{"id":560137,"date":"2026-03-24T01:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/560137\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:40:11","slug":"bucks-waive-guard-cam-thomas-to-convert-pete-nances-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/560137\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks waive guard Cam Thomas to convert Pete Nance’s contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jamal CollierMar 24, 2026, 12:08 PM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Jamal Collier is an NBA reporter at ESPN. Collier covers the Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls and the Midwest region of the NBA, including stories such as Minnesota’s iconic jersey swap between Anthony Edwards and Justin Jefferson. He has been at ESPN since Sept. 2021 and previously covered the Bulls for the Chicago Tribune. You can reach out to Jamal on Twitter @JamalCollier or via email Jamal.Collier@espn.com.<\/p>\n

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The Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> waived guard Cam Thomas<\/a> on Monday night, less than two months after signing him, to convert the contract of forward Pete Nance<\/a> from a two-way into a standard NBA contract.<\/p>\n

Bucks general manager Jon Horst touted Thomas as a key part of the team’s ability to contend this season and in the future after he joined the Bucks when he was waived by the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> on Feb. 8. When Thomas scored 34 points off the bench in his second game with the Bucks on Feb. 11, Bucks coach Doc Rivers raved about him afterward, saying, “I’ve had Jamal Crawford. I had Lou Williams. … And now, I have Cam Thomas.”<\/p>\n

Yet, Thomas has had his role diminish in recent weeks. He has averaged 9.6 points on 41% shooting with 1.9 assists (22% from 3) and 16 minutes in the 16 games since Feb.11.<\/p>\n

Overall, he appeared in 18 games for Milwaukee and wasn’t able to provide a spark for a team that was hoping to make a push for the Eastern Conference play-in tournament.<\/p>\n

Nance, meanwhile, has emerged as a recent bright spot for Milwaukee. He has appeared in a career-high 37 games this season and has seen an increased role in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

He’s averaging 15.3 minutes since the start of February and 5.2 points on 56% shooting (48% from 3) with 2.7 rebounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamal CollierMar 24, 2026, 12:08 PM CloseJamal Collier is an NBA reporter at ESPN. Collier covers the Milwaukee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-560137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}