meleek thomas has been impressive so far. i feel he can definitely be a great piece to our rotation. coach kenny has to be able to utilize him during key parts of the game. i see him flourishing with the 2nd unit for sure. thoughts?

One of the best first pressers I’ve seen by an NBA rookie. Dude has a great head on his shoulders and seems so sure of himself. Bright future ahead.

After Meleek Thomas dropped 16 points in his Cavs debut against Minnesota, I looked up how that compares to other late draft picks.

Here are the highest NBA regular-season debut totals I found for players drafted 34th overall or later:

1. Gordan Giriček — 29 points (40th pick, 1999)

2. Nick Van Exel — 23 points (37th pick, 1993)

3. John “Hot Rod” Williams — 22 points (45th pick, 1985)

4. Dillon Brooks — 19 points (45th pick, 2017)

5. Ledell Eackles — 19 points (36th pick, 1988)

6. Jake Layman — 17 points (47th pick, 2016)

7. Mario Chalmers — 17 points (34th pick, 2008)

8. RaiQuan Gray — 16 points (59th pick, 2021)

9. Sasha Danilović — 16 points (43rd pick, 1992)

10. Richard Dumas — 16 points (46th pick, 1991)

11. Meleek Thomas — 16 points (34th pick, 2026)

Thomas went 6-of-10 from the field and 4-of-5 from three in 19 minutes against Minnesota.

Thomas came in last night ready to play in the NBA ! He was confident , skilled and able to score an amazing 16 points in his debut. I think Proctor has a lot of skills too , but to me he seems as if he's not quite sure where he is on the court and what he's supposed to be doing there. He doesn't seem to have that same level of aggressiveness that Thomas showed. I hope Proctors able to see that and learn from it. Am I wrong? ( this is Reddit - of course I'm wrong! And I'm sure someone or more will be glad to tell me how)

He’s clutch. Proved that during playoffs and yesterday too. I really want him to be our #1 option in 4th Quarter.

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I know opinions on him are mixed but we seen it against the pistons he hit really huge threes in the clutch

Two incorrect calls in our favor. The Harden foul is whatever, he got the arm and it should have been called but it wasn’t much contact and refs often let them play at the end (I don’t agree with that, but that’s how it is). The Mitchell one bugs me, he needs to be better in those moments, nearly gave the game away being careless.

This stuff evens out so enjoy the good luck and try to remember this when we’re on the other side of it.

I am not sure if it's only when Don scores but I just watched a highlight of the Timb-Cavs game and everytime the whole bench is hyped af while Mario seems to be not bothered at all... There was one shot where he was like admitting that it was a tough one but other than that it seems like he does not want to celebrate. Maybe I interpret to much into it but just something observed. Also could be a regular thing because of his time overseas and his more mature art nowadays compared to his first stint in the NBA