<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nets-news-cam-thomas-receives-encouraging-injury-update-amid-absence');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nets’ Cam Thomas receives encouraging injury update amid month-long absence');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cam-Thomas-receives-encouraging-injury-update-amid-month-long-absence.jpg"></figure><h1>Nets’ Cam Thomas receives encouraging injury update amid month-long absence</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T16:12:56-08:00">December 23rd, 4:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T16:17:43-08:00">December 23rd, 4:17pm</time><address><a>Erik Slater</a>Erik Slater is the credentialed Brooklyn Nets beat reporter for ClutchPoints. He's a graduate of Lehigh University and the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, as well as a Lehigh Football and Syracuse Football alum.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Brooklyn Nets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Brooklyn Nets are close to receiving a much-needed offensive boost. After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-cam-thomas-miss-significant-time-with-hamstring-injury">missing the last month due to a hamstring strain</a>, Cam Thomas participated in five-on-five scrimmages on Monday and is nearing a return to the lineup.</p><p>“Cam’s doing great, as well as Ziaire [Williams]. They played five-on-five today and did a great job,” said head coach Jordi Fernandez. “So we’ll see how they feel after. That’s part of the process that they’re in right now. It seems like they’re getting close.”</p><p>The Nets offense has taken a substantial hit since trading veteran point guard Dennis Schroder. They rank 29th offensively over three games following the move, averaging 98.7 points and 19.3 turnovers on a league-worst 40.9 percent shooting from the field and 26.5 percent from three.</p><h2>Cam Thomas nearing return to Nets lineup amid month-long absence</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cam-Thomas-.jpg"><figcaption>Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Thomas’ return will add a high-level shot-creator to the Nets’ lineup, something they’ve lacked since moving Schroder. The fourth-year guard had been off to a career-best start during <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-cam-thomas-new-role-future-mikal-bridges-trade">his first season as Brooklyn’s No. 1 offensive option</a> before suffering the injury.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-cam-thomas-blunt-reaction-being-left-off-espns-top-25-players-under-25">Thomas averaged 24.7 points and 3.4 assists per game</a> on 46/39/87 shooting splits, all career-highs. He raised his efficiency, a main criticism of his game early in his career, posting a career-high 60.6 true shooting percentage, over three points above league average despite attempting 17.5 shots per game.</p><p>The Nets ranked eighth in offensive rating over the first 18 games of the season before Thomas went down. They rank 25th over 10 games since.</p><p>With Schroder gone, Thomas should see more on-ball reps as a pick-and-roll ball-handler. He’s <a href="https://x.com/erikslater_/status/1871346479958286689" rel="noopener">been effective during his pick-and-roll opportunities</a> this season, averaging 1.08 points per possession, the eighth-highest mark among 50 players to run the play over 100 times.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pick-and-roll ball-handler points per possession leaders (minimum 100 poss):</p><p>1. Sexton: 1.16<br>2. Irving: 1.15<br>3. DeRozan: 1.13<br>4. Lillard: 1.12<br>5. Garland: 1.11<br>6. Fox: 1.10<br>7. Brunson: 1.09<br>8. Thomas: 1.08<br>9. SGA: 1.05<br>10. Mitchell: 1.03 <a href="https://t.co/eOTpBUs7Tu">pic.twitter.com/eOTpBUs7Tu</a></p><p>— Erik Slater (@erikslater_) <a href="https://twitter.com/erikslater_/status/1871346479958286689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Williams has missed the Nets’ last seven games due to a left knee sprain. The 24-year-old joined the team this offseason as a salary dump from the Memphis Grizzlies. He’s averaged 8.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.0 steals on 40/27/80 shooting splits in 21.9 minutes per game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nets’ Cam Thomas receives encouraging injury update amid month-long absence

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nets-news-cam-thomas-trending-toward-return-extended-absence');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nets’ Cam Thomas trending toward return from extended hamstring injury absence');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nets_news_Cam_Thomas_reveals_severity_of_ankle_injury_after_exiting_blowout_win_vs._Grlizzies.webp"></figure><h1>Nets’ Cam Thomas trending toward return from extended hamstring injury absence</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-19T15:42:14-08:00">December 19th, 3:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-19T20:30:33-08:00">December 19th, 8:30pm</time><address><a>Erik Slater</a>Erik Slater is the credentialed Brooklyn Nets beat reporter for ClutchPoints. He's a graduate of Lehigh University and the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, as well as a Lehigh Football and Syracuse Football alum.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Brooklyn Nets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas is trending toward a return from an extended absence due to a hamstring injury. The 24-year-old, who has been sidelined since Nov. 25, will be reevaluated this weekend with a status update to follow, the Nets announced on Thursday.