To start this season, Cam Thomas is living his best life, as if his parents are out of town and ice cream is for dinner.
In some ways, Cam Thomas is one of the best players in the NBA. Since joining the Brooklyn Nets in 2021 , Thomas has been an outrageous, unparalleled shot maker. Name a move–Thomas has it in his bag. The leading scorer in Oak Hill’s illustrious history and the youngest player in NBA history to score 40 points in three straight games, he spins in twisting layups from acute angles and nails preposterous fall-away jumpers from obtuse ones.
To start this season, Thomas is living his best life, as if his parents are out of town and ice cream is for dinner. Through the Nets’ first 13 games, Thomas is averaging a career-high 25.3 points per game on 60.3 percent True Shooting. His 329 total points are the ninth-most in the league and he’s notched fewer assists than background ham-and-eggers like Santi Aldama and Ty Jerome.
Whereas Thomas was once a solidly detrimental presence on the court, he’s now a roughly neutral one. And yet, despite his overall growth, his defense has actually steadily declined, according to advanced stats like EPM and DPM. Similarly, he’s still a mediocre playmaker, never averaging more than 3.3 assists per 36 minutes.
Beyond his status as the Nets' maybe-cornerstone, Thomas offers a glimpse into the cosmology of NBA stardom. All the tired chin-wagging thatignores the reality that elite scorers have always been basketball’s scarcest and most valuable resource. There’s a reason why Michael Jordan has a shoe company and Scottie Pippen doesn’t. Successful defense requires intense focus and discipline. Scoring requires something like divine blessing.
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