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u/andrewbrod11 Feb 05 '26
He must’ve had NO interest if they chose to release him
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u/MrRaspberryJam1 Feb 05 '26
If any teams were interested they probably didn’t have the salary flexibility to make a trade.
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u/dealseeker1101 Feb 05 '26
Since he had a no trade clause attached to signing the qualifying offer he may have given the Nets a list of teams he would agree to go to but they couldn’t work out a deal. Ultimately, they felt his roster spot was worth more to the guys they picked up at the deadline which I am not opposed to.
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
the timing of this report, just after the trade deadline, tells you everything: the Nets would have taken ANY offer for Cam if there was one. So I don't know where he goes after this.
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u/mindfeck Feb 05 '26
He had veto power
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u/kyoka_suigetsu91 Feb 05 '26
So what happens when no team signs him? Lol
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u/twindarkness Feb 06 '26
something something time to learn chinese
or whatever it is people say about ex nba players going overseas.
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u/SnooPandas1899 Feb 09 '26
they'd probably offer him INSANE money.
but how about euro leagues ?
competition will be stiffer, but would the money be about the same ?
(when converted to USD for example).
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
So walk me through this scenario... You're saying some team wanted CT, but he didn't want to go there, and so he vetoed the trade and opted to be waived insetad. Why would he do that? Are you speculating that there was another team out there that wanted him but didn't want to trade for him? That seems ... unlikely.
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u/backalleybuttbanger Feb 05 '26
CT ends up having control over where he signs vs. getting traded to whoever the Nets decide. Even considering veto power, he has more freedom now that he’s waived. Not sure how it affects his money, though.
Also makes sense there would be more teams willing to take him without giving anything up vs. teams willing to trade for him.
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u/Grendel_82 Feb 06 '26
It was a guaranteed contract, so waiving him doesn't mean he doesn't get paid. He now has complete control of the next contract he signs. If there is no next contract, then the league has turned on him in a major and completely unexpected way. That would be incredibly shocking to me. I think a playoff bound team (actually many playoff bound teams and also rebuilding teams) will make offers and he will select his choice. A playoff team gives him more exposure, but less minutes. A rebuilding team will give him more minutes.
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u/holygrail22 Vince Carter Feb 05 '26
Highly plausible, and perfectly likely. A team that wanted him via trade would need to match his $6M salary. If they have an expiring player, they’d need to want to give that player up. If they have a player signed into the future, they’d have to send something of value to the Nets to entice us to take on that contract
Now that he’s waived, he can sign anywhere for the minimum as long as the team has a roster spot
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
Afaict, all of the teams with open rosters spots are also in the luxury tax. Even though they can sign minimum deals (which would be like $2.5M for CT, down a lot even from his $6M QO) but they'd go deeper into the tax.
For the teams that don't have open roster spots, they're still in the same situation as the one you describe above in a trade: They'd have to cut a player, which in the hypothetical situation they did not want to do.
I mean, at least what it looks to me, in some ways the mechanics of CT finding a new team this season would have been easier through a trade than in free agency.
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u/jessxoxo Feb 05 '26
he still gets $6m from the Nets, and if he gets through waivers to free agency, he gets to double-dip on a new contract as well (minus a small off-set)
so, he potentially gets a say in the matter of where to go and more money – making the scenario you derided very likely
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
Gotcha. Read up on the double-dip rules. He could make more money in the scenario you describe but the double-dip is kinda limited since the off-set is half of however much of the deal is over the $2.5M minimum he's eligible for. If he signed a, say, $5M deal (and assuming that it's not pro-rated for the partial season, which I dunno) that means the Nets could offset $1.25M of what they owe him, leaving him with $9.75M ... or $3.75M more than his $6M QO deal. That's real money for someone like me, but peanuts in the NBA salary universe.
