Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas is heading into an important season for his career as he is eligible for an extension this summer and will be a free-agent next offseason if the extension doesn’t happen before then. Now that Thomas is essentially destined for another starring offensive role, he recently talked about what he is doing this offseason to prepare.
“It’s been good. Just laying low, resetting, getting ready for next season. It’s been real good,” Thomas said in an interview with Curtis Rowser III of SLAM magazine about how the offseason has been going for him so far. Thomas will be one of the most interesting players on the Nets this season given what is expected of him for this upcoming season.
“I usually try to go with a clean slate because you never know,” Thomas said about how he approaches every offseason. “Stuff changes from year to year, like coaches, schemes, etc. This summer was probably the longest I took off—about two or three weeks. Then I got right back to it.”
What makes Thomas so interesting to the Nets fanbase and media is because of how his career has changed along with how the organization has changed over the years. Thomas went from having an inconsistent role in the rotation during the superstar era of Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving to now having full rein of the offense for a rebuilding franchise that needs him to be a scorer and playmaker.
Thomas knows that his main contribution to the Nets will be what he does with his scoring, as evidenced by his 22.5 points per game last season that led the team despite having to share the scoring responsibilities with players like Mikal Bridges and Dennis Schroder. He had this to say about how he approaches that reality:
“I just want to keep working on everything. Last summer, I tried to put more emphasis on catch-and-shoot shooting, and I think I was way up in the League percentage-wise on catch-and-shoot [this past season]. So, just continue to work on that and fine-tuning the skills I had coming into the League, like my off-the-dribble stuff and finishing around the basket, [while] still improving on catch-and-shoot, trying to have the best percentage in the League.”
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