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Michael Porter Jr. says Cam Thomas’ ‘personality’ led to Nets downfall: ‘Doesn’t really talk to anybody’

Nypost · · 648 words · By Brian Lewis
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After Cam Thomas got dumped by both Brooklyn and Milwaukee this season, former teammate Michael Porter Jr.

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What happened

After Cam Thomas got dumped by both Brooklyn and Milwaukee this season, former teammate Michael Porter Jr.

Why it matters

said it was more about attitude than ability.

Common ground

“There’s a lot more to the NBA and sticking around than just [scoring],” Porter said in a revelation that always seemed to escape Thomas.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Porter was speaking on the “Road Trippin’ Show” podcast”
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The Basketball Network reports that Michael Porter Jr. spoke on the 'Road Trippin' podcast', and the YouTube search result confirms the existence and