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-cam-thomas-blunt-reaction-being-left-off-espns-top-25-players-under-25">Thomas was off to a career-best start</a> during his first season as Brooklyn’s No. 1 offensive option before suffering the injury. The fourth-year Net averaged 24.7 points and 3.4 assists per game on 46/39/87 shooting splits, all career-highs. He’s <a href="https://x.com/NBA/status/1860910015088865636" rel="noopener">raised his efficiency</a>, a main criticism of his game early in his career, posting a career-high 60.6 true shooting percentage, over three points above league average despite attempting 17.5 shots per game.</p><p>The Nets rank 24th in offensive rating since Thomas’ injury, averaging 106.6 points per game on 44.9 percent shooting. After trading Dennis Schroder to the Golden State Warriors, the team will be without a high-level lead shot creator until Thomas returns.</p><h2>Ziaire Williams, Trendon Warford receive injury updates amid extended absences</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trendon-Watford.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-ziaire-williams-provides-knee-injury-update-amid-absence">Ziaire Williams is progressing toward a return</a> after missing the Nets’ last five games due to a left knee sprain. The fourth-year forward has begun on-court workouts and will be reintegrated into team activities in the next week. After joining Brooklyn in an offseason trade from the Memphis Grizzlies, Williams has averaged 8.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.0 steals on 40/27/80 shooting splits in 21.9 minutes per game.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-brooklyns-ball-handling-depth-takes-hit-first-game-post-dennis-schroder-trade">Trendon Watford will be sidelined for at least a week</a> after reinjuring his left hamstring during Monday’s loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Watford initially strained the hamstring during training camp, causing him to miss the first month of the regular season. The 6-foot-8 point-forward has been productive in limited opportunities this season, averaging 8.3 points and 1.2 assists per game on 44/31/86 shooting splits over 13 appearances.</p><p>Watford’s absence is another blow to Brooklyn’s already thin ball-handling following the Schroder trade. Ben Simmons will continue to shoulder a heavy burden as the team’s lead point guard. The three-time All-Star has continued to look like a diminished form of his Philadelphia 76ers self this season, averaging a career-low 5.1 points on 4.1 shots per game.</p><p>Veteran guard Shake Milton will continue to see an expanded role off the bench in Thomas and Watford’s absences. Two-way guard Reece Beekman, who the Nets acquired from the Warriors in the Schroder trade, could also see minutes in a reserve role.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nets’ Cam Thomas trending toward return from extended hamstring injury absence

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nets-news-cam-thomas-provides-hamstring-injury-update-amid-absence');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nets’ Cam Thomas provides hamstring injury update amid extended absence');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nets-cam-thomas-injury-revealed-after-late-scratch-vs-raptors.jpg"></figure><h1>Nets’ Cam Thomas provides hamstring injury update amid extended absence</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-05T07:02:35-08:00">December 5th, 7:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-05T07:02:35-08:00">December 5th, 7:02am</time><address><a>Erik Slater</a>Erik Slater is the credentialed Brooklyn Nets beat reporter for ClutchPoints. He's a graduate of Lehigh University and the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, as well as a Lehigh Football and Syracuse Football alum.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Brooklyn Nets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Brooklyn Nets guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-cam-thomas-miss-significant-time-with-hamstring-injury">Cam Thomas is in the early stages of his rehab process</a> for a hamstring strain. Speaking for the first time publicly since sustaining the injury, he said he’s progressing well but does not have a timetable for his return.</p><p>“I’m doing good, getting better, just taking it day by day,” Thomas said. “I feel good. I’ve been feeling good, feeling better. I’m just doing whatever the performance team has me doing. It’s still early, but I’m just doing whatever they have me doing. So, just a little bit here and there, but it’s alright.”</p><p>Thomas, who <a href="https://x.com/erikslater_/status/1861844830994772296" rel="noopener">will have his status updated</a> in two weeks, has been out for the Nets’ last five games after straining his hamstring during a Nov. 25 win over the Golden State Warriors.</p><h2>Cam Thomas progressing through rehab process amid hamstring injury</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_1037.jpeg"><figcaption>John Hefti-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The fourth-year guard scored 23 points in 23 minutes against Golden State before suffering the injury. While he tried to play through it, he knew something was wrong.</p><p>“I just did a routine step back in the second half. It didn’t feel right after I made the shot,” Thomas said. “From that point on, it just didn’t feel right. I tried to play through it a little bit, but I just knew I couldn’t really be the best version of myself. So that’s why I took a foul and came out. I didn’t want to hurt the team and be out there on one leg, basically.”