handsoffmuseum

1149 | 5 hours ago

Cam believes nobody else on planet earth can make a shot given his assist #’s

Any-Question-3759

438 | 5 hours ago

That’s just who he is. He don’t believe in nobody. He never asked. He don’t even care anymore.

LindberghBar | Pacers

71 | 4 hours ago

mmmm i smell fresh pasta

CzarSpan | Pacers

16 | 3 hours ago

Been a minute since we got some short-form NBA pasta. Everyone’s doing verbose nonsense lately.

HotBoyTeece | Trail Blazers

1 | 6 minutes ago

Zion Williamson after the departure of the Quesarito from the Taco Bell menu: “That’s just who they are. They don’t believe in nothin. They don’t even care anymore.”

i tried

d1t0m6 | Nets

66 | 5 hours ago

catch-22. Assist #s depend on the other guy making the shot.

1mYourHuckleberry93 | Raptors

120 | 5 hours ago

The sample size is too big, he’s obviously an unwilling passer and chucker.

And good passers elevate their teammates, he’s never done that.

DinoSpumoniOfficial | Bucks

76 | 4 hours ago

You can tell in just like 10 games as a bucks fan lol. Thankfully when cam is on the court we don’t want or need him to pass - he’s here to score, so it don’t matter.

But that dude don’t pass

The_Sign_of_Zeta | MIL

27 | 4 hours ago

He’s been more willing than I expected,but that does not mean good.

Fun_Cockroach_8678

4 | an hour ago

Dude doesn’t pass a test, doesn’t pass slow traffic and doesn’t pass on the ugly friends….dude a straight shooter on and off the court. More at 5, back to you DineSpumoniOfficial

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metaslaves | Toronto Huskies

11 | 4 hours ago

Guaranteed Harden would average 8 assists

russfan0987 | Magic

9 | 2 hours ago

This reasoning is a myth, Orlando been one of the worst shooting teams every year of Paolo’s career and even he still gets 5 a game

JohnFish2734

1 | 36 minutes ago

Traore, Egor, and Clax aint having issues getting more than 2 assists

SocialJusticeGSW | Spurs

12 | 4 hours ago

Nets were right tbh

Andreiiii

1 | 3 hours ago

Jimmer Fredette was better

metaslaves | Toronto Huskies

805 | 5 hours ago

Cam was born too late lol. 10 years ago he could’ve fooled a shitty franchise into giving him 20M+ per year, but the ain’t happening in today’s league.

Kwilly462 | Nets

300 | 5 hours ago

Honestly tho, overseas, he would be seen as a god. But I don’t think his ego would allow him to play overseas.

orangekingo | Spurs

128 | 4 hours ago

He could go to china and average 60 lol

I like Cam and I think he can contribute to a competitive team but he really needs to figure out his ego

WarmSlime666 | Vancouver Grizzlies

28 | 4 hours ago

100%. i’ve always said if I had the talent of a fringe NBA player, i’d move overseas and play there in a heartbeat. why would you choose to ride the bench or play in the G league when you could be making millions elsewhere, AND you’d likely be a star player.

Kwilly462 | Nets

45 | 3 hours ago

The drawback is you’re away from friends and family a lot of the time. If that doesn’t bother you tho, then yeah.

ProphetofChud2 | Clippers

16 | 3 hours ago

These guys didn’t get to where they are currently by settling for less though. They gotta believe they can be good players on an NBA roster.

midwestswimmer | Thunder

17 | 3 hours ago

I’d at least try to make it to three years for healthcare benefits. After that I wouldn’t care.

radpandaparty | Supersonics

2 | 3 hours ago

I mean it’s not just a him thing. Like name two players that went overseas after putting up 20ppg.

Vegetable-Act7793

11 | 5 hours ago

Could you explain more.

Tough_Lawfulness8380

119 | 5 hours ago

10 years ago, gms were shit, ppg = good = pay $$

Now, gms understand ppg not necessarily = good, so don’t pay

15b17 | Thunder

17 | 4 hours ago

Except 10 years ago a star contract is a role player contract now so he might’ve even made less then

Tough_Lawfulness8380

61 | 4 hours ago

It’s pretty clear OP meant in the context of how GMs think, not the raw $ amount

PIEROXMYSOX1 | 76ers

15 | 4 hours ago

10 years ago is when the salary cap increased and a bunch of alright players got payed a lot of money.

