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Nets’ Kevin Ollie gives update on Cam Thomas’ back issue

After Monday’s 96-88 win at the Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie gave an update on Cam Thomas’ back issue.

The Brooklyn Nets are fighting against the odds to get past the Atlanta Hawks for the 10th and final seed in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament. While it’s unlikely that Brooklyn will be able to get into the play-in tournament because of the gap between them and the Hawks, the Nets took care of business at the Toronto Raptors.

The Nets beat the Raptors on Monday 96-88, but it took some doing despite the fact that Toronto was missing a significant number of their better players. Brooklyn was dealing with some injuries of their own, including the late scratch of super-scoring guard Cam Thomas shortly before tip-off due to lower back tightness, per Brian Lewis of the New York Post.

What made Thomas’ absence surprising was because he was not on the injury report at any point leading up to the game so for him to be ruled out, something seemed to happen during the pregame warmups. Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie addressed Thomas’ late scratch after the win and his update on Thomas was mostly encouraging.

Ollie said that Thomas suffered back spasms during the pregame warmups and that’s why he was ruled out for the contest. Ollie also said that he isn’t sure if Thomas will be able to go for Wednesday’s game at the Washington Wizards yet, but that the team will do what it can to make Thomas’ back more comfortable by “giving him a couple extra pillows” as he recovers.

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Nets’ Cam Thomas expresses exhaustion over lack of following through

After Tuesday’s 104-91 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas spoke on the exhaustion of not getting things done.

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets have had a trying season as they have talked a big game, but there doesn’t seem to be much coming from that. To be clear, Brooklyn is doing as much as it can to turn their season around, but the lack of reward for their effort is becoming exhausting.

“Yeah, it’s really exhausting,” Nets guard Cam Thomas said when asked after Tuesday’s 104-91 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans if it becomes exhausting to address the team not doing what they have repeatedly said they have to. Tuesday’s loss to the Pelicans was another disappointing reminder of how far Brooklyn still has to go as a team, but that is also needed.

“But, at the same time, we have to do it so we don’t say this same stuff over and over,” Thomas said. “We just have to go out there and do what we say up here, you know? Even down to me. Everybody. We have to do what we say up here. The effort, energy, whatever all that is, we just have to do it.”

While New Orleans have been one of the better teams in the NBA up to this point, the Nets are faced with a task of winning as many games as possible so that they can make it into the Eastern Conference play-in tournament. However, after Tuesday’s loss, Brooklyn is now 4.5 games behind the Atlanta Hawks for the 10th and final seed in the East with 13 games left to play.

Throughout this season, the goal from ownership to the players has been to make the postseason, but with the team seemingly at risk of being eliminated from the postseason any day now, those aspirations will just be words. “So, we just have to do it like we can say it all we want, we just have to keep doing it and just apply it,” Thomas explained.

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Nets’ Cam Thomas discusses being out of the game for the last shot

After Sunday’s 122-115 overtime loss at the San Antonio Spurs, Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas discussed what happened in overtime.

The Brooklyn Nets are still the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference, but on some nights, it feels like that is not the case for them. Brooklyn has really struggled to get up for certain games and now, it seems that the team is having trouble with figuring out who should be in the game.

The Nets lost at the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday in overtime 122-115 and the final score indicates a close game, but it’s hard to feel that way given how the game ended. Brooklyn led San Antonio 103-93 with 6:27 left in the fourth quarter and from that point on, the Spurs ended the period on a 17-7 run to send the game into overtime.

While the Nets losing games is not anything new at this point of the season, what is new is the ways they find to lose games in certain moments. Late-game execution has been an issue for Brooklyn despite having a healthy amount of veterans on the teams that have been in plenty of pressure-packed situations.

Towards the end of overtime, Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie decided to turn to those veterans with the Spurs leading 118-115 with 20.1 seconds left in the period. Unfortunately, Cam Johnson missed the three and they left some fans wondering why Cam Thomas, who had 31 points at this moment, was sitting on the bench.

Thomas was asked after the loss about the play in question and after he said that there wasn’t a discussion between him and Ollie as far as who was getting the last shot, this is what he had to say:

“I guess that they (Ollie and the coaching staff) felt that was the best lineup to get a three off. So. it was a good look, he (Cam Johnson) just missed it, but I guess they felt that was the best lineup to get the three off. I mean, it is what it is. If he made it, we wouldn’t be here right now talking about why I wasn’t in the game or not, but it is what it is, can’t get it back. Just got to move on to the next game.”

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Nets’ Cam Thomas reacts to improved team energy in win over Cavs

After Sunday’s 120-101 win at the Cleveland Cavaliers, Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas discussed how the team played with more energy.