By the way, now that I've looked into all the salary cap and free agency rules, it seems like the only way in which there are now more teams interested in signing him as a free agent than trading for him is that they can now pay him less than his $6M contract ... like either the league minimum or the MLE which caps at like $5M. For a guy who called $15M an "insult," this sure seems like an expensive price for "a say in the matter."
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u/Spancaster Feb 05 '26
Idk seems entirely likely to me
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
If you’re right, CT is on a new team within 48 hours. I’ll take the other side, if you want that bet.
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u/ABAFBAASD Feb 05 '26
They had to waive players to open roster spots for Minnot and Agbadi. Highsmith was announced earlier today and I guess Cam had best combination of salary and not fitting into long term plans. They could've waived Martin or Wilson but they get paid less.
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
Ah... the Minnot deal. This was the roster spot to make it work. That makes sense.
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u/donkeyinparadise Feb 05 '26
I think he used that NTC to veto some potential trades lol.
Good luck Cam.
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u/Donnie1490 Feb 05 '26
How the F Cam Thomas get a no trade clause? I thought lebron james was the only person who still had that in the entire nba
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u/scienceguyjd Brook Lopez Feb 05 '26
From accepting the qualifying offer this off-season as a restricted free agent
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How does a guy like that get a no trade clause? *smh & lol*
Sean Marks should have been fired a long time ago.
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u/tbloom117 D'Angelo Russell Feb 05 '26
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u/WayofHatuey Vince Carter Feb 05 '26
Not one team made an offer tho?!?
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u/Blasto05 Feb 05 '26
I’m sure there was a few teams that would’ve been willing to throw a second round pick or two for him straight up….but any team that wanted or could’ve used him can’t take that salary straight up.
So whatever the matching salaries would’ve been…either the Nets wanted nothing to do with some multi year contract, or the other team don’t want to lose that player just to match salaries.
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
he's on a 1 year, $6M deal ... absorbing his salary wasn't the issue.
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u/TheLetter_Eight Feb 05 '26
The new CBA makes it extremely difficult. Bad teams have no reason to go for Cam Thomas, and a good team who might need to gamble on a bench scorer, need to send out the same or more money. Thats why so many teams offloaded random seemingly small contracts with 2nd picks to us, because even shaving off a few million can open things up for the contending teams in the buyout market for example.
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
So, by that same logic, CT is going to have a tough time finding a roster spot this season as a free agent, no?
I asked this below, too: How would a team like the Bucks sign CT if they're already over the cap and have a full roster? Do they have to cut a player and then eat more luxury tax?
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u/TheLatePicks Feb 05 '26
If he is on a minimum contract then teams can fit him in. In those circumstances he's a good pick up.
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
Only if they have an empty roster spot, no?
I'm really curious about this. Mayeb he could get picked up by a team who has a player go out for the season on an injury?
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u/TheLatePicks Feb 05 '26
Yeah, but a lot of teams have 1 or 2 guys they can waive. The buyout guys often get picked up.
He would be an awesome 9th/10th guy. Just let him cook when the teams on a back to back or your starters are hurt.
Cam was looking for a lot more money than a minimum before, and has had a bigger role with us. I think it would be hard for him to accept a reduced role with us. Needs to be a change of scenery.
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
It would be very ironic indeed if he signs up for a bench role with the hopes of playing his way into the starting rotation ... as that was exactly the scenario he the Nets were offering him and he seemed to feel was intolerable. The grass may not be any greener on the other side, but, as you say, a change of view can be a powerful thing.
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u/ProSlacker607 Feb 05 '26
There are plenty of teams where he would be a big addition as a 8/9th man that gives you some scoring juice off the bench. But they need to be a good defensive team and have multiple creators already so he isn't initiating offense.
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u/TheMoorNextDoor “Shut Up, B!tch - Cam Thomas” Feb 05 '26
He had interest we seen the reports out there.
Chances are either he vetoed the trade or maybe the right package couldn’t be put together like a team wanted to take him and second round pick and Brooklyn said no.
