The Milwaukee Bucks decided to waive Cam Thomas on Monday afternoon, just hours before the Bucks were scheduled to take on the LA Clippers in Los Angeles.
The decision comes just weeks after the franchise signed the guard to help its shorthanded roster in an effort to advance in the playoffs.
Bucks head coach Doc Rivers was asked about the move to waive Thomas before the game on Monday.
"Yeah, it was pretty tough, to be honest," Doc Rivers told members of the media before the Clippers-Bucs game. "We've run out of resources and at the end of the day, there are guys you have to make decisions on. I thought Cam was really good overall, and he might be a guy we could look at again. Where we're at right now, not really looking because when we signed him, we thought it was the right thing to do for the rest of the guys right now."
Thomas was released by the Brooklyn Nets on February 5 after a suitable trade partner could not be found for the guard. On February 8, the Bucks and Cam Thomas agreed to a deal for the remainder of the season.
Since the contract he played 18 games for the Bucks, averaging 10.7 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, while shooting 43.1 percent from the field and 27.5 percent from three.
"There are things we don't need to talk about," Rivers said. "It's nobody's job, like I said before. As a coach you have to decide what's best for the team at that time. People don't understand that, they talk about other things, and it's not for anybody to know."
From 2023 to 2025, Cam Thomas played 91 games for the Bucks, averaging 22.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, while shooting 44.1 percent from the field and 35.9 percent from three.
