{"id":151069,"date":"2025-07-19T05:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=151069"},"modified":"2025-07-19T05:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:35:01","slug":"cam-thomas-goes-off-on-zach-lowe-on-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/07\/19\/cam-thomas-goes-off-on-zach-lowe-on-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets Leading Scorer Goes Off On Zach Lowe On X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Restricted free agents, at least the notable ones, have been just sitting out there on the market this offseason. While almost all of them (except perhaps <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kuminjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Kuminga<\/a>) aren\u2019t expected to switch teams, they still remain unsigned. One of those <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/21\/should-bulls-retain-josh-giddey\/\" target=\"_self\">restricted free agents<\/a> that remains unsigned is the Brooklyn Nets leading scorer the last two seasons, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thomaca02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Thomas<\/a>. On Friday, Thomas went on X to show his displeasure on comments that were recently made about him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151080\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-151080\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25663411_168414264_lowres-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25663411_168414264_lowres-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25663411_168414264_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25663411_168414264_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25663411_168414264_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25663411_168414264_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25663411_168414264_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25663411_168414264_lowres.jpg 1631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mar 13, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Julian Phillips (15) defends Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas (24) during the second half at United Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Nets Leading Scorer Goes Off On Zach Lowe On X<\/h2>\n<h3>Cam Thomas Not Pleased With Zach Lowe\u2019s Comments<\/h3>\n<p>If you weren\u2019t expecting Cam Thomas to go on X to use expletives on The Ringer\u2019s Zach Lowe, you\u2019re not alone. That is exactly what happened on Friday though. On Lowe\u2019s podcast, he spoke of how Thomas is seen as an \u201cempty calories ball hog\u201d amongst other comments he made on Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than sit back after seeing his name disparaged by a notable figure, the 23-year-old shooting guard went on X and let his thoughts flow out. A couple expletives were thrown Lowe\u2019s (and the consensus\u2019) way as Thomas looked to defend himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The consenus? F*** you and the consensus <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachLowe_NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ZachLowe_NBA<\/a> . This is most likely the same consensus teams who can\u2019t guard me and send double teams from jump ball . Why are we double teaming a guy who&#39;s \u201cnot that good\u201d make it make sense please. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IrHNVHYqTc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/IrHNVHYqTc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cam Thomas (@24_camthomas) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/24_camthomas\/status\/1946250854513697190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last time speaking on some shit. <br \/>Empty Calories ? First off we were the 5th or 6th team in the east before my injury and trades. Can\u2019t control what the GM wanna do with the team \u2026 2nd ball hog? I was 2nd on the team in assists , not counting the Pgs traded away and traded for\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cam Thomas (@24_camthomas) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/24_camthomas\/status\/1946249672458117185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now to be fair, Lowe didn\u2019t say that was what he thought of Thomas as a player. He has been in the NBA business for quite some time, and likely has a lot of people that work in the league that he talks to. He is just reporting on what he heard from those that he spoke with. Since those people don\u2019t have names attached to them though and remain anonymous, Thomas took out his frustrations on Lowe.<\/p>\n<h3>Career-Best Numbers Last Season<\/h3>\n<p>Last season, his fourth in the league, Thomas was putting up some career-best numbers. Unfortunately, the 6-foot-4 guard appeared in just 25 games. A strained hamstring ended his year prematurely and also kept him out for a long stint towards the middle of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Playing 31.2 minutes per contest, Thomas posted averages in 2024-25 of 24.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 3.8 assists. Those are career-highs across the board. The 27th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft shot 43.8% from the field, 34.9% from beyond the arc, and 88.1% from the free-throw line. Those shooting numbers are pretty much in line with what he has done in his career, although his free-throw percentage was a career-high.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned by Thomas, the Nets started the season in the playoff picture. This was after having the lowest O\/U win total in the preseason. They were certainly exceeding expectations with their new head coach, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/12\/09\/nets-jordi-fernandez-continues-coaching-trend-of-rigid-team-critique\/\" target=\"_self\">Jordi Fernandez<\/a>. Brooklyn went 9-10 in their first 19 contests. They later began trading off pieces though such as <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/finnedo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorian Finney-Smith<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schrode01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dennis Schroder<\/a>. Along with injuries including those that happened to Thomas, they went just 17-46 in their final 63 games.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets extended a $5.99 million qualifying offer to Thomas, allowing him to become a restricted free agent. If Thomas can\u2019t find an agreement to his liking, he can accept the qualifying offer, and enter unrestricted free agency in the 2026 offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: \u00a9 Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restricted free agents, at least the notable ones, have been just sitting out there on the market this offseason. While almost all of them (except perhaps Jonathan Kuminga) aren\u2019t expected to switch teams, they still remain unsigned. One of those restricted free agents that remains unsigned is the Brooklyn Nets leading scorer the last two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":151079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,6,62,3],"tags":[50219,4069,49653],"class_list":["post-151069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-nets","category-nba","category-news","tag-2025-nba-free-agents","tag-cam-thomas","tag-zach-lowe"],"modified_by":"Kenny Kluska","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151069"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151081,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151069\/revisions\/151081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}