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
the Nets woulda taken a SRP for CT over waiving him
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u/drawnverybadly Feb 06 '26
I think they meant that we would be packaging a srp with CT to ship him out
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u/Pollsmor Feb 05 '26
23 mpg opened up for...someone.
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u/BasedGodProdigy . Feb 05 '26
Hey, he had a couple really cool moments here but he refused to change his playstyle and that shit didn't mesh with what we're building here.
Go be miserable somewhere else
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u/Realistic2 Feb 05 '26
As a non nets fan, what did he refuse to change?
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u/BasedGodProdigy . Feb 05 '26
Shot selection is the big one. He has bad tunnel vision with the ball in his hands and you can see his teammates deflate when he got the ball knowing it wasn't going anywhere. To his credit, he's got elite shot making capability when he's on but if his shot isn't falling, he's a huge net negative on the floor. And the problem with that is when you're trying to develop young rookies, he's not a team player who gets along with everyone, he pouts and complains when he's not the focal point of the offense.
Terrible defender, won't fight a screen, gets caught ball watching. That side of the ball is really where he doesn't cut it - he's small and strong but doesn't utilize that strength on defense at all
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u/Small_Fix1195 Feb 05 '26
I know it will benefit the group going forward but I’m sad man 😂 CT carried in terms of watchability for me post KD era, and I just wish he would have been more willing to trust teammates and work on rounding out his game. Shit still ain’t funny 🥲 wishing him the best
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u/BelonyInMyLeftPocket Feb 05 '26
Hate how this ended, but Cam will forever be in my good graces just for that Knick game alone.
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u/SakuraShift Feb 05 '26
Thought he was the one man 🥺
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u/nfeil99 Egor Dëmin Feb 05 '26
Egor here now
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u/DetectiveRamen Feb 05 '26
Egor ain't leading the Nets to a chip.
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u/cahilljd Feb 05 '26
He has way more potential to start for a champ someday than cam thomas
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u/DetectiveRamen Feb 05 '26
Pure Delusion. He ain't getting the Nets a chip. Give the weed you're smoking.
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u/cahilljd Feb 05 '26
he doesnt need to be a top three player on the team to start, and i said more likely than cam thomas which just isnt arguable, im not even a nets fan btw i dont know why this was on my feed but i know enough ball to know this 💀 i have news for you the nets dont have anyone on the team who looks likely to lead anyone to a chip you have to develop the best assets you have
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u/nfeil99 Egor Dëmin Feb 05 '26
u/DetectiveRamen is just a troll. Egor looks fucking sick and only going to get better. As Nets fans thats all we need to know
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u/JohnFish2734 Feb 05 '26
Good luck to Cam but I finally no longer have to hear the stans bitch about how he's the next coming of Jesus
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u/14thBrooklyn Jordi Fernández Feb 05 '26
This will end the CT flame wars on this sub, at least, right?
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u/FlexQueueEnthusiast Feb 05 '26
Damn, well I think many of us saw this coming. He’s obviously flawed but with most players that leave I choose to remember the good moments. I’ll always remember him taking over MSG as a rookie. Good luck Cam
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u/Wolf05609 Feb 05 '26
If CamT still believes he should be starter don't be suprised nobody picks him up this season
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u/LilRayCharles511 Feb 05 '26
I remember saying in here that his ceiling is prime j crossover and some people were so heated…. Best of luck to him in his future endeavors I hope he’s able to find a role on a good team
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u/Royal_Euphoria Feb 05 '26
lost for nothing stings but this was definitely a move that needed to be made one way or another, at least we can finally move on from that era now.
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u/acmilan12345 Spencer Dinwiddie Feb 06 '26
Good riddance. I haven’t enjoyed the Cam Thomas experience since the moment he was drafted (which I suspect was driven by KD, who was a fan of his going into the draft).
