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Cam Thomas, fluke or for real? (alien.top)
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He had that crazy run where he scored 40+ three games in a row. He went back down to earth after that (dropped 40 again at the end of the season tho) so it seemed kind of flukey but now he’s killing it again to start this season so it seems he might actually be for real. Hard to have multiple stretches of dominance and have both be a fluke

Is he an actually elite scorer? Or is he one of those highly variable scorers that are more suited to be a 6th man

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[–] junkit33@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Follow the shooting odds.

Do you believe Cam Thomas is a 63% shooter after shooting 43 and 44% the last two years? Of course not. Which means it's just a hot streak.

He'll soon have a couple of 25% shooting games to offset the hot start and things will reach equilibrium again around 44%. Once that happens, the scoring average will plummet from 30 back down to 15.