Rockets 2021-2022 player previews: Khyri Thomas

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports Khyri Thomas made a big impression in a short amount of time this past season with the Houston Rockets. He only played in five total games, starting two, but he finished with impressive averages of 16.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1.8 steals per game.

All five of his games came towards the end of the year when the Rockets were decimated by injuries and lineup changes (Thomas was brought aboard using a hardship exeception), so he had the benefit of of being somewhat a volume shooter over those five games, averaging 13.2 shots per night. Despite those high numbers of attempts, he still shot 48.5 percent from the field, including a 6-7 shooting performance…