Swoletariat69 | 76ers

13 | 3 hours ago

Shoutout Timofey Mosgov

shingofan | Raptors

3 | an hour ago

And Luol Deng

metaslaves | Toronto Huskies

39 | 4 hours ago

The NBA is moving away from one dimensional players, specifically score first guys that play only one side of the ball.

Viktrodriguez | Pacers

3 | an hour ago

Especially SG’s who can only score. Why rostering a guy when you can roster a guy who can not only score, but is capable to do at least some basic playmaking and/or play defense.

brickvanexel | Celtics

17 | 4 hours ago

Way more guards a decade or two ago who could get by on a roster putting up 20/1/0

TrevorArizaFan | Hornets

14 | 3 hours ago

Don’t really agree with the “10 years ago GMs were shit and just looked at PPG” take, considering that ten years ago was the 2015-16 Warriors and the vast majority of current GMs were already in high-ranking front office roles. Analytics has improved, and the league has moved more and more towards skilled multipositionality, but that transition was already well underway.

It has more to do with the new salary cap, in my opinion. Ten years ago, a team would throw a real contract at Cam Thomas coming off his rookie deal. If he improves his passing and defense, great, we knew he could score and now he’s a starter. If not, he’s still a valuable player to go in and kill a second unit. Even if he falls short, a guy who’s still an NBA role player can be traded elsewhere or used as salary filler.

But under the new CBA, teams have far less ability to spend over the cap limit. Whereas before a wealthy franchise like the Nets could overpay Cam on a gamble or keep him around if they liked his skillset, now going over either apron effectively hard caps you, limiting your roster construction and incurring significant financial penalties. That also means fewer teams are willing to take on salary in a trade. The result is that teams have to prioritize allocating all of their resources to sure-fire bets, be that real stars or proven role players. It’s not worth hindering your whole roster to keep a scoring sixth man around.

It’s not just Cam Thomas; we saw it with Collin Sexton, Coby White, Benedict Mathurin, Quentin Grimes, Josh Giddey, all of whom are better and more well-rounded than Thomas. If you’re at all marginal, your value plummets. In effect, the NBA’s middle class is eroding. Look at the Spurs, Thunder, Pistons, Celtics: it’s a few well-paid stars and established role players, and a bunch of cheap guys, usually rookies.

Haunting-Ad9521

3 | 2 hours ago

Wdym 10yrs ago was 2015-2016?! 10yrs ago was 2005-2006! Lol. Seriously though, when they said 1yrs ago, I was thinking of Tmac, AI, Steve Francis, and other guards who put up a lot of points and almost never passes the rock.

Vegetable-Act7793

2 | an hour ago

Damn. That line of the nba middle class eroding makes way too much sense. How do you think a good roster could be built in the new conditions. Lets say 9 good players cause this new cba feels restricting.

TrevorArizaFan | Hornets

1 | 42 minutes ago

I’m not smart enough to know, but I think we can look to recent great teams for guidance. It starts with drafting and scouting well; most of the best teams in either conference have max contract players they drafted and developed, but they also have a steady stream of role players who were taken with later picks or found for very cheap in FA and developed. Hugo Gonzalez, Daniss Jenkins, Ajay Mitchell, Neemias Queta, Julian Strawther, Christian Braun, Tari Eason, Deuce McBride, Isaiah Stewart are some examples of contributors who were taken outside the lottery or picked up for very little as FAs. You can’t rely on building a team entirely of top picks, acquiring by trade, or going to FA anymore because the bill is just too high. If you look at the second-tier contenders like Minnesota and the Lakers, one of their big problems is that they have a thin bench because they whiffed on picks.

The other piece is that teams can go over the cap for a season or two before they get too expensive. Boston did this for a couple years, then sold off some of their higher price guys last offseason. Indiana moved on from Turner for the same reason. OKC will probably have to as well at some point down the line, but the sheer number of picks and rookie contract guys they have means they can probably keep the SGA/JDub/Chet core together for longer.

I think you’ll also see higher trade prices for players on good contracts. Giving up a young prospect rotation player and two unprotected firsts feels like a lot for Ivica Zubac, but his extremely affordable contract means he’s worth a ton. A lot of these shrewd marginal moves are going to be big differentiators; for example, Philly’s bad cap management meant they had to dump McCain to OKC, which gives them another role player on a rookie deal. Minny may have whiffed on the Dillingham pick, but turning that into Ayo Dosunmo helps them add to their bench now without committing future cap.

