The Bucks have some issues that they need to iron out. The team has released guard Cam Thomas just a couple of weeks after they signed him. The Bucks are going to convert the two-way contract of forward Pete Nance into a standard NBA contract.
When the Bucks signed Thomas after he was waived by the Brooklyn Nets on February 8, they touted him as the missing piece who would help them contend. The hype grew after he scored 34 points off the bench in his second game with the team, and coach Doc Rivers compared him to Jamal Crawford and Lou Williams.
However, things have gone downhill from there. Since that game on February 11, he hasn’t been able to provide the spark that they have been looking for. He has averaged 9.6 points on 41% shooting, 1.9 assists (22% from 3), and 16 minutes.
After their game on Monday, Rivers said, “We ran out of bodies, and at the end of the day, there were guys you had to make a decision on.” He continued giving his opinion on Thomas, saying, “I thought Cam was really good overall, and he may be somebody we revisit. Just where we’re at right now, you know, not really in the hunt as when we signed him, we thought it was the right thing to do for the rest of the guys right now.”
Before Thomas signed with the Bucks, they were 21-29 and looking to make a late-season push to potentially get out of the play-in. However, since signing Thomas, they have won only 8 more games and are now 29-42, on the outside looking in. What makes things worse is that they are eight games behind the Charlotte Hornets, who hold the tenth seed.
The Bucks are also too far above the bottom teams in the league to be truly in the race for the lottery. However, with Giannis Antetokounmpo potentially missing the rest of the season, their lottery odds could go up.
The Bucks are currently sitting in limbo with the uncertainty surrounding Antetokounmpo, so they have some soul-searching to do. As for Thomas, if he signed for another team, he would not be eligible for the postseason because he was waived after March 1.
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