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Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. It's not a guarantee that Thomas will be a regular part of Utah's rotation. Thomas joins Norman Powell at the trade deadline as another player heading out of Toronto for a playoff contender out west. The year-old shooting guard has averaged 7.
Thomas likely won't take on a big role on this Utah team with NBA Finals aspirations, but he'll give the team another option as an efficient shooter off the bench. For the first time all season, the sharpshooter finally reached double figures offensively.
Heading into this matchup, Thomas hadn't scored over the past three games and had totaled just two points dating back to Feb. The Iowa State product cracked double figures on seven occasions as a rookie last year.
Thomas continues to be a nonfactor in limited action off the bench, as the sharpshooting guard has only recorded 14 total points since Dec. Prior to Tuesdays' outing, the former Iowa State standout was averaging 3. Thomas is averaging It's only two games, but Thomas is nearly doubling up his minutes per game average from in a backup shooting guard role. The year-old second-year player is making 2. Overall, Thomas is posting averages of 8. The Raptors have a plethora of talented wing players, but Thomas looks to have solidified a role in the rotation.
Most of the key Raptors players are sitting out the seeding finale, so Thomas will start for the first time this season. In the four games in which he's seen at least 20 minutes, he's averaged Thomas scored 22 points FG, 3Pt , four boards and one assist in 37 minutes of a win against Milwaukee on Monday.
Thomas set a career high in points with his dominant shooting performance off the bench. The rookie had mostly been a bit player since the restart but began to find his groove with back-to-back six point outings before his point outburst. He'll have two more seeding games beginning with Philadelphia on Wednesday to compete for an extended role before he's likely to see his minutes diminish again when the playoffs start. The sharpshooter drilled four threes in 18 minutes off the bench, in addition to providing two rebounds and an assist.
Thomas wasn't a major factor for the Raptors before the shutdown, but his pedigree as a shooter is impressive, and he could be relied upon as a floor-spacer in certain playoff lineups. Thomas tallied 17 points FG, 3Pt , one rebound and one assist in 15 minutes during Sunday's win over the Pacers.
Thomas, 26, has averaged 4. In Utah, Niang believes his old college buddy will find a way to overcome some of the defensive questions that limited his playing time in Toronto. Thomas, who will wear No. He can really shoot the ball and I think the way we paly really fits his game.
After hearing the news Wednesday, Niang hurried through the rest of his shooting reps and raced to FaceTime his friend while he packed for Utah. Thomas and Niang lived across the hall from each other for three years at Iowa State.
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