The Milwaukee Bucks waived guard Cam Thomas on Monday evening, lower than two months after signing him, to transform the two-way contract of ahead Pete Nance into a normal NBA contract.
Bucks common supervisor Jon Horst touted Thomas as a key a part of the group’s capacity to contend this season and sooner or later after he joined the Bucks when he was waived by the Brooklyn Nets on Feb. 8.
When Thomas scored 34 factors off the bench in his second sport with the Bucks on Feb. 11, coach Doc Rivers raved about him afterward, saying, “I’ve had Jamal Crawford. I had Lou Williams. … And now, I’ve Cam Thomas.”
But, Thomas noticed his position diminish in latest weeks. He has averaged 9.6 factors on 41% taking pictures with 1.9 assists (22% from 3) and 16 minutes within the 16 video games since Feb.11.
General, he appeared in 18 video games for Milwaukee and wasn’t in a position to present a spark for a group that hoped to make a push for the Jap Convention play-in event however now sits in eleventh place.
“We ran out of our bodies, and on the finish of the day, there have been guys you needed to decide on,” Rivers stated Monday evening. “I assumed Cam was actually good total, and he could also be any person we revisit. Simply the place we’re at proper now, you understand, not likely within the hunt as after we signed him, we thought it was the proper factor to do for the remainder of the blokes proper now.”
If Thomas was to signal with out one other group, he wouldn’t be eligible for the postseason as a result of he was waived after March 1.
Nance, in the meantime, has emerged as a latest vibrant spot for Milwaukee. He has appeared in a career-high 37 video games this season and has seen an elevated position in latest weeks.
He is averaging 15.3 minutes because the begin of February and 5.2 factors on 56% taking pictures (48% from 3) with 2.7 rebounds.
