The Elite Scorer That Nobody Wants…
Victor Wembanyama, Jamal Murray, Alperen Sengun, Karl Anthony Towns, Pascal Siakam, Brandon Ingram, Jimmy Butler… every single player I just listed is either on a MASSIVE NBA contract or soon will be…
And they also all were lower on the PPG list than Cam Thomas
A guy who can’t get ANYONE to pay him right now
Thomas and the Brooklyn Nets have been trying to negotiate a new contract for months… and they have made basically zero progress… and you’d think this would be pretty easy – the Nets need perimeter scoring, they’re a rebuilding team, and Thomas is a young perimeter scorer…
How is it possible that an ELITE scorer – a guy who possesses one of the most valuable possible skills in basketball at an extremely high level, that would seemingly be in demand by every team in the league… has absolutely zero market?
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he wont work in a "system"
1) He's not that good actually.
2) Bad attitude
3) Horrible defender
4) Wants waaay more than he's worth
5) Small for his position
Had a co worker argue with me that he’s better than Brunson lmao
I feel like Cam would flourish with a team of defenders around him. Like OKC or even SAS. He reminds me of a Lou Williams type player who plays defense about as well as JJ Redick did. Off the bench to score and not much else.
So not even a contract as a 6th man even if he's like Colin Sexton Colin Sexton is still playing
Dude doesn’t deserve 30 mil a year. He doesn’t even deserve 3 mil. One dimensional offensive ball hog that makes those around him worse and doesn’t play defense.
If Cam agreed to a one year ‘prove it’ contract, could be interesting if he tries to boost his AST + REB stats to keep pace with the elite guys in his bracket and then goes ‘see, I can do that too’ (and whether the Nets would want him to realise that value, especially with MPJ about to get that Usage up)
Compares him to Anthony Edwards (both turn 24 in 2025).
2024/25 stats – Ant vs Cam
On 16% more minutes per game, Ant goes 27.6PPG, 4.5APG, 5.7RPG compared to Cam’s 24PPG, 3.8APG, 3.3RPG.
I think if both the Nets and Cam allow him to become a 33-35 MPG player and he can maintain a 24PPG effort but add better 3-pt shooting and he can add a little more to assists or rebounds, there’s gotta be a market for him.
If Cam comes back to the Nets, regardless of contract signed, the best situation for both parties will be that they boost his numbers up to the Trade Deadline, and then have the Nets cash-in by sending him out.
"Elite scorer" – Says who??
1) Last season Cam averaged 24 ppg on 44% shooting and 35% from the arc. I wouldn't call that an "elite scorer." "Volume scorer" describes him better.
2) He only played in 25 games last season from injuring his hamstring TWICE. Got injured, missed a huge chunk of the season, then came back and injured it again and missed the rest of the season. That's obviously a huge red flag.
3) He's missed 113 games in his first four seasons, which is over 1/3 of the total games in his career. So he's an injury risk even beyond this past season.
4) He's averaging 2.6 boards and 2.1 assists a game for his career, so "elite" scoring is all he contributes. Add in the 1.4 turnovers, and it's a bad ratio. He doesn't take care of the ball. He's not a playmaker. He also adds nothing defensively.
So an injury prone volume shooter who doesn't do much else. Wow, such a surprise that other teams aren't offering him max deals and Brooklyn is trying to negotiate him down. They should just let him walk. They have enough mediocre players already.
Remember when the Nets paid Dlo? That’s why
His efficiency is pathetic, and being a scorer on a suck-@ss team is absolutely nothing. He simply is not good enough, nothing more than a passable 6th man.
Do you make your “team” better?
Do you need the ball to impact your team?
Do you play defence?
Do you make high iq plays off ball?
No?
There is your answer.
Watched him play all his games.. lol he ain't no steph n he's shorter
Unfair? They are being paid millions just for putting a ball in a hoop.
You have to at least try on defense. You don't have to be good, but you can't just wave at the ball unless you're 28 and 7 on the other end (Harden).
The game has changed because defense has been watered down not pace or 3 point volume
Watered down defense means pace goes up and three shot volumes go up
Go magic
I mean look at Bradley Beal. Bro went from a 30 point player to blowing balls within 1 year.
I think nba teams don't want to offer him a big contract because he is not a good defender and too ball dominant he should just accept a short mid level contract and improve his defense and spot up shooting
His value needs to be accepted by preferably more than one organization which leads to a bidding war. His problem is, not a single team including his own thinks he's worth anything near what he demands lol.
Nice shirt …GO MAGIC!!
realistically if Q Grimes is on the nets he averages 30
Love the shirt bro 🫡
I get it. They’re not the same player but he sort of reminds me of Zach Lavine. A very good scorer but but with the holes in his game, he’s never going to be a first option and maybe not your 2nd either. Maybe MPJ is the better comparison than LaVine now that I think about it
Lowering player value IS the conversation. The apron is all about the owners and league taking power back from players. How many players are being sat and made an example of when it comes to these new contracts? Overall this entire league feels like its about to be alot less interesting and accessible with how owners and league is moving.