Nugur

2 | 4 hours ago

Explain Jordan poole

jettieri | GSW

4 | 2 hours ago

He played next to Steph Curry

JalenBrunsonsBurner

1 | an hour ago

Poole helped his team win a ring, one year wonder or not, and that is something Cam Thomas will never do

ThrowawayPat2345

2 | an hour ago

Even 5 years ago teams were giving large contracts to Jordan Poole or similar players thinking they needed a small guard jacking up 3s.

10-15 years ago these guys would’ve gotten 6th man money. Somewhere along the way dumb GMs thought these guys were Steph instead of bench scorers. They’re finally realizing these type of players have way less value.

skuiji

1 | an hour ago

Honestly he was only like a year or two off getting in before teams figured out how much they can screw themselves over with the new cap. He could of probably got a Quickley type deal if he was just a bit earlier

jknuts1377 | Celtics

1 | 4 minutes ago

10 to 15 years ago, he would be just like Marcus Thornton was for the Kings. He’ll put up decent numbers to fool people into thinking he’s better than he really is. Once Thornton left the Kings, he became a journeyman and was out of the league about 5 years later. I can picture Thomas’ career being similar, just a little longer.

ThePlainWhiteTees | Nuggets

625 | 5 hours ago

This guy is not who he thinks he is lmfao

roastedhambone | Thunder

132 | 5 hours ago

You’re telling me he’s not Kevin Durant?

Any-Question-3759

48 | 5 hours ago

Cam Thomas is just Kevin Durant’s IRL burner.

LeOenophile

11 | 4 hours ago

Even KD’s burner accounts have better assist numbers than Cam…

qj1135 | Knicks

59 | 5 hours ago

idk he had a few good games and people started saying the nets were holding him back from becoming AI

aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

20 | 4 hours ago

I think in the broadcast before his first Bucks game they like asked him to introduce himself to the team and he said like “My name is Cam and i get buckets”, i think he knows exactly who he is lol

Viktrodriguez | Pacers

1 | an hour ago

He probably thinks he is the reincarnation of the scorer MJ.

SloshaPacana

251 | 5 hours ago

Averaging fewer minutes per game for the Bucks btw and as per usual inefficient and the team is way better when he’s off the floor

A legit moron player

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

115 | 5 hours ago

Scoring 34 points in his first game with the Bucks might have been the worst thing that could have happened for everybody. Thomas is gonna just think back to that and think he doesn’t need to change at all. That game will cause the Bucks to continue to hold onto him for a lot longer than they should (and they’ll invest too much in him, whether it’s money, time, minutes).

username_x | Bucks

33 | 4 hours ago

I mean, if he can score 34 points off the bench every 5 or so games I think he’s still a pretty valuable NBA player lol. It won’t be the role he thinks he deserves but plenty of teams would be fine letting him do that

ObviousAnswerGuy | NYK

16 | 4 hours ago

yea, a bench guy who can put up numbers like that is extremely valuable. The issue is he’d be great at $15 mil/year, but not so great at $25 mil/year

username_x | Bucks

5 | 4 hours ago

Agreed. It’s on his dumbass to understand that and who knows if he ever will

Tough_Lawfulness8380

0 | 4 hours ago

Except it will never be relevant in the playoffs

username_x | Bucks

6 | 4 hours ago

Cam Thomas has played in 3 total playoff games in his entire career. Nobody has any idea how relevant he could be in the playoffs

Tough_Lawfulness8380

12 | 4 hours ago

The list of small mainly scoring guards that can’t defend with any positive impact in the playoffs in the last 30 years is a list of one: allen iverson

Feel pretty good in saying cam Thomas won’t be particularly relevant

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Tough_Lawfulness8380

10 | 4 hours ago

All these guys can pass

Cam doesn’t

ManBeSerious | Clippers

0 | 3 hours ago

yeah but youre stretching your original statement already

Mosh00Rider | Suns

2 | 3 hours ago

Stretching? Saying “scoring guard” and then referencing several point guards that score a lot is you missing the point.

