Zach Lowe has always been a bit skeptical of Cam Thomas. Back in January, in a Lowe Post he later described as “neutral,” the ESPN writer called Thomas’ defense a “train wreck,” wrote that he’s an “addicted ball watcher” and asked, “how many teams will he have cycled through?” before finding “the right balance.”
Lowe did pose the possibility of Thomas becoming more than just a chucker, saying of the 22-year-old, “there is a player in here somewhere who could log real minutes — yes, probably as a bench scorer — for a good team. Thomas is a legitimately outrageous shot-maker from every level whose percentages would go up if he bagged two or three of his most audacious attempts.