[Lowlight] Cam Thomas gets benched for passing up on a Grenade Logo 3
Why is he standing at the logo?
He’s quiet quitting
He’s on the qualifying offer btw. Going to be very interesting to see who wants him in the 2nd apron era.
To draw defenders away from the ball and to him
But that clearly didn’t happen as his man is helping off of him
Yea his guy basically doubles ball, he could’ve gotten closer to the 3 pt line and gotten a decent look instead of doing wat he did
He got benched for basically standing around and doing nothing
Put me in coach, I can do the exact same thing for less $$$
Don’t listen to him coach. Pick me instead. I’ll do the exact same thing for the same amount of money.
Same amount of money minus one dollar. That’s the key!
And the actual retail price is
Coach don’t listen to these guys, I’ll do the same thing for the same money AND I’ll suck your dick
Ur name haha wtf
His man knew he wasn’t taking the shot
That’s being generous. He took himself out of the play. The last thing a defender is worried about with shot clock running down is a due standing at half court lol
for the exact reason he passed it up. hes not taking that shot, and even if he was, you want him to take that shot. he’s not steph
honestly this is the type of shit that will lose him a spot in the league. there’s plenty of guys that can get buckets like him but that does not matter if you aren’t elite and aren’t willing to play winning ball
He should have by the 3 point line either ready to shoot and at the very least keep his man away from the ball handler on the threat of him shooting. HIS MAN WAS ABLE TO DOUBLE TEAM BECAUSE HE WAS NAPPING BY THE HALFCOURT LINE.
exactly. but i don’t think he cares about what happens in games when the ball isn’t in his hands
But he wasn’t ready to shoot or drive when he caught it with 3 seconds. Standing flat footed is taking himself out of the play.
That’s not how it works. That’s not how any of this works. That’s why he was wide open
He may as well stand at the opposite three point line. Really create spacing for his team
Exactly
45 upvotes? Who the fuck is agreeing with this?
90% of this sub probably shoots a basketball with two hands what do you expect lol
Helloooo m’ladies! tips fedora
It’s at 160 now. People joke about how posters here don’t actually know anything about basketball. Well, here’s proof of that.
What made me realize that was a while back when there was a clip Steph Curry dribbling and realizing there was a dead spot on the court because the basketball didn’t bounce high enough on it. People in the comments were acting like that’s some impossible feat that only a god like him could recognize, lmao. Curry is a god for many reasons, but anyone who has played on a court before can and has felt those spots before, it’s insanely obvious to anyone who has ever dribbled.
This is baffling. How do this many people not understand how spacing works?It’s such a simple concept that you have to actually be somewhere that you can score from to attract defenders.
People on this sub are fucking stupid bro. You see how many upvotes that comment has? People read it and think that is what is happening. These are the same idiots on here who constantly share their opinions. It’s embarrassing.
Wut
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This gotta be sarcasm cuz ain no way this should have 130 upvotes
Stop
Why does this have so many upvotes? That obviously didn’t happen. His man double teamed the ball handler and cut off his drive to the basket.
He’s too far back for that to work
What the defender its gonna follow him to the logo? Its a horrible play by him.
Because he didn’t want the ball and take a bad shot ( which is super rare for him)
That’s not how that works bro his man can double bc cam isn’t even remotely close to being a shooting threat. If he wanted spacing for his teammate he would’ve been a threat to score one pass away on the right wing
Why would defenders go to a guy standing still on the logo?
No One will defend him That far away.
Does he have a lethal logo 3?
He’s a hit a couple Logo 3s, that why it was so surprising when he passed up on this one.
bro thinks he’s Steph
He clearly doesnt because he passed it up.
Cam Thomas is tired of having grenades thrown at him the past three seasons. He’s totally within his rights to pass the ball especially as the coaching staff have encouraged him to pass more often.
Cam Thomas can’t win. If he takes the shot there will be people saying “all he does is shoot”. But when he passes the ball the same people will say “why didn’t he shoot?”
Dude thought he was gonna have his Paul George moment and then decided he didn’t want it
We call that the Kobe
No, I saw the word Grenade and immediately thought of Ja.
-500 social credit for OP
Downvoting me for not knowing your NBA history? Google 2006 WC game 7 2nd half. Kobe was the original Cam Thomas.
These are kids. Excuse them.
They get ur reference man 🙄
But Kobe is also one of the best off ball scorers in NBA history outside of that half
I think he got benched for retreating to half court like a jackass and completely looking disinterested.. Not because he passed up a shot lol
Bro stood there and just gave up on the play fucking bizarre. He always looks disinterested but I don’t think there’s any sugar coating this shit here lol
He just doesn’t fit anymore.