SloshaPacana

6 | 4 hours ago

My guy he thought he was the goat when he had Kyrie/Harden/KD on the team and wanted more mins and more shots, one 30 point game changes nothing for him he always thinks he’s the greatest

Cam Thomas is an idiot, he thinks he’s the greatest in a good team or a bad team

Shame because he is a talented scorer, if he had a brain and took a couple of bad shots off his shot diet, passed just a tiny bit more and at least try on defense he’d get 20m a year and be a good 6th man that you can plug and play and play so he can score a few points for your bench unit way worse players have but no he just thinks he’s an MVP

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

33 | 5 hours ago

What changed from everyone memeing Giannis love for him just a couple weeks back 😂

4r4r4real

47 | 5 hours ago

My favorite person to shoot the shit with at work fucking sucks at their job. Way she goes.

Forsaken_Flight6188 | Knicks

203 | 5 hours ago

Dude’s still averaging less minutes in Milwaukee than he did in Brooklyn

legend023 | Pelicans

19 | 5 hours ago

Different roles, and he just joined the team mid-season.

Cam is a big reason Milwaukee is still in the play-in area without Giannis. He’s a solid player but Brooklyn did him dirty this year

Cool_Recognition_848

183 | 5 hours ago

He really had two good games and you’re acting like he’s been carrying the team.

6.7 PPG on 28 FG% in his last three games.

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

84 | 4 hours ago

This. People are acting like he turned it around because of that singular game and the Giannis meme licking his lips.

No-Mine-3982 | Knicks

18 | 3 hours ago

As someone who watched him last game play vs the Knicks, if you double team him he will take 10 seconds to process it and it leads to the easiest turnover in the world. A team with him is not a serious team with how he plays.

Spell_Alarming | Nets

16 | 3 hours ago

Honestly this is why we had to move on from him. MPJ has a similar reputation of shooting first thinking later, but he’s been much more willing to buy into the offense and move off ball. Also cam just wanted way too big a contract.

ihavepaper | Nets

51 | 5 hours ago

Sure, you can say a different role, but the problem is that he’s the same player.

Too many casual fans who go in uproar about his big 40 point games, but never pay attention to his trash shot selecting 10 point and zero game assists in between with shit defense.

I guarantee you that he doesn’t work with Giannis. Cam legit thinks he’s KD, Kobe, TMac shot creating level. He’s not. He tweets that way too. This is nothing new. Everyone can praise his talent because I believe it’s there, but his problem is that he feels he’s #1 when he clearly isn’t. Nets threw a contract his way and he bet on himself. Great. Zero issues. But there’s a reason why no one wanted to trade for him.

I see him as the same as a Kevin Martin or a Marcus Thornton: A guy who can legit score in bunches and gets incredibly hot really fast, but cannot do it as the primary and plays trash defense. He sees himself differently.

PunningLynguist

17 | 4 hours ago

Cam wishes he could have Kevin Martin or Marcus Thornton’s careers

ihavepaper | Nets

9 | 4 hours ago

Regardless of the “I don’t want to make the all-star team because I like my time off” allegations, Kevin Martin had a damn good career. Dude was underrated because he was on the Kings. And no, before anyone says I mean underrated as in he could make the all-star team, I just mean that he’s a name that no one brings up often and although his FG% was interesting, he never did too much and did pretty well considering. Never heard anything wild about him often, if at all.

SpeedracerFr44d | Pelicans

5 | 3 hours ago

KMart was super legit with that nasty jumper lol. I used to rock with OKC/KD heavy in the early 10’s, I was sick about the harden trade but thought Kmart would be a solid but slight downgrade, man was I wrong 😂. Dude bounced back in Minn for a couple years though.

itgoesdownandup

1 | an hour ago

First time I heard KMart used for Kevin Martin. Tripped me up a bit. I’ve always heard Kenyon Martin referred to as KMart.

Renzel0311

40 | 5 hours ago

Nets didn’t do him dirty at all jordi could’ve easily benched him and not played him at all when he returned from injury. Even started him at the start of the season

EightBlocked | NBA

22 | 4 hours ago

you just know absolutely nothing if you think brooklyn did him dirty

tripledirks | Mavericks

5 | 4 hours ago

He is NOT a big reason, he barely plays more than a quarter’s worth of minutes man.

TraizHill | Supersonics

150 | 5 hours ago

When you keep talking about a problem but you can’t identify what it is, then maybe it was you to begin with.

winston-mosquehill | Thunder

25 | 4 hours ago

If it starts smelling like dog shit wherever you go, it might be your dog or under your toes…whatever that saying is

Tywooti | Pistons

4 | 3 hours ago

It’s just Charlie following you with a flaming bag of dog poop, waiting for the opportune moment to throw it at you

Faded_Astronomer23

8 | 4 hours ago

He still plays the brand of basketball we did growing up at the park. If u know u know haha.