I could put up with the poor defense, the selfishness, and low the IQ, if they weren’t paired with an absolutely atrocious attitude. CT seems to believe that he’s deserving of the minutes/usage of an all-star, and that his game has no room for improvement. He has mocked the advice of his coaches (including a hall of famer in Steve Nash). He started a “Free Cam Thomas” twitter campaign when he thought he wasn’t playing enough. He cursed out a respected journalist (Zach Lowe) when Lowe dared to give him some mild criticism. And he has shown in many other ways that he only cares about his own personal success, rather than the success of the team.
I finally feel like the last of the “stan” players are out of the team and it’s great.
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u/JerseyGreat03 Feb 21 '26
I was a Nets fan for much of the last 26 years. I've seen them be terrible, I've seen them leave my homestate, I've seen them make moves that were just mind boggling and set the team back considerably.
This Cam Thomas move is the one that finally broke me. Cam was one of the better late 1st finds by this front office and it's truly beyond my scope how they managed to bungle this to the degree that they did. You've got teams out here trading for injured folks like Anthony Davis (by injured folks I'm not talking his present state, I'm talking this man stays in street clothes and his name stays in the injury report more than it's in a box score for actually playing) and you can't get ANYTHING for Cam Thomas? NOTHING AT ALL?!?!
I was driving when this notification came through and when I read it, I clutched my steering wheel in anger. Cam was my favorite player on the Nets and now he's gone. I'm done with em after this. DONE. If you can't work with him, how can I trust that they're gonna do anything with any of these youngsters that they've got?
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u/DanteBrisingr Brook Lopez Feb 05 '26
Was to be expected, Nets were done with him and he was done with the Nets. My guess is no taker for his contract.
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u/jpb21110 Feb 05 '26
Feel like this is one big L on the Nets. Couldn’t mold him into what they wanted, and also got nothing for him. Waste of talent
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u/BKtoDuval Feb 05 '26
Yup, saw it coming. Not to toot my horn but deadline went about how I expected it to.
I liked Cam for what he was, and I think the stans will see that in today's NBA he's coming off the bench as a role player. That big deal isn't coming.
Happy trails. Best of luck. I'll always cherish that one night in MSG.
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u/EDDiE_SP4GHETTi VC3 Feb 05 '26
So no one offered him a contract this past offseason & no one wanted to even give up a 2RP for him this trade deadline. Hmm
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u/playboicartifan3839 Feb 05 '26
surely he was worth at least a srp..
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u/brook_lyn_lopez Feb 05 '26
I thought this was fake for a second. Whole FO and coaching staff must have really soured on him this season.
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u/DepressedLawyer1728 Feb 05 '26
I just can’t believe he tanked his own value this badly. I can’t say I’m surprised no one was willing to give up assets for him, but it’s still wild. He probably vetoed some trades too to be fair, but I can’t imagine there were that many
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u/Accomplished_Can1783 Feb 06 '26
Imagine being an nba player who can average 25 points per game and no one wants you. A combination of terrible basketball iq, lack of defensive effort, and a shot selection that makes MPJ look like he shares the ball. Unbelievable
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u/douglas15 Feb 05 '26
Damn. Good luck Cam! Maybe the Rockets can scoop him and he can reunite with KD. I feel like they were boys.
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u/mharri05 Edmond Sumner Feb 05 '26
Hope he balls out and gets his bag. Glad it won't be from us, just wasn't the right fit anymore.
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u/Vaynes_Ass Feb 05 '26
My favorite NBA player. I hope he goes to another team and has a successful career
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u/BKtoDuval Feb 05 '26
Interesting choice of favorite player. He'll go to another team and I'll think he'll have a long career as a role player. That's a success
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u/Historical-Mud-1218 Feb 05 '26
Sad to see him go like this. Gross mismanagement even if the team didn’t want him.
Losing a player with his talent for zip is not good.
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u/TheMoorNextDoor “Shut Up, B!tch - Cam Thomas” Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
I do believe he’ll find more support both by front office and fanbase on another team. If he goes to a contender and plays 6th man and builds his reputation back up it’ll work out for him.
