Cam Thomas' Explosive Bucks Debut Stings Nets

Thomas left the Nets after a messy split and landed in Milwaukee days later. Brooklyn and Thomas failed to agree on a long term deal, he took a one-year $6 million qualifying offer, and the Nets waived him on Feb. 5. Thomas said he was "Super excited ready to actually help and contribute to another team," and after a 34 point, 25 minute debut the Bucks are 5-2 with him. Reports say the relationship soured after he was pulled for refusing a late shot, and Thomas summed it up bluntly, "They didn't believe." Merlin sees a simple truth. Thomas is elite scoring and playmaking when healthy, but his hamstring and reduced Nets minutes hinted at fit issues. Milwaukee gives him a clearer role. If he stays hot and stays healthy, the Bucks will have incentive to keep him.