Somapix | Nets

5 | 3 hours ago

If you meet an asshole in the morning, you met an asshole. If you meet assholes all day long, maybe you’re the asshole.

Kimi7 | Lakers

0 | 3 hours ago

It’s not like the Nets are full of solutions for 2-3 years. Nets is the Cam Thomas of NBA franchises.

Lanky_Crocodile

62 | 5 hours ago

Never too soon to start learning Chinese

beforeitcloy | SAC

33 | 5 hours ago

It’s honestly sad that guys like this can’t be convinced to go to Europe and be absolute legends. Instead of being a basketball terrorist in Milwaukee, you could be drinking wine with supermodels on a yacht cruising the Greek isles Cam!

candry_shop | Suns

12 | 3 hours ago

Y’all overestimating how many of these guys would become absolute legends in Europe

beforeitcloy | SAC

5 | 3 hours ago

Evan Fournier scored 32 for Olympiacos his last game

Even_Tangerine_4201

3 | 5 hours ago

If I’m not mistaken he spent a few years in Japan growing up. Lots of overlap between alphabets so he’s got that going for him.

Tofu4070 | 76ers

-11 | 5 hours ago

Alphabets? You mean the one they use for kids lol?

NotJoe1232 | Knicks

2 | an hour ago

My ranked teammates:

ObviousAnswerGuy | NYK

0 | 4 hours ago

cmon, he’s not that bad lol. He can still score, he just needs to accept his role.

416Silva

55 | 5 hours ago

“They don’t believe in nobody”😐

moby323 | 76ers

39 | 5 hours ago

They believe in everyone.

Heart warming.

Tough_Lawfulness8380

34 | 5 hours ago

This dude will talk himself to being stuck on MLE money at most for ever, if that

RspectMyAuthoritah | Lakers

9 | 4 hours ago

He doesn’t need to talk his way to being stuck on that, that’s just the player he is.

Round_Clock_3942

27 | 5 hours ago

Dude is averaging 14 ppg and has zero starts after getting traded. I think Brooklyn made the right decision on him.

roastedhambone | Thunder

56 | 5 hours ago

He wasn’t traded. Nobody was willing to give up anything for him. He was cut

No-Independence-761

28 | 5 hours ago

Dude was given a 30% usage rate and offered a 30 million dollar contract when he’s realistically worth a vet minimum

slickhomieblackboy

25 | 5 hours ago

The Jordan Poole of Zach Lavines

ZdenekTheMan

6 | 3 hours ago

This is genuinely funny

thebigticket2 | Nets

18 | 5 hours ago

yawns loudly

ZdenekTheMan

2 | 3 hours ago

Lmfao 😂

johnjohnjohn93

15 | 4 hours ago

Well literally nobody believed in Cam because he was waived and went unclaimed.

As a Nets fan I’m glad he’s gone and he’s one of those guys that’s fun to watch when he’s not on your team.

Guys like DDR, CJ McCollum, Zach Lavine or Jalen Green are “hoopers” that can have some awesome games to watch as a neutral but would drive you crazy if you watched them every game

LamonicasHubster | Spurs

16 | 5 hours ago

how good is Cam Thomas vs a guy like Hassan Whiteside, when he had his run

was Whitesides defense better then Thomas offense or vice versa ? i never seen whiteside play but from the basketball podcast when they mention him it kind of reminds me of How Thomas is acting

Tough_Lawfulness8380

35 | 5 hours ago

Think they’re quite different categories tbh

Hassans problem was his block numbers are like me in 2k, farming them while playing actual terrible defence

Cams is a talented scorer, but not efficient, never passes and can’t play a lick of defence, and worst of all, extremely delusional about his own role in meaningful nba play

oberg14

15 | 4 hours ago

To be honest they’re both basically 2k my career players lol

metaslaves | Toronto Huskies

15 | 5 hours ago

Hassan Whiteside was legitimately good until he got paid. Then he stopped playing defense and started to stat pad rebounds and blocks.

dennythedinosaur

13 | 4 hours ago

Cam Thomas is more like a guard version of Christian Wood.

Big ego, no defense, not willing to do the little things off-ball, etc.