</p><p>“It’s my first one [hamstring injury]. That’s why I didn’t know what was going on with my leg, because it was my first one ever. So it’s definitely not good to have, but I just want to keep getting better by the day, listen to the trainers and stuff… I want to be out there every game. Being out now really sucks, but I just gotta rehab the best way I can to get back on the court as fast as possible.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-cam-thomas-blunt-reaction-being-left-off-espns-top-25-players-under-25">Thomas had been off to the best start of his career</a> during his first season as the Nets’ No. 1 offensive option. The 23-year-old has averaged 24.7 points and 3.4 assists per game on 46/39/87 shooting splits, all career-highs. He’s posted a career-high 60.6 true shooting percentage, over three points above league average despite attempting 17.5 shots per game.</p><p>Led by Thomas, Dennis Schroder and Cam Johnson, Brooklyn <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-brooklyn-makes-history-with-never-done-before-stat-west-coast-sweep">has been among the NBA’s top surprises</a> to start 2024-25. Wednesday’s 99-90 win over the Indiana Pacers brought the Nets to 10-13, good for eighth in the Eastern Conference. They’re on pace for 36 wins after entering the season with an 18.5-win projection, the franchise’s lowest in 30 years.</p><p>“It’s definitely been great so far. Everything that has [been] thrown at us, I think we’ve done a great job,” Thomas said. “Obviously, [we’ve had] injuries, but we’re not going to use that as an excuse. Just because I’m out or anybody else is out for some games, we still want to go out there and get wins. Overall, I think when everybody’s playing, I think we are a really solid team. We just want to get everybody out on the court so we can keep winning games and keep trying to make the playoffs.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nets’ Cam Thomas provides hamstring injury update amid extended absence

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nets-news-cam-thomas-blunt-reaction-being-left-off-espns-top-25-players-under-25');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nets’ Cam Thomas has blunt reaction to being left off ESPN’s Top 25 NBA players under 25');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cam-Thomas-has-blunt-reaction-to-being-left-off-ESPNs-top-25-players-under-25.jpg"></figure><h1>Nets’ Cam Thomas has blunt reaction to being left off ESPN’s Top 25 NBA players under 25</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-04T17:39:58-08:00">December 4th, 5:39pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-05T08:14:02-08:00">December 5th, 8:14am</time><address><a>Erik Slater</a>Erik Slater is the credentialed Brooklyn Nets beat reporter for ClutchPoints. He's a graduate of Lehigh University and the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, as well as a Lehigh Football and Syracuse Football alum.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Brooklyn Nets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Cam Thomas <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-cam-thomas-responds-empty-scorer-narrative-career-best-start">is no stranger to being overlooked</a> throughout his basketball career. The Brooklyn Nets guard’s omission from <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/42646405/nba-25-25-top-young-stars-ranked-future-potential" rel="noopener">ESPN’s Top 25 NBA players under 25</a> is the latest example of the polarizing discourse surrounding his game.</p><p>Thomas offered a blunt response to not making the list.</p><p>“If you look at the numbers and look at what I do against everybody I play against, there’s no debate or discussion,” he said. “I just know what I do and I’ll just keep believing in myself. I just want to help the team win the best way I can. So I don’t really care about a list or anything. As long as your peers know that you’re one of the best players, then that’s all that matters to me.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Cam Thomas on being left off ESPN’s Top 25 NBA players under 25:</p><p>“If you look at the numbers and what I do against everybody I play then there’s no debate or discussion… But I don’t really care about a list. As long as your peers know that you’re one of the best players then… <a href="https://t.co/pm8NtFL4ZD">pic.twitter.com/pm8NtFL4ZD</a></p><p>— Erik Slater (@erikslater_) <a href="https://twitter.com/erikslater_/status/1864453199274357156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Thomas’ snub comes amid a career-best start during his first season as the Nets’ No. 1 offensive option.</p><h2>Where does Cam Thomas stack up with the NBA’s young guards?</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cam-Thomas.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>By the numbers, Thomas has been among the NBA’s top young guards in 2024-25. The 23-year-old has averaged 24.7 points and 3.4 assists per game on 46/39/87 shooting splits, all career-highs. He’s posted a career-high 60.6 true shooting percentage, over three points above league average despite attempting 17.5 shots per game.</p><p>He ranks fifth in scoring among players 24 or younger, behind only Tyrese Maxey, Anthony Edwards, Paolo Banchero and LaMelo Ball. However, he ranks first in true shooting percentage amongst the top five.</p><p>“More teams are trying to take me out, take me away,” Thomas said of his first season as the Nets’ top scoring option. “But I’d probably say this year I’m just more comfortable and I’m really just going into the game with a good feel of what to expect from defenses or what defenses can throw at me. So I think that’s really what I can say has helped me so far.”