I’m morbidly curious how miserable he can get if he stays past the deadline
And the more miserable he gets the more we can tank. A stroke of genius from Jordi and Marks
I hope we get a Harden vs the Kings game or Harden vs the Pistons controller disconnect moment
One of the least valuable player archetypes combined with godawful attitude is essentially a first class ticket out of the NBA honestly
He’s on a qualifying offer because he already once severely overestimated how valuable his archetype is
He is in for a another rude awakening going into free agency
How does one have the grit/drive/talent to make it to the top level of a sport to just?…… not care anymore? It’s so fucking baffling to me
I think he knows he’s set for life of he gets a contract. Some people make it through sheer willpower and its visible, others play to get a bag.
Still just makes no sense to me. Of all the college athletes D1-D3 who play their heart out and would die for their team/the game and go 150% every game, to just see this fucker do this.. it’s just depressing lmao. Shouldn’t play another game
Yeah, this is clearly him being out of position. He should be in a spot able to shoot, to also draw a defender away from the ball.
Instead, he’s so far back they can double his teammate & when he gets the ball he isn’t able to shoot so the defense has time to set up anyways.
It’s just a player playing badly.
Feels like a Rozier moment.
This is it.
i mean its one and the same issue lol. there’s no real distinction. its just all bad.
Oh, he didn’t get benched for not shooting from the logo?
Cam Thomas getting benched for passing when he should have shot it is a new one
He took himself almost completely out of the play, then had the nerve to pass to save his fg%
This is the kind of guy you never want on your team
Plus his body language is ass. Everything he did dries coaches insane
Not just coaches. He also dried my genitals up too watching this play
Reminds me of that dude who stopped shooting 3’s to preserve his contract bonus, earning the nickname spare change.
I think they’re mad that he’s prioritizing his stats over winning. But realistically when you got a player on a 1 year contract you publicly won’t renew, they’re not going to prioritize the team anymore since they know they aren’t really on it. I don’t know enough about the Nets to know when this started to spiral and whose fault it is, but we can’t act surprised that Cam is acting like this at this point.
They are mad he is at the logo and not part of the play. I think it’s safe to say the Nets didnt run any 4 v 5 plays in practice this week.
Idk man, like other NBA teams watch games. This shit is not going unnoticed in his next contract
Its a hard sell for me that this sort of play is somehow beneficial to him in the long term
Counter argument. GMs probably aren’t going to watch this entire random game. But they will check his stats for this game and poo poo his stats if he shot 41% vs 45% from he’s jacking up shots he knows won’t go in
Counter argument. Its not just this entire random game. Effort and involvement show throughout the season, and Cam Thomas doesn’t show any of it. The GMs must have watched enough to not offer him a deal last season.
He shouldn’t hurt his percentages by taking that logo 3, but he also shouldn’t be standing at the logo in a position where he can’t shoot or drive or threaten the defense at all.
The ironic thing is, his splits are some of the worst of his career anyways at 40/34/85
They would see this stuff the same way any of us do. We’re not tapped into some secrets that NBA GM’s couldn’t possibly comprehend. And if not they would have people working for them that would bring this sort of thing to their attention.
GMs probably aren’t going to watch this entire random game
If anyone in a front office watches him do this, word spreads around the league regardless if a specific GM saw this exact play. People talk.
Yeah except stupid shit like what he pulled here gets talked about on social media to the point where it’s easily able to be found by teams willing to sign him.
Your counter argument would make more sense if it were 30 years ago rather than the year 2026 with the internet the way it is.
The GMs don’t live under a rock. Plays like this get regularly discussed on NBA social media and good GMs are absolutely going to do as much due diligence as possible on a player before signing them. They also have entire scouting departments whose job it is to watch as much film as possible and do whatever else to find as much information about a player as possible. If we all on here know about this, somebody in every team’s front office is going to too. It’s really not hidden or difficult to find.
Why do you think he’s on the qualifying offer lol
GMs for the most part already know this archetype of a 1-dimensional scorer who basically does nothing except score at about league average efficiency isn’t very valuable for the kind of money Cam Thomas wants.
Cam Thomas has always been a fucking bum, he just makes it more obvious lately.
Acting out like this only hurts his future prospects more than anything. Wherever he goes next he’ll still need to play as a team. It just proves the narrative that he’s not a winning player, he’s a selfish player. Kuminga has handled his situation much more professionally when he’s been on the court.
Nah I think the Shanghai Sharks will let him do whatever he wants.
I wonder if he is sane enough to realize each additional childish bullsh!t thing he does, is one step closer to him being actually out of the league?
The fact that people are defending Cam Thomas, who has openly feuded with every coach he’s had, is insane. This guy is literally cursed out Zach Lowe for giving him some moderate criticism and has been a cancer since day one.