The Brooklyn Nets had their momentum towards the Eastern Conference play-in tournament stalled after losing to some of the worst teams in the NBA in their last three losses. However, after some renewed energy and effort, Brooklyn showed that they have some fight left in them despite some recent evidence to the contrary.

The Nets picked up a huge win on Sunday as they beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-101 in Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse thanks to some huge performances from Cam Thomas and Mikal Bridges. While Thomas came back from his six-game absence due to a right ankle/midfoot sprain with a vengeance with his second game of at least 29 points, Bridges has been struggling as of late.

What made Sunday’s win important for Brooklyn, outside of the usual importance of winning games, was the fact that the Nets played with a force that the team has rarely shown over the past couple of months. Even though the Cavaliers came into the game missing Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, and Max Strus, Cleveland was still favored in the betting markets by a significant margin, mostly because of how up-and-down Brooklyn has been lately.

After a first half in which the Nets lead just 52-51 heading into halftime, Brooklyn turned things up in the third quarter on the backs of Thomas and Bridges, who each had 11 points in the period. After that, the game was well in hand, and Thomas gave his take on what allowed the Nets to display that kind of dominance:

“It’s our energy and effort, communication. I’m pretty sure what everybody will probably say in the postgame, but you know, I was just talking up more, being more like just talking to the guys, getting them hyped up. Telling them what we need to do to get a win because it’s been a while and plus, we’re in a stage of the season where we have to get wins. So, everybody has to do something they’re not used to and for me, it’s just being communicative like talking to the guys, getting the guys hyped up. So, that really sparked us. So, got to keep it going. Orlando coming up (on Wednesday) so got to keep it going.”

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Nets’ Cam Thomas scores 31 points in return from injury at Hornets

After Saturday’s 110-99 loss at the Charlotte Hornets, Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas addressed the team’s lack of effort on defense.

The Brooklyn Nets have seen their season go off the rails over the second half of the season as they can’t seem to establish any rhythm for a playoff-level finish. One of the few bright spots for a team seemingly destined to finish this season outside of the play-in tournament has been guard Cam Thomas.

Thomas, in just his third season out of LSU after being taken by the Nets with the 27th overall pick in the 2021, made his return to the lineup for Saturday’s 110-99 loss at the Charlotte Hornets after missing six games with a right ankle/midfoot sprain. Not only did he score 31 points in 30 minutes of playing time, but he seemed to be the only reason that Brooklyn was competitive in the contest.

Much has been made about Thomas on the defensive end of the flor and while most scorers have some flaw in their defensive game, Thomas clearly has a huge impact on the Nets’ offense. When Thomas is on the floor, as many saw on Saturday, the offense has another guy to go when Mikal Bridges or Dennis Schroder cannot find an opening in the defense through the pick-and-roll or whatever the offensive play call was for that possession.

Against Charlotte, Thomas scored at least 30 points for the 10th time this season and yet, he wasn’t able to get much help from his teammates in terms of shotmaking and the team’s overall defense was porous at best. Thomas pointed towards effort being the reason that the Nets are losing games at this point of the season:

“Just effort, man. That’s all it is to it when you try to keep somebody in front. Some of it is game as far as when they come and peel, we mess up the coverage sometimes as a whole, but at some point, you just got to take the challenge and guard your man one-on-one. If he make it over you, he make it over you. So, just force the toughest shot you can.”

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Nets full injury report for Saturday matchup at Hornets

Here is the full injury report for the Brooklyn Nets heading into their matchup at the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday.

The Brooklyn Nets started their six-game road trip on the wrong foot as they dropped a winnable game at the Detroit Pistons on Thursday. As Brooklyn continues with the rest of its road trip, they will be trying to get back on the winning path knowing that they will likely get some important players back.

In the Nets’ initial injury report released on Friday, Brooklyn saw that they will be getting healthier at an important point of their season. The Nets announced that backup center Day’Ron Sharpe (right wrist contusion) and guard Cam Thomas (right ankle/midfoot sprain) are probable for Saturday’s matchup at the Charlotte Hornets.

What was clear in Thursday’s loss at the Pistons was that Brooklyn was missing Thomas’ ability to score and Sharpe’s ability to rebound and protect the rim off the bench. Thomas is likely to return after missing the past six games and Sharpe should come back to the lineup after being out for the past two games.

Assuming that Thomas and Sharpe are able to go, the Nets will be happy to have both of them back given how impactful both players are within Brooklyn’s rotation. Sharpshooting forward Cam Johnson remains out with his right ankle sprain, but there is a possibility that he returns to the lineup during this road trip.

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Ohio 2026 athlete will visit Notre Dame football this spring

The visit is right around the corner for the Ohio athlete

The list of visitors is starting to get really long for Notre Dame football and on Tuesday, another name was added to it.