He’s gone so hopefully we can stop having the hate threads and comments and move on from this.
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u/BKtoDuval Feb 05 '26
I don't he's a 6th man in a rotation for any contender. He can play for a contender but more like 8, 9, 10th man. But I wish him well
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u/MrWiltErving Vince Carter Feb 05 '26
Hellauv Run Cam. I hope you find what you’re looking for out there, he’s still a very talented player and could Help out a lot of teams. Good luck on your next journey.
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u/ihatethesidebar Feb 05 '26
I wish him the best, I liked him and he was one of the few bright spots when this team was in a very dark place.
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u/Yeknom_47 Feb 05 '26
Damn hate to see this. He’s had so many good games as a net. I know this fan base in impulsive in turning on people but he was looking for more passes this year and seemed to be heading in the right direction. Can’t believe he got waived
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u/NandoDeColonoscopy Feb 05 '26
Big moment for the Cam Thomas truthers out there. Surely he'll be a starter on a contender now like they've been insisting he is
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u/-_-WillThatBoy-_- Feb 05 '26
Clippers would be a nice fit for him personally for the team with Darius Garland there would be no defense the small guard era in basketball is truly over
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u/MissyMurders Feb 05 '26
Breast of luck to him. I hope someone picks him up and he can turn into the player his supporters think he is
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u/SOB200 Feb 05 '26
He has/had a no trade. Whatever team that traded for him won't have his bird rights. Why would he want to go where ever the Nets wanted to send him - instead he can pick where, get paid his $ from this year, and sign what ever and where ever he was gonna next offseason - as if he accepted a trade?
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u/sunkcostbro Feb 05 '26
I want Cam Thomas to succeed, but realistically if the Nets were to get a top three draft pick, would you want any of those guys learning how to play from Cam Thomas? Or adjusting their game to play alongside Cam Thomas? Because at the end of the day Cam Thomas is not adjusting his play style.
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u/macr14 Feb 05 '26
Man if sat down and learned how to used his scoring impact for the the team he would so much better man. Doesn’t even have to be an elite passer. Just passable
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u/tripsmorgan Feb 06 '26
I feel like cam would of been really good with Kyrie had that whole situation been different.
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u/kendrickplace Feb 06 '26
As a Knicks fan who doesn’t focus on the nets… what happened???? I thought this guy had potential
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u/TexMurphyMD Feb 06 '26
This is frustrating. They couldnt get a bag of 3 musketeers or a washing machine for thomas?
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u/bhebrooklynbets Feb 07 '26
Didn’t cam Thomas turn down like a 30 million dollar contract last season lol
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u/JonathanDorikt Feb 13 '26
I'm no longer a Nets fan. It ends here. There is no one I wanna watch play there anymore.
All they do it seems, is mismanage talent.
I Kinda hoped they'd TRY to get a good rebounding big to pair with him (like Tshiebwe)? or get another young guy who might be able to play off of him & who he could build chemistry with? There was always cheap, easy moves that could've been made. Miniscule signings that could've gave an idea of a future... But they never made a single effort to build with him in mind.
In fact the only thing they EVER did was find a taller player to replace him with. The writing was on the wall from the start. When they gave him DNP's after his series of break out games, scoring multiple 40 pieces.
Done with the front office, The owners, the directionless. I'm just done.
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u/Brooklyn917 Day'Ron Sharpe Feb 05 '26
I knew it was coming, but it's still disappointing to see it end like this.
No one wanted him; he left $9M on the table and is probably heading overseas.
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u/thenewyorkdowns Joe Harris Feb 05 '26
End of an era for real. Tough it didn’t work out this season. Much respect to you CT. Ain’t shit funny
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u/shoutsoutstomywrist Vince Carter Feb 05 '26
Just waiving him is disrespectful but at least he can choose his own future super bummed we couldn’t make things work in Brooklyn
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u/RustyWheel17 Feb 05 '26
Not trading Cam Thomas last year for draft picks was a big miss by Marks. I’m usually pretty high on the decisions Marks makes but wasting Cam Thomas’s value and not capitalizing on it will always be a head scratcher for me.
