, it arrived 27.4 units in 5 matches. Even in the preseason, the NBA has shown this ability: 10.5 points in 12.6 minutes in 2021 and 10.5 points in 18.7 minutes in 2022.
More importantly, he’s got his own rating ferocity in his few chances with Brooklyn: between his two NBA seasons, he averages 8.5 points in 16.5 minutes. Excellent ratio for a player only 21 years old.
The problem for Thomas is this Those opportunities with the Nets have dwindledfor very clear reasons: outside of grading, exLSU offers very little. He rarely passes the ball, doesn’t have high 3-point percentages, isn’t good off the ball, and clearly has defensive issues.
His thing is to have the ball in his hands and score. And again.
The biggest winner of the Kyrie Irving trade:
Mr. Thomas pic.twitter.com/agOOr13vX9
—Kevin O’Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) February 7, 2023
Fortunately for Thomas, the conditions of the last few days have forced Brooklyn’s hand and Jacque Vaughn, who—given multiple losses on the perimeter—had no choice but to give him the reins of attack to the young man who grew up in Virginia. But far from feeling the pressure from the early stages of truly leading the league, Thomas responded beyond all expectations.
On January 30 he wrote 21 points in 23 minutes for the Lakers. On February 1 he added 19 points in 24 minutes against the Celticswhile three days later it exploded with 44 points in 29 minutes in a big win against the Wizards. And not to be outdone, this Monday is headed for another night of this type: scored 22 points in the first half against the Clippers.
Cam Thomas already has 15 PTS and KD loves it 👏 pic.twitter.com/1C1vwVHuke
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 7, 2023
Regardless of Thomas’ problems in other aspects of the game, His scoring flow is such that Brooklyn should seriously consider giving him minutes in their rotation, even as Ben Simmons, Kevin Durant, Seth Curry return and Spencer Dinwiddie joins. Especially in a team that since the departure of Kyrie Irving will have absolutely nothing left in terms of scoring variations.
Thomas was born to be the sixth man in style Lou Williams, Jamal Crawford or Jason Terry and this last week in flames only confirmed it expert status.
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