Ohio 2026  [autotag]Cam Thomas[/autotag] has set his spring visit schedule and will make the trip to South Bend this coming Thursday. It is the first visit on his schedule that will span through the end of April.

At the moment the 6-foot, 2-inch and 200-pound athlete does not hold an Irish offer, but that could change during his visit or even when Notre Dame has their “Pot of Gold” day. Thomas does hold more than a few solid offers which include Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois.

Thomas is currently unranked inside all major recruiting services, but it is still extremely early in the cycle for the 2026 class. Notre Dame does not have commit at this point for that class.

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Nets’ Kevin Ollie gives injury update on key rotation players

Prior to Tuesday’s matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie gave injury updates on key players.

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets are at an important point of their season where they can no longer afford to drop any games that they should win. As Brooklyn moves forward with a fairly easy schedule over the next month or so, they have some injuries that they have to monitor in the meantime.

“Lonnie’s gonna work in his vitamins today and see if he can go tonight,” Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie said of reserve guard Lonnie Walker IV prior to Tuesday’s contest against the Philadelphia 76ers. As of this writing, Walker is listed as questionable due to a left ankle sprain that he suffered in Monday’s 106-102 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Essentially, Walker will be going through his pregame routine to see if he can play on that ankle.

“He got a scan earlier (on Tuesday), so we’re waiting for the results of that,” Ollie said of backup center Day’Ron Sharpe, who is out for Tuesday’s game due to a right wrist contusion also suffered Monday against the Grizzlies. Sharpe came out of the game after suffering his injury, but was able to re-enter the game towards the end of the fourth quarter to help with rebounding.

“I think he’s a full go. Our medical team didn’t come back and say anything about him,” Ollie said about guard Mikal Bridges, who appeared to suffer some discomfort in his right wrist during Monday’s contest against Memphis, but was not listed on the injury report.

“He’s just getting better. He’s ramping up his workouts and I keep leaning on our medical staff, and him also because he’s a big part of this, to let us know when he’s ready,” Ollie said of guard Cam Thomas, who has missed the past four games with his right ankle/midfoot sprain. With Thomas out of the lineup, Brooklyn is missing a guy who’s averaging 20.9 points per game.

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Nets’ full injury report for Monday matchup against Grizzlies

Here is the Brooklyn Nets’ full injury report for their matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.

The Brooklyn Nets have made some significant headway in their pursuit of getting back into the Eastern Conference playoff picture after two key wins over the Atlanta Hawks. As Brooklyn moves forward with the rest of their schedule, they are still missing two key players in their rotation.

In the Nets’ initial injury report for Monday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies, the names on the listing have been consistent with what has been reality for Brooklyn over the past week. Guard Cam Thomas will miss Monday’s contest against the Grizzlies due to the right ankle/midfoot sprain that he suffered in the Nets’ 111-86 win at Memphis on Feb. 26.

Thomas will miss his fourth straight game with this injury and 13th overall game that he has missed this season after missing nine games in November with a left ankle injury. Fellow backcourt mate Ben Simmons is listed as questionable for Monday’s game, but the reason has changed from left leg soreness to left lower back nerve impingement.

Prior to Sunday’s injury report, Simmons has been listed as either being out either due to injury maintenance for his left lower back or left leg soreness. Evan Barnes of Newsday said that he was told that Simmons’ left leg soreness over the past week stems from whatever he is feeling in his back.

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Nets’ Ben Simmons and Cam Thomas are both considered day-to-day

Brooklyn Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie said that Ben Simmons and Cam Thomas are “day-to-day” with their respective injuries.

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets are doing their best to rack up enough wins to get back into the Eastern Conference playoff picture before time has run out. Brooklyn has two important games on Thursday and Saturday that could determine whether that dream comes true, but have some unfortunate injuries at the moment.

Prior to Thursday’s matchup against the Atlanta Hawks, Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie said that Ben Simmons (left leg soreness) and Cam Thomas (right ankle/midfoot sprain) are “day-to-day” with their respective injuries. Both players will be missing their second straight game on Thursday and those injuries are coming at the worst time for a Brooklyn team trying to make the playoffs.

“It’s a challenging adjustment because Cam and Ben, they do things on our team that really allows us to play with pace and break down defenses,” Ollie said. It’s hard to argue with this assessment given that Simmons is the point guard of this team and Thomas is arguably the best scorer on the squad along with being able to make plays for others as well.

The Hawks will be playing both games against the Nets without their best player in Trae Young who’s out with a finger injury. However, Ollie noted that Atlanta plays bigger without Young and has been great at creating points off of turnovers so Brooklyn has to overcome those injuries while taking care of the basketball as well.

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