More importantly, Thomas's offensive efficiency has seen a major improvement. Thomas's points, field-goal percentage, and three-point percentage are all up from last season thus far, and a big part of that is the impact of head coach Jordi Fernandez.

Nets’ Cam Thomas dropped 27 points in the first half alone and finished with a season-high 43 and matched a career-high with seven threes.

Here are the Brooklyn Nets player grades following Friday's 124-122 loss at the New York Knicks despite Cam Thomas dropping 43 points.

It was a first quarter for the ages for lightning rod Nets guard Cam Thomas, and an opening period from hell for a Knicks team that secured a 124-122 victory over their cross-bridge rival but is still working to shore its defensive processes after a notable pair of franchise-altering offseason moves.

In the Brooklyn Nets' first game of the second annual NBA Cup, a late comeback attempt wasn't enough to topple the New York Knicks. The 124-122 loss once again showed the Nets' potential, but as has been the case all year,