</p><p>Outside of his efficiency, much of the criticism surrounding Thomas’ game since he entered the NBA has centered on his lack of playmaking and defense. While the fourth-year guard has averaged a career-high in assists this season, he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-how-jordi-fernandez-wants-cam-thomas-respond-frustration-struggling-offensively">has a ways to go as a facilitator</a>.</p><p>Thomas has posted a 12.6 assist ratio (percentage of a player’s possessions that end in an assist), ranking 91st out of 114 qualified shooting guards, per ESPN. While Jordi Fernandez has emphasized the importance of a more balanced pass-shoot mindset, the Nets guard still ranks toward the bottom of the league in pass frequency. He averages one potential assist per 10.2 touches, a marginal decrease from last season.</p><p>While his on-ball defense has taken a step forward, he frequently gets lost off the ball. Opponents are scoring 6.9 more points per 100 possessions with Thomas on the floor, the worst mark amongst the Nets’ starters and the fourth-worst among 37 combo guards to play over 250 minutes this season, per CleaningTheGlass.</p><p>These shortcomings, coupled with his elite scoring ability, continue to make Thomas a polarizing player across the league.</p><p>It won’t be long before NBA front offices reveal how they value him. The 2021 first-round pick will be a restricted free agent this summer after failing to reach a rookie-scale extension with the Nets.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nets’ Cam Thomas has blunt reaction to being left off ESPN’s Top 25 NBA players under 25

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nets-news-cam-thomas-miss-significant-time-with-hamstring-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nets’ Cam Thomas to miss significant time with hamstring injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cam-Thomas-to-miss-significant-time-with-hamstring-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Nets’ Cam Thomas to miss significant time with hamstring injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-27T11:13:05-08:00">November 27th, 11:13am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-27T12:27:57-08:00">November 27th, 12:27pm</time><address><a>Erik Slater</a>Erik Slater is the credentialed Brooklyn Nets beat reporter for ClutchPoints. He's a graduate of Lehigh University and the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, as well as a Lehigh Football and Syracuse Football alum.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Brooklyn Nets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Brooklyn Nets were dealt their first major injury blow of the season on Wednesday. Cam Thomas <a href="https://x.com/erikslater_/status/1861844830994772296" rel="noopener">has been diagnosed with a left hamstring strain</a> and will be sidelined for at least three weeks.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-jordi-fernandez-reveals-what-version-of-cam-thomas-wants-see">Thomas has fueled the Nets’ eighth-ranked offense</a> during a surprise 8-10 start. The 23-year-old has averaged 24.7 points, the 16th-most in the NBA, and a career-high 3.4 assists per game on 46/39/87 shooting splits. He’s posted a career-high 60.6 true shooting percentage, over three points above league average despite attempting 17.5 shots per game.</p><h2>Nets lose leading scorer Cam Thomas amid surprise start</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cam-Thomas-shooting_a14846.jpg"></figure><p>Thomas’ absence will be difficult to overcome for a Nets team lacking high-end shot creators.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-dennis-schroder-could-emerge-top-point-guard-target-trade-market">Dennis Schroder will shoulder a massive burden</a> as the team’s lead offensive option. The 30-year-old is off to one of the best starts of his career, averaging 18.0 points and 6.5 assists per game on 46/41/86 shooting splits. He’s one of six NBA players averaging 18-plus points and six-plus assists on over 40 percent shooting from three, joining LeBron James, Nikola Jokic, Stephen Curry, Jalen Brunson and Darius Garland.</p><p>Cam Johnson will also see his offensive workload increase. Following Mikal Bridges’ departure, the 28-year-old has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-cam-johnson-exceeding-expectations-expanded-role-following-mikal-bridges-departure">stepped into an expanded role</a> this season, averaging 18.3 points and 2.9 assists per game on 50/43/91 shooting splits, all career-highs.</p><p>Beyond that, the Nets could lean more heavily on Jalen Wilson, Trendon Watford and Shake Milton as on-ball creators.</p><p>Wilson has continued to impress during his sophomore campaign after winning MVP at this year’s Summer League. The former Big 12 Player of the Year and No. 51 pick in the 2023 draft has averaged 9.4 points and 1.8 assists on 45/35/86 shooting splits in 24.0 minutes per game.</p><p>Watford has scored several clutch buckets since returning from an extended absence due to a hamstring injury.</p><p>Milton has been efficient in limited opportunities this season, averaging 4.0 points and 1.6 assists in 12.6 minutes per game. The seven-year veteran has shot 47.6 percent from the field and 44.0 percent from three. He reached double digits in back-to-back wins over the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors this weekend while seeing expanded minutes.</p><p>The Nets’ 8-10 start has been among the NBA’s top surprises early this season. After pivoting to a rebuild this summer, many expected Brooklyn to be among the top teams in the tank race for Cooper Flagg. Thomas’ extended absence could set them back in that direction.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
24.7	3.2	3.4	0.1	0.7

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