At one point, Christian Wood was demanding more playing time over…Giannis.

innisfree50 | Warriors

10 | 5 hours ago

Hassan whiteside was nba all defense…

HealthyCheesecake643 | Celtics

3 | an hour ago

He shouldn’t have been.

shahoftheworld | BRK

14 | 4 hours ago

The team that routinely signs projects and turns them into rotation players believes in no one. Having Kyrie as his vet his early years screwed him up.

rabidantidentyte | Nets

11 | 4 hours ago

Cam is the least self aware player in the league. We’re the only team that offered him money in the off-season lol

Renzel0311

11 | 5 hours ago

Team literally gave him starts and more playing time than the bucks are right now. Jordi could’ve easily benched him when he returned from injury and not played him at all

Apprehensive-Rain601 | Lakers

8 | 5 hours ago

Lmao

Current-Question-441

5 | 3 hours ago

I’m all for being confident in yourself. But I don’t think Cam Thomas is anything more than a G Leaguer jacking up shots for bad NBA teams. I would love to be proven wrong.

TheBrazilianKD

6 | 3 hours ago

Nets coaching staff: Hey can you pass the ball

Cam Thomas: So you don’t believe in me then

brickvanexel | Celtics

4 | 4 hours ago

Final evolution of the worst dude to play with at your local pickup run

PrinceKarmaa

3 | 5 hours ago

i’ll die on the hill that nolan traore is already a better player than cam was for the nets

Jayswag96

3 | 4 hours ago

Where does he get this ego from lol

Aeris_Hilton

3 | 2 hours ago

Corny loser. Any athlete who leaves a team like this: CORNY LOSER

runtreesrun

3 | an hour ago

Nets didn’t believe in him so much that they offered him 30mil/2 years this past summer. Cam ain’t coming close to that this summer I bet

CalmMinimum1179 | Cavaliers

2 | 5 hours ago

He’s not getting a tribute video when he returns to Brooklyn 😅

Any-Question-3759

5 | 4 hours ago

He getting a diss track.

Not_RZA_ | Lakers

1 | 4 hours ago

They gonna have a Biggie day just so they can play “Long Kiss Goodnight” over and over

Time, time for you to die,

As I kiss your ass goodnight

SaddestHappyMeal | Raptors

2 | 4 hours ago

Idk man. If all I had to do was be a better defender, improve my facilitating, and not be a black hole in order to get $30M/yr - I would.

idekwhatiamdoinglol

2 | 4 hours ago

I’m actually interested into what even happened with him in the first place.

Don’t want to sound silly but I’m a bit out of the loop, like dude could’ve been something in Brooklyn, could’ve been had a solid role in Brooklyn, and then it seems like he got a bit “too big for his own boots” and just got released and then Bucks pick him up and he’s not even peforming over there.

Is it just an ego thing for him? or did I just answer my own question lmao?

khonsu_27 | Nets

6 | 3 hours ago

Nothing happened. From day 1 it was clear he was a career streaky, inefficient, selfish, no-defense-playing, scorer with a questionable ego/attitude who didn’t add anything else of value other than garbage points.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

0 | 5 hours ago

Get stuck with the MLE

sunkcostbro

3 | 5 hours ago

Is he even going to get that?

NegativesPositives

1 | 5 hours ago

You know how everyone says someone caught a stray when someone is literally insulted by name?

What a stray is is what Nic Claxton got here.

WayofHatuey | Nets

1 | 4 hours ago

Lol he really think he Kobe resurrected

Andreiiii

1 | 3 hours ago

Jimmer fredette

Effective_Ratio_7714 | Nets

1 | 3 hours ago

Probably my second least favorite Net in the 30 years I’ve been a fan of the team after Kyrie. Except Kyrie was actually good at basketball. No NBA team should roster Cam Thomas, not even for the league minimum

Dymatizeee | Knicks

1 | 3 hours ago

This dude is like the modern Rashad McCants

Muted-Big-4858

1 | 2 hours ago

we believe in nozting, lebowski.

The_real_bandito

1 | 2 hours ago

Why would they believe in nobody?

bananajunior3000 | Celtics

1 | 2 hours ago

“Everyone but Cam Thomas is the problem here” - Cam Thomas

ddddyyylllaaannn

1 | 2 hours ago

At least he has Giannis thirsting over him

DoesitFinally

1 | an hour ago

They don’t believe in nobody

That’s a double negative. So that means that they believe.

grundlesmith | 76ers

1 | an hour ago

I suspect the Nets have obliterated their ability to land free agents. Maybe simply being in NYC will save them. But they landed three superstars in free agency, and over the next two seasons, those three made a combined four trade requests. As if that isn’t enough, the owner personally embarrassed Kyrie as much as he could, as if he is a paragon of morality and social justice. The basketball management mortgaged their future, lost everything, built it back up, and then repeated the same mistake. Now that the Knicks are decent again, I think the Nets are cooked

RudeTurnover

1 | 40 minutes ago

Crazy how delusional so many players are nowadays. Ayton then Cam dropping back to back shit takes.

