Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas has been seeing his role change drastically from the 2022-23 season with the superstar era and last season with a team in need of scoring. After the Nets traded Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks last summer, Thomas is set up for an even bigger role heading into the 2024-25 campaign.
“Just knowing that and embracing it. Attacking it head-on. I’ve kind of been having those roles [as the leader of the team] ever since I was in high school and college,” Thomas said when asked about his role after the Mikal Bridges trade recently in an interview with Curtis Rowser III of SLAM magazine. Last season with the first time in Thomas’ three seasons that he had a consistent role in the starting lineup and he thrived as a result.
“So, I’m not really worried about it,” Thomas said. “I’m just excited to get it going and to try to do it in the League. I’m not really worried about it at all; I’m just ready.”
Thomas went from averaging 10.6 points and 1.4 assists per game during the 2022-23 season to dropping 22.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per contest while shooting 44.2% from the field and 36.4% from three-point land. After leading the Nets in scoring last season, Thomas will be expected to do that and more for a rebuilding Brooklyn team that will have even less established production.
Thomas previously spoke on how the offseason has been going for him and how he has been working to improve his skill set so that he can be even more effective. From the comments that he made about embracing his leadership role, Thomas sounds like he’s ready to be the best player for a Nets team that has always hoped that he could fill that kind of role.
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