He acted like a loser from the first day he was on the court and honestly is like 10x worse than Kuminga
I get what you’re saying 100% about his contract, but that’s also like players giving effort at the end of games during garbage time. You’re a professional, act like one, it would be much better for him next year if he went out and dominated every single game instead of quitting and giving up like a child. If I was a GM and I saw only this ONE play I’d have serious considerations on his attitude. I don’t want to have to motivate my players who make $20 million to play a fucking game they are supposed to love.
He’s getting benched for standing at half court instead of trying to play basketball
Cam Thomas cannot do anything right. He can’t win. Most mistreated player in the teams history
If somebody takes themselves out of a play, to where they are Absolutley no threat to the defense at all, during a red shot clock situation ….
It’s not the team mistreating Cam, it is literally Cam disrespecting and mistreating his entire team, and staff, with that childish quitter bullsh!t.
If you don’t understand that, and agree with it, you don’t have a realistic adult perspective of life, and are stuck in a selfish loser mindset. Buck up, bucko.
Tbf he kinda is only out there to shoot those lol. If he did a tween step back before he got he would’ve shot it lmao
He got benched for not being in position to help the offense
He look like he dont wanna be there
Anyone who gets paid this amount of money and can’t show up to a game shouldn’t be in the league. I worked 50 hours this week and annually make under what this guy made in one game.
100%. I really wish professional sports leagues would have a complete zero tolerance for players that get in moods and completely quit putting in any effort. Its total bullshit and imo immediately shows that player has an intelligence problem that most likely can’t be fixed. Anyone with a brain should be able to see the blessing they have in front of them being the opportunity to make millions playing a sport. Total fucking ignorance to be a smug douchebag and not see that opportunity
Loser behavior. Just hanging your teammates out to dry with him standing near half court
Bahahah, why the fuck was he so far up anyways?
Cuz wolf was doing bs and he’s cheating back on d
Lol Cam don’t play d
Can Thomas defenders have to be delusional at this point, there’s a reason no team offered him the contract he thought he deserved last offseason.
No he moved to the logo before wolf could barely do anything with the ball
Or he could be in position to shoot when his own man doubles off him while he lazes around mid-court? Wtf?
He wasn’t benched for passing up a logo 3
More so because of his effort and body language, being that far from the play he clearly let his frustrations get the best of him
That’s just coaching
I think it’s more so his team mate draws two and he’s just standing at half court
Teammate only drew 2 because he was standing at half court.
Yeah his defender was like “this dumbass at half court, lemma add pressure”
He wasn’t benched for passing up a logo 3. He was benched for lazily standing around the logo instead of doing anything helpful
It was both to be honest. The way he immediately swung the ball showed what he was doing. If he shot the ball you could at least think it was dumb spacing instead of giving up on the play.
He passed the ball to wolf off the DHO, Wolf shouldve taken the shot, instead he dances with the ball and losses it.
Because Cam’s defender left to double since Cam was fucking around at the logo
Cam made it 5 vs 4
Standing that far makes sense with like 14 seconds left but not with 5. LeBron kd harden etc do it to see how the defense is playing. Cam looks like he wants nothing to do with the possession
its cause he didnt get the iso play call
He makes the worst decisions. When he does pass it, it’s almost always a second or three late.
Don’t think it has much to do with passing the shot up.
He took himself out of the play to stand at half court and let his defender double anyone else.
Yup. It’s the flippant behavior. Standing straight up, not engaged whatsoever. Don’t want to hurt that fg%!
The man is cooking his own career, literal clown behavior and bag fumble
He got benched because he was retreating back to “play D” after his initial pass in. He passed the ball, then started drifting back as if to say “I’ll just be waiting back here on D…you guys can play 4 on 5”. And then he got a pass back. He didn’t expect that. He was basically taking himself out of the play.
Coach saw a player not playing team ball and yanked him. He didn’t get benched for not taking a 3. He got benched for falling back out of the play while the rest of his team attempted to play offense.
Did he not shoot it bc it would lower his %?
I think he didn’t take the shot because of the noise around him and his game and he’s likely off the team soon. he’s been checked out for awhile now.
That’s exactly the type of player teams should be trading for … someone will bc they think they can fix him
That and because let’s be honest, Cam Thomas’ price tag in trade is likely a 31-55 protected SRP and a new copy machine.
He should get no playing time, has been awful. Can’t wait until he gone tbh.
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Brooklyn fans turned on Kyrie Irving because he blew up the team as a result of refusing to get vaccinated and then shared a documentary that denied the holocaust, go fuck yourself
what is this thinly veiled concentration camp shit youre doing here
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What a loser
yea idk it was weird, was curious what kinda guy would post that so i clicked his profile then he deleted it
He’ll be waived in the next 2 weeks
0 trade value
Tf?
he probably will be honestly
Too talented to be waived. If anything they’ll just let him finish out his contract and let him walk
If the coach hates him and they can’t trade him idk why they wouldn’t waive him.
I’m curious to see how he’d do on a team trying to actually win games. Can’t imagine he’ll be great, but always like to see players with talent get a change of scenery.
I don’t see how the situation is the problem. Nets have a good coach/culture. He just blows.
He said if it’s not at least 15 seconds left on the clock I ain’t shooting it
How do you announce basketball games for a living and not know the high-five bullshit was changed this year?
Somewhere in the world Zach Lowe is feeling incredibly validated
I think he’s benches for standing at the logo, not forcing passing up the shot lol
The inefficient chucker archetype in the NBA seems to have the players with the highest egos somehow. Y’all ain’t winning players ofc you gonna get mad shots up 😭
Cam Thomas is the Cam Thomas of JR Smiths.
Why tf is he at half court
So this is definitely an inevitable byproduct of the second apron trade rules. You got misaligned players and teams stuck with each other
Give me a break. What was he doing standing at the logo? He gave up on the play and that’s why he was benched
Why pass to him at the logo?
I’ve seen that before. That’s the ol’ Tracy McGrady.
Why did he go shambling off like that…?
In other words he’s done with the nets 🤣
there’s so much space to relocate to and give Wolf more space or get an open shot, but bro just does a Harden impression
Toxic. Sad to see.
Bro was out of position and quit on the play. He should have been at the line ready to shoot.
Pretty positive body language :D
Mans decided he didn’t want anything more to do with this team and it’s not even February yet. I know the Nets fucking suck but jeez…
While Thomas did get thrown a grenade, it’s not like he’s ever turned down a shot in his life no matter how bad it would be.
OP and half the comment don’t know ball.
You would never see this in another sport. The NBA has a serious problem if guys like this are making it into the league.
Guy who only cares about his ppg has a bad attitude? Shocker
I would’ve benched him too
Why even play him at this point?!
he likes to chuck up shots that they’re probably flabbergasted he doesn’t want to do it at that time 😆
i like that they didn’t call that high five foul. that rule is BS
Crazy how fast everyone forgot that high fives are a foul. This one ofc isnt because he got ball first, but if he wouldnt of gotten ball it 100% should be a foul this season.
So what happens when mpj just abandons his mans for the free 3 for ot lol
Kd complimented him once now he thinks he is the shit when he really is just shit.
He was getting benched after half assing passing to Wolf.
I know the rest of the team be so happy when he leaves the court lol
NBA is a joke product. Imagine seeing this in another pro sport
Bro these comments, alot seems bot or is it just me?
that’s nuts, who is that idiot of a coach?
Get my boy Mike in there. He’ll fire it up
Wtf is Brooklyn doing. I don’t mean this game but like the last 10 years
Dudes got some of the worst body language I’ve seen in a player this season
Whats he doing bru made me lose 67 dollars 😔
This is clearly a defensive substitution
He had a chance and he took him out to get a better defensive player in Clowney from the final 40 seconds.
Definitely think you’re misinterpreting this.
Cam Thomas couldn’t make it on a tanking team. The fuck is the rest of the league supposed to do with him?
He didn’t get benched for not shooting the shot, he got benched bc he completely removes himself from being in any sort of position to make a basketball play
He had the ball off a DHO with 8 seconds and passes it when he’s at the top of the key (zone type look so understandable but also debatable bc he’s “cam ‘won’t swing the rock’ Thomas”)
Flares to halfcourt before, during and after the closest defender is doubling BH and makes no attempt to close the distance.
Immediately makes a half ass pass from HC because the shot clock is winding down and doesn’t want to be the person taking the shot
Scal called this out instantly on the Boston broadcast. He was dying.
Dude will be out the league in no time.
I know its hard for sports media to really go up against a player, but I wish Zach Lowe had more of a spine when they had the whole blowup. He didn’t retract what he said, but he tried to be as middle-of-the-road as possible
Zach should have doubled down. No, you aren’t worth a big deal because you don’t add anything of value to winning. You may be a skilled scorer but you have no feel for the game, are incredibly selfish, are a traffic cone on defense and not a good teammate. The only reason Brooklyn will offer you the qualifying offer is because they don’t have a functional basketball team.
I know that would have become a raging fire drama machine, but it would have been the truth.
Cam Thomas is not a serious basketball player
Wheres the hate for Wolf throwing the grenade in the first place? Cam didnt pull the pin to begin with
That’s what Im saying, like take the shot, why are you dancing with the ball?
20 years ago you’d get benched for shooting that even if you made it
Trade Wolf bro wtf was that