Sumo_Cerebro

1 | 37 minutes ago

He couldn’t stay healthy and he’s mad at them?

That’s crazy.

Individual-Echo6076

0 | 4 hours ago

Cam is 2020s Jamal Crawford. High volume shooter. Not very efficient

TwoProper4220

-2 | 5 hours ago

So you mean to say the Nets does believe in anybody?

Emergency_Middle2384

-1 | an hour ago

He’s the only player I seen get punished for scoring the ball shit crazy I see why the nba ass as hell now

SOB200 | Nets

1 | an hour ago

If he is the only player treated as such - prob not a very big problem - def not effecting the whole NBA “product”.

Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO

-2 | 5 hours ago

They don’t believe in anybody, the word is anybody

iro3 | Spurs

-3 | 4 hours ago

Hmm kinda agree with him…. let’s see what happens with these 5 rookies then like a few more next year

A-ZAF_Got_Banned

-4 | 3 hours ago

Why are people chastising him like there’s no reason the Nets are up there as the most stagnant franchise going.

bestatbeingmodest

-4 | 2 hours ago

Why are people hating on this? I fully believe what he says. I don’t think the Nets are a serious franchise.

When was the last time they fostered any sort of consistent, positive, winning culture?

The last time they were relevant is because they were carried by a trio of mercenary superstars for hire for a year

I don’t think people realize the value of culture in organizations. There is no way the Nets have a culture conducive to winning

blakers12390

1 | 15 minutes ago

And we literally saw them not believe in James Harden. They didn’t want to give him an extension that he wanted and traded him. Instead of trying to understand Kyrie or figure out why he was doing his actions they just condemned him right away, traded him. Then with Kevin Durant they didn’t believe they could build a team around KD so they traded him.

Ok-Meaning-7061 | Lakers

-6 | 3 hours ago

Nets owner is terrible . How you fumble KD Kyrie and harden.

Illustrious_Way_5732 | Nets

1 | an hour ago

Casual

brandnameb | Knicks

-11 | 4 hours ago

He’s right about the Nets leadership regardless of people like him or not.

This current regime is on its 3rd reinvention, commit to none of their decisions and just give up constantly. Couldn’t even tank right.

Illustrious_Way_5732 | Nets

1 | an hour ago

Do you have actual evidence of us “giving up constantly”?

Ok_Translator4447 | Knicks

-15 | 5 hours ago

Damn why no support for the player because he says the organization is trash? Are the Nets not trash?

No-Independence-761

8 | 5 hours ago

Hiring Jordi and cutting this leech were probably the two best decisions the org has ever made

Tough_Lawfulness8380

7 | 5 hours ago

The nets have been complete bums for the majority of my life

And yet them not paying this dude the 30m pa he wanted is one of the most competent thing that franchise have ever done

Also pretty funny to be saying the nets don’t believe in u when ur new team plays u even less

Still_Refuse

-6 | 4 hours ago

Because this sub is pro orginization, they do not care about players.

Basic-Collection5416 | Pistons

-15 | 5 hours ago

I mean, he’s not wrong.

Kwilly462 | Nets

15 | 5 hours ago

He actually is 100% wrong. We gave him plenty of chances to prove himself. And every single time, it was “Me first, I don’t have to improve a thing.” Plus, he’s injury prone, so that didn’t help his case.

Basic-Collection5416 | Pistons

-8 | 5 hours ago

“Always chasing something” is an entirely fair assessment though.

Kwilly462 | Nets

8 | 5 hours ago

Yes. GM’s/coaches want their young players to always strive to be better. When they’re content, then they get lazy.

Basic-Collection5416 | Pistons

-8 | 5 hours ago

Or they want to build a super team. Oh wait, that didn’t work out, so let’s dump everyone and rebuild. Or maybe we should build another super team. Oh wait, that didn’t work out, so let’s dump everyone and rebuild…

Kwilly462 | Nets

8 | 4 hours ago

My guy… Now wtf does that have to do with Cam Thomas’ development?

broooooklyn | Nets

6 | 4 hours ago

So you’d rather them not swing for trades that instantly made them championship contenders to instead… be a play in team? That DLo team was fun but the ceiling was like ⁵⁄₆ seed in a weak East. Even though it didn’t pan out, building a team with KD, Kyrie and Harden was 100% the right move despite the outcome.

