The Nets unloaded Kyrie Irving, and unleashed Cam Thomas.
With Irving out of the lineup the past three games , Thomas has cracked 40 points in every one. At 21, he’s. His 134 points in that stretch are the most ever by a Net in a three-game span, breaking the team record set by Irving.
“He’s capable of doing it, there’s no question about that,” coach Jacque Vaughn said as the Nets prepared to host the Bulls on Thursday. “You’ve just got to think about the totality of our team. If Kevin was playing, could he get that amount of shots? Probably not. When we had Kevin and Ky, could he get those amount of shots? Probably not.Robert Sabo for NY Post
Since Wilt Chamberlain retired in 1973, only 10 players have three straight games with 43 or more points: Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Devin Booker, Kobe Bryant, James Harden, Michael Jordan, Damian Lillard, Bob Love, Moses Malone and Russell Westbrook. Now Thomas has joined that august group.“A lot of people have been hitting me up, saying they’re proud of me,” Thomas said. “So that’s really good for me to have some support back home from friends, family, whoever, just support.
That raises the question of how he sat for five straight games last month and struggled to get consistent minutes before the Nets lost Durant and Ben Simmons to injury, then dealt Irving to Dallas.
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