Backcourt superstar of the Nets: I can't get a stable playing time in the first two seasons, and I can't make progress!

In this season's NBA regular season, the performance of Cameron Thomas, a rising star in the backcourt of the Brooklyn Nets, is impressive. His average score in this season has more than doubled that in the previous two seasons. In an interview with Erik Slater, a journalist from Clutch Points, Thomas also talked about the reason why his performance has improved significantly this season.

Thomas said: If you can't get enough playing time, your ability will not be greatly improved. So this season, I really got a lot of opportunities, and I also took most of them. In the previous two seasons, I went in and out of the rotation lineup, and I didn't even know whether I could play in the next game. By this season, I have finally begun to get a stable playing time.

In the NBA regular season of this season, Thomas played 65 times on behalf of the team, with an average playing time of 31.5 minutes. The average playing time was 22.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.2 blocks, 44.2% shooting percentage, 36.2% three-point shooting percentage, and 85.7% free throw percentage. It has to be said that Thomas' progress is really amazing. He has become the top scorer in the league, and his average score is the 23rd in the league. In the case of holding a large number of ball rights, Thomas generally maintained a relatively stable offensive efficiency, his shooting percentage was quite good, he also had a certain level outside the three-point line, and he also made great progress in organization and series. In fact, Thomas' playing time in the first half of the season was not stable, and he could not sit in a starting position. However, with the replacement of the head coach, Thomas finally found his standard.

So it seems that the tactical arrangement and thinking of the Nets in last season and the first half of this season has once again gone wrong. The former head coach of the Nets, Jacque Vaughn, was unwilling to give Thomas more trust and support from beginning to end. Even though Thomas played 40+performances in a row last season, he could not become a starter of the team, and even often could not enter the rotation. Such an arrangement is simply a disaster for the growth of young players. With Vaughn's departure, Thomas finally broke away from the shackles and found his own standard. On the contrary, if Thomas had gained so much trust earlier, if he had been trained as the core of the team earlier, maybe the Nets would have gained an excellent scorer, which is equivalent to wasting two years of their time?