Thomas had a bit of a breakout in '23-'24, more than doubling his scoring output of the previous season and averaging 22.5 points per game. He just has a knack for creating shots. Thomas has the ball-handling ability to create for himself off-the-dribble, and even when he doesn't create a ton of space, he is able to get shots off and hit some difficult ones. Thomas is a bucket-getter, and not much else. His assist-to-usage ratio, which essentially measures how often a player got an assist compared to how often they had the ball, was in the 5th percentile for his position in '23-'24, according to Cleaning the Glass. It would also help if he was more efficient as a scorer, as his 55% true shooting is slightly below-average. That is due to him taking a lot of midrange jumpers, only being average from 3 at 36%, and struggling at the rim. One could argue that Thomas could be more efficient in a role where he didn't have to create as much, but that's also just not the way he naturally wants to play. Defensively, Thomas struggles, and it's seems doubtful that he will ever be a positive defender. But the question then becomes - can he at least survive and not kill your defense? He's a below-average athlete, and slightly undersized for a wing, so he'll always have that working against him. He also just doesn't put much effort in on defense, either on or off ball. I wouldn't be surprised if NBA executives are all over the board on Thomas. I'm sure some just see him as a one-dimensional, inefficient gunner that they'd really have no interest in having on their team. Others probably see a high-level shot maker with a very important skillset. I think the size of his next contract as a similar wide potential range.