A day after Cam Thomas claimed he had nothing left to prove, the Nets countered by saying his stay in Brooklyn may rest on just how much he does prove.
On Jordi Fernandez’s first day of training camp Tuesday, he said Thomas — whom the Nets can either extend or let hit restricted free agency next summer — is a gifted young player.“Yeah, numbers are important, but also film,” Fernandez said of improving Thomas’ efficiency. “Film doesn’t lie, and at the end of the day, what I want is for Cam to be a better player so we can be a better team.
On Monday, Thomas had said, “I’m not really gonna change what I do. I’ll just make it more efficient,” and added, “I feel like I really have nothing to prove. I proved myself countless times in my tenure here, so if there’s still any more proving to do, then I don’t know what to say.” “It’s early,” Thomas said. “He’s still new, so I’m going out here to prove myself. I’ve still got to prove myself. Everybody’s seen everything on the film from last year, it’s a lot of promise, but I want to prove it to him in practice and preseason and obviously the games. So I just wanna keep proving myself day-by-day.”
“If you don’t have something that motivates you or drives you to keep getting better, striving to be better, then there’s no reason to be out here playing,” Thomas said. “So I’m going to keep that drive and keep that chip on my shoulder.”Tuesday started a three-week window to extend Thomas, but no talks are believed to have taken place and it’s more likely he hits restricted free agency, where league experts feel he could get offers in the $17.5-to-$20 million range.
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