The move comes weeks after Thomas left for Milwaukee and appeared to take a liking to his new team.
Cam Thomas is back on the NBA free agent market as of Monday.
The former second-leading scorer for the Brooklyn Nets was waived by the Milwaukee Bucks, with ESPN NBA insider Shams Charnia reporting the move.
This now means Thomas could be playing for an unprecedented third different franchise this season. Though he faces this dilemma as noted by Keith Smith of Spotrac.
"Cam Thomas is eligible to sign with an NBA team, but cannot play in the 2026 NBA Playoffs. This is because Thomas was waived after the March 1 Playoff Eligibility Waiver deadline," Smith posted on the social media website X, formerly known as Twitter.
This move still is perceived as a shock across the league. Especially with this nugget from Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints.
"The Bucks really like Cam Thomas and saw him as a potential young scorer to add for the future. They tried to trade for him at the deadline but didn’t have a second round pick," Siegel posted. "Nets waived him, and to the Bucks delight, they signed Thomas. Definitely more to the story here."
Again, Thomas once sounded content about leaving the Nets for the Bucks. He called the team out via the New York Post including stating back on Feb. 28 "they don't believe in nobody."
"I don’t even care anymore. I’m on a different team," Thomas said. "I don’t want to talk about them much. But that’s what it was. They didn’t believe."
He even began to embrace the locker room vibe with the Bucks on Feb. 21 inside the locker room.
"Everybody had the right mindset and everybody came locked in. Now it's winning time. We've got to string together wins. I mean...that's what you live for when you play in the NBA, playing meaningful basketball. That's what I missed playing for a long time -- playing meaningful basketball and playing winning basketball," Thomas told reporters.
But his Bucks stay is no short-lived. Thomas was averaging 16.6 minutes a night and scoring 10.7 per night. He managed to improve his field goal shooting to 43.1%, but his 3-point production dipped to 27.5% while with Milwaukee. Thomas also saw a slight decrease in rebounds per game at 1.6.
Milwaukee, meanwhile, made this Pete Nance move following the Thomas waive.
Considering the pileup of injuries in Brooklyn, perhaps the Nets could swallow their pride and bring back Thomas. Yet head coach Jordi Fernandez called out Thomas over his Feb. 28 words, making it doubtful they would consider a reunion.
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