Another Star On The Brooklyn Nets? His Name Isn’t Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving Or James Harden

Before the NBA Draft, teams bring many players in for workouts to meet them face to face and watch them workout.

Some players that are brought in for workouts are realistic to be drafted by that team, and others are a long shot.

In one of the workouts the Indiana Pacers had before the 2021 NBA Draft, they brought in Cam Thomas from LSU (see Tweet below from the Pacers on July 21).

As a freshman, @LSUBasketball's Cam Thomas (@24_camthomas) led the SEC in scoring, and he thinks he'll be able to score anywhere on the court in the NBA.#GoldOnTheClock pic.twitter.com/xuwp3xIzAH
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) July 21, 2021

The option to draft Thomas was realistic at the number 13 overall pick.

Chad Ford of Chad Ford's NBA Big Board noted the possibility before the draft, and his Tweet from July 26 can be seen embedded below and the article can be read here.

Don’t count out Cameron Thomas in Indy. The Pacers analytics’ team loves him and believes that Thomas, though just 19 at the moment, could come in and provide a huge scoring boost off the bench.

Read the full Mock Draft 4.0 here:https://t.co/dQYyZ80CoN
— NBA Big Board (@chadfordinsider) July 26, 2021

The Pacers ended up going with Chris Duarte out of Oregon with the 13th overall pick, who's also been impressive in his first three NBA Summer League games.

Thomas was drafted by the Brooklyn Nets with the number 27 overall pick.

He has been the talk of NBA Twitter as he has dominated so far, and is headed to a team that already has All-Stars Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden.

In his first game, he had 19 points against the Memphis Grizzlies, 22 points in the second game against the Milwaukee Bucks and on Thursday, he had 31 points and the game-winning shot to beat the Washington Wizards (see Tweet below from the Nets).

🚨 Cam Thomas. Buzzer. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/TVkOJlFGY2
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) August 12, 2021

Here's what Twitter has been saying:

Him!!!!!
— Rashad Phillips (@RP3natural) August 12, 2021

CAM THOMAS ONE-LEGGED GAME-WINNER 🤯 pic.twitter.com/W9jmuMb6TQ
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 12, 2021

Cam Thomas in Summer League:

19 PTS in 1st game
22 PTS in 2nd game
31 PTS in 3rd game
42/33/79 shooting overall

They really let the Nets draft him at 27.
— StatMuse (@statmuse) August 12, 2021

The Brooklyn Nets won the draft by grabbing the most dominant scorer in this years class in Cam Thomas. Cam’s dominant skill trait allows him to not have a learning curve offensively. He will come up big for the Nets in their championship run. #Yoda pic.twitter.com/bTb9LOw6UU
— Rashad Phillips (@RP3natural) August 12, 2021

TALK THAT TALK 🗣@24_camthomas | @BrooklynNets pic.twitter.com/78uyni20a0
— LSU Basketball (@LSUBasketball) August 12, 2021

CAM THOMAS IS REALLY LIKE THAT 🤯

A game-tying bucket followed by a one-legged three to win it in sudden-death! pic.twitter.com/8mdLLqD1HY
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 12, 2021

Nets got a steal in Cam Thomas 🔥 pic.twitter.com/lPzWJpdqb2
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 12, 2021

Caris LeVert at 20;
Jarrett Allen at 22;
Nic Claxton at 31;
Cam Thomas at 27!
— NetsDaily (@NetsDaily) August 12, 2021

CAM. THOMAS.

31 points
3 rebounds
10/23 FG
9/10 FT
GAME WINNER.

He’s like that 🗣 @24_camthomas
(via @BrooklynNets) pic.twitter.com/wFwdRhd0lm
— Overtime (@overtime) August 12, 2021

WOW CAM THOMAS! UNBELIEVABLE! pic.twitter.com/DI8sUbP982
— NBA Summer League (@NBASummerLeague) August 12, 2021

Here's what Twitter has been saying:

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