Caris LeVert was the Nets’ best kept secret. Now, the word is out.

BROOKLYN — If I told you that two games into the season, Caris LeVert would be averaging 27.5 points, five rebounds and 4.5 assists with a Player Efficiency Rating north of 28, you would have either scoffed at any statistic so early into the year or Googled LeVert’s name before laughing off the idea. And both are fair and appropriate responses to an impressive stat line this soon into the season.

But if you’ve been paying attention, there’s a chance you saw this coming; that on a Nets team desperate for a playmaker on the wing, their best kept secret would step into the light.

Caris LeVert isn’t a secret anymore. And if the word wasn’t out before, it for sure is now.

A game after tying his career-high in a loss to the Pistons, LeVert eclipsed it, scoring 28 points in a 107-105 win against the Knicks on Friday. He shot 8-of-13 from the field and scored 15 points in the fourth quarter, including the game winner and Brooklyn’s last seven in the final two minutes of the period.

“He was our leader tonight,” Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson said. “That was a heck of a finish at the end.”

With 1:55 remaining and the game tied at 100, LeVert took a screen, and when Tim Hardaway Jr. went under, he stepped back and knocked down a three. It’s a play he wouldn’t have made earlier last season, one that shows his development into a perimeter threat over the years.

And with the game tied at 105 and the clock winding down from 10, LeVert sized up Hardaway, again: “I wanted to get the shot I wanted to get, and I didn’t wanna rush it,” he said. “I feel like I got a good look and I was confident about it.”

LeVert went left, crossed right and took Hardaway to the rack. He got the step on his man and hit a double clutch layup to seal the deal.

After LeVert missed a potential game-winner in the season opener against the Pistons, he told Atkinson he owed him one. It’s safe to say for now his tab is covered. And if LeVert keeps playing like this, one day he’ll be able to buy the bar.

“He’s a good player. He’s an explosive athlete,” Knicks head coach David Fizdale told reporters after the game. “He can really put the ball on the floor. His three ball has improved tremendously. That kid can play man, and I think he’s gonna have a breakout year this year.”

LeVert’s early play is turning heads. He’s making an early bid for Most Improved Player of the Year, even though it’s the last thing on his mind.

What’s on his mind is a schedule that’s helped build good habits over the summer.

“I get some shots in before practice, I get some shots in after practice. I watch a lot of film, and I just repeat honestly,” he told SB Nation. “I do the same things every single day.”

He’s watched some of that film with veteran forward Jared Dudley, who said LeVert has a “herky-jerky game” and invoked James Harden’s name as a comparison.

“His euro, his side-step, he takes a long step and it’s hard for the bigs to time it,” Dudley said. “He’s gonna be really unstoppable to guard. It’s gonna be nice to see him develop.”

Two games in is way too early to jump to conclusions and LeVert has a long road ahead of him. But if you’ve been paying attention, you may have seen this coming. Last season, he was Brooklyn’s best kept secret.

This year, the word is out.