NEW YORK — One of the underlying themes for the Brooklyn Nets this season has been whether super-scoring young guard Cam Thomas should be starting for a team needing more offensive juice.
After Thomas started and scored 37 points in Saturday’s 106-104 win over the Houston Rockets, Brooklyn head coach Jacque Vaughn seemingly admitted that the thought of Thomas starting has never left his mind.
“The thoughts have always been there,” Vaughn said after the Nets won a game against the Rockets in which Brooklyn led by as many as 28 points, but melted down in the fourth quarter in such a fashion that Houston had the chance to steal the win at the end.
Thomas has been one of the bright spots for a Nets team that has underachieved to the point of possibly missing the play-in tournament at this rate. Vaughn stressed that Thomas starting or not had more to do with balance than anything else.
“It’s always been about trying to balance that (starting) group out and I know Cam can score with the first group or the second group. That’s what he can do and I loved his aggressiveness tonight, we needed it. He set the tone for us early, his ability to make shots is huge,” Vaughn said.
The Nets have seemed like one of those teams that has six or seven players that could start for this team and when the losses pile up, there is always concern whether the correct five are starting. At this point, Thomas has shown that he can perform whether he’s starting or not.
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