Cam Thomas Status with Brooklyn Nets
this new CBA affected particularly the Nets. Um um because we see they are a rebuilding team. They do have cap space but at the same time uh Cam Thomas is not resigned. Yeah. Um, and I I there had been like a few rumors on what the offer would have been last week. Uh, a lot of people thought it came in kind of low. Um, do you think that’s um is it indicative of how they feel about Cam Cam Thomas going forward? Do you do you see him as a long-term piece in New Jersey? I’m sorry, in New Jersey. um in Brooklyn. Um so to kind of break down your question a bit, one I think you’re seeing in the NBA at large, uh where there are guys, three guys in particular, uh Jonathan Kaminga, Cam Thomas, as well as Josh Giddy, who believe that they deserve more um what is being offered. And you’re seeing it play out in real time. And I think um Cam Thomas is in an interesting situation because I feel like the Nets are setting the it seems as though the Nets are setting the mark and in turn a lot of um that perception is being fed to some of my colleagues and then it’s being regurgitated and whenever you say things enough and people hear it they begin to believe it as fact. Um, I know that to be true uh because uh as a as a reporter enough people say you don’t have sources, people believe that to be true based upon everybody saying it. It’s a copycat league. To go back to your question about Camp Thomas, I think that he’s in a situation where people look at him as just a scorer. And I think there is more to his game than that. But the general consensus I think of the from the national audience is that he’s just a scorer and he’s had three or four straight games where he scored 40 points. I also think Cam Thomas both benefited uh and I think it was somewhat to his detriment as well that he was drafted around the time that and and played on a team where it was the rise of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant and James Harden and then them ultimately being traded and exiting there. And I think sometimes there’s a belief that just because those guys left, that’s why he got that much those he scored those amount of points. I also think that the Nets post uh Kevin and Kai leaving has been an open market for guys for guys to put up stats and people wonder if that will materialize somewhere else. It’s kind of like um I remember Chris Humphre playing for the Nets. You talked about New Jersey. I remember Chris Humphre playing for the Nets in New Jersey and then metriculating over to Brooklyn and he was putting up double double stats in New Jersey and then when Darren Williams, Joe Johnson, everybody came over, he had an abdominal strain. He was married to a Kardashian and then you never heard from him again. Um I think sometimes depending on the dynamics of a roster um and who you add or subtract will be contingent upon how a player plays and I think that’s what’s been painted about Cam. I think the only difference with that is that um Cam was well respected way before he came to Brooklyn. Um coming out of LSU, um I just think he wasn’t a top lottery pick and so because he’s not a name, people um people scratch their head and ask questions. Um and I and I think that for Cam, I think the Nets for his style of play is probably the best spot. The problem is I wonder if he’s traded somewhere else and assign a trade. I wonder if if those skill sets will metriculate to another team. You know, there’s been there’s been conversations from some of my colleagues about um you know, Cam potentially being traded to uh the Pistons in a sign and trade for Ivy out in Detroit. And I wonder what Cam in Detroit would look like. Um, I I I um I’m I’m concerned about just his market being devalued because enough people are saying it and counting it as fact. And I also think that this I also think that the NBA at large is changing in a world where we often have in at least 20 years ago have cheered on guys who score a ton of points. It’s almost like the the the volume scorer is now looked down upon. And I wonder if that’s signaling that we’re going to more of a a European style of game and b we’re actually reverting back to what a point guard was supposed to be. Meaning like John Stockton and in today today’s modern times Chris Paul that skill set of play like I wonder if we’re reverting back to that. Um, and I also think is in a similar situation like is being put in a situation like a Lou Williams or Jamal Crawford is being a scorer for hire and both Lou and Jamal Crawford have proven that they can start. Um, but their specialty for their respective teams was coming off the bench. I also think that Cam is a bit undersized at the two position and he’s not a distributor at the point position. So he’s kind of like in a tweener situation like a Ben Gordon, but Ben Gordon was still effective. He just didn’t have longevity. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Thank you for your insights on those. Uh
Brandon Scoop B Robinson stops by the NBA Economy Show and talks shop about the NBA. He talks about the value of Cam Thomas to the Nets organization. #nets #nba #nbacontroversy #camthomas