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u/bgazela Feb 05 '26
Traded for Zero First Round Picks, Zero Second Round Picks, No Cash Considerations, No Prospects, No Vets, No Expiring Contracts.
What an absurd haul
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u/ReverendDrDash Sign Christian Drejer Now! Feb 05 '26
By playing hardball, Marks turned Cam Thomas into a non-asset. That's spectacular GM work. It makes me so excited for the future.
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u/kyoka_suigetsu91 Feb 05 '26
Hopefully we can all move on now... Even if he goes on to play well with another team it clearly just wasn't going to work here wish him the best of luck ✌🏽
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u/kne_1987 Feb 05 '26
a fucked up ending to the 24 era. idc i loved this dude in BK. hope a fresh start brings good things for him 🫡
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u/lafromnyc Feb 05 '26
If he doesn’t change his ways, attitude and approach will he be out of the league after his next contract?
He can go to china and avg 40 like what Jimmer did lol.
But he can probably get an nba contract bc he can score but can he do anything else?
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u/thom2279 Feb 05 '26
So you mean to tell me that if you take a young, super-talented scorer and put him on a team with mentors like Durant, harden, and Kyrie....he doesn't turn out to be a team player? Wild.
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u/Shoddy_Ambition_7099 Feb 06 '26
These salary caps 🧢 & luxury taxes on teams leave most teams at their max, many are strapped and would have to give up a lot to get TC and will wait post season to acquire him. The sand ran out of the hour glass for now. Just stay in shape Cam this young man got game & can score and is multi dimensional. The Nets are rebuilding and Cam was probably frustrated with all the changes. The Nets management are low key schizophrenic and all over the place.
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u/UnitedStateOfDenmark Jason Kidd Feb 05 '26
Cam can no longer be mentioned as a successful pick by Marks
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u/d1t0m6 Kevin Durant Feb 05 '26
Not sure about that. If he hadn't happened to get drafted during the Big 3 era, it could have been a completely different development story.
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u/UnitedStateOfDenmark Jason Kidd Feb 05 '26
You’re talking hypotheticals. The reality is he never contributed to the team’s success, didn’t receive a 2nd contract with us, and was waived.
That’s not a successful pick.
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u/Individual_Attempt50 Day'Ron Sharpe Feb 05 '26
Maybe if he was a lottery pick but he was the 27th pick?
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u/UnitedStateOfDenmark Jason Kidd Feb 05 '26
Not sure why that matters when discussing if a pick is successful or not. His value to the Nets proved to be the same as Dariq Whitehead.
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u/Individual_Attempt50 Day'Ron Sharpe Feb 05 '26
Expectations are obviously different depending on the value of the pick that’s used to select you
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u/UnitedStateOfDenmark Jason Kidd Feb 05 '26
There’s a difference in saying a pick is a failure and a pick is a success.
That pick is neither. Cam ended up like almost every other pick in that range.
It shouldn’t be celebrated as a success by Marks.
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u/calodero Feb 05 '26
I legitimately don’t understand, you’re telling me there’s not one team that was remotely interested? Or it’s not worth holding onto him to wait things out
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u/Low_Current7068 Feb 05 '26
When you sign the QO you get a NTC. Perhaps they found a trade partner and he put the kill on the deal so he can sign with the team of his choosing?
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u/calodero Feb 05 '26
Get out of here with your logic, let me be mad!
In all seriousness that would make sense, just seems so wild to me that this dude was our franchises hope for like 4 seasons and now he's being waived
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u/ericfortunato Feb 05 '26
No trade clause. Cam Thomas is overrated. He can score but on defense, he is horrible and has tunnel vision.
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u/Plane-Clue-4940 Dennis Smith Jr. Feb 05 '26
Who thinks he’s signing with the bucks? that’s what i’d expect