Also, aren’t you the same team who made a splashy trade for Blake Griffin? Sometimes shit doesn’t work out and that’s just how it goes.

Basic-Collection5416 | Pistons

-3 | 4 hours ago

We got Blake for one first round pick.

broooooklyn | Nets

6 | 4 hours ago

Yes, and that pick (Miles Bridges) was traded from LAC to Charlotte to move up a spot in the draft and get the reigning MVP lol. Not sure what point you’re trying to make.

Basic-Collection5416 | Pistons

-1 | 4 hours ago

I don’t realize that pick became Miles Bridges. Now I’m even happier that we made that trade.

Tough_Lawfulness8380

11 | 5 hours ago

Nets might be a bum franchise but the one thing they got right is not paying this dude

sunkcostbro

8 | 5 hours ago

Lol what… I’d love to see the mental gymnastics one has to perform to actually believe this.

He was given an incredible amount of opportunities…

Basic-Collection5416 | Pistons

-1 | 5 hours ago

I meant regarding the franchise as a whole.

sunkcostbro

8 | 5 hours ago

That the franchise as a whole doesn’t believe in anybody…?

That also doesn’t make sense…

Basic-Collection5416 | Pistons

-1 | 5 hours ago

How many failed super teams has this franchise built?

sunkcostbro

7 | 5 hours ago

Two.

But neither of those failed because the Nets “didn’t believe in anybody” as Cam claims… If anything they believed too much in certain people.

Basic-Collection5416 | Pistons

-2 | 4 hours ago

If you believe in something, you see it through. You don’t abandon it and start over the moment things don’t go your way.

GuessTraining | Nets

6 | 4 hours ago

Wtf does that even mean? They saw it through, it didn’t work so instead of trying to force it and waste time, you retool. Players age and degrade overtime you know. Have you not worked in a fast-paced environment?

Basic-Collection5416 | Pistons

-1 | 4 hours ago

Imagine if the Pistons had blown our core up after suffering the worst losing streak in NBA history?

GuessTraining | Nets

5 | 4 hours ago

In recent memory, the suns and mavs broke up their team after going to the finals

BruceBrownMVP | Nets

7 | 5 hours ago

He couldn’t be more wrong lmao what are you on about

moby323 | 76ers

6 | 5 hours ago

He also ain’t no god damn Clint Capela!

figureour | Wizards

1 | 3 hours ago

I dunno. They believed in five dudes enough to draft them in one round.

AccordingToWhomst

-16 | 5 hours ago

People will trash Cam, but he’s absolutely right.

I’ve been a Nets fan since the Bruce “the rat” Ratner days and this organization does NOT believe in rebuilding, they only have ever cared about short cuts and biding their time to stock up and mortgaging their future over and over for waning stars and not building around young talent.

I’m sure the Tsai bots will scour this thread and astroturf and my comment is an exercise in futility but oh well fuck it.

Tough_Lawfulness8380

15 | 5 hours ago

Right about what?

If anything, nets cutting him is proof they are changing their ways

Have a decent road map of picks and cap space to do something instead of definitely locking themselves in as a 11th seed paying him 30m a year

This dude is totally the opposite type of young talent u build around

scorpio21 | Bulls

5 | 5 hours ago

Right now the Brooklyn era of the Nets seems to be summarized as 2 massive all-ins followed by some really down periods

AccordingToWhomst

-1 | 4 hours ago

The NJ nets era wasn’t that great either barring our incredibly short stint of being decent in the very early 2000s.

I’m glad Brook Lopez found success after leaving our shithole org, he would have been wasted here.

GuessTraining | Nets

4 | 4 hours ago

Why are you still a nets fan though with that shitty outlook

AccordingToWhomst

-2 | 4 hours ago

Stockholm syndrome perhaps. Battered wife syndrome mixed in there too.

Do you think being a fan is sheepishly defending your team no matter what?

GuessTraining | Nets

3 | an hour ago

I don’t know, it feels like you only see the negative

Cam Thomas on his departure from the Brooklyn Nets: “That’s just who they are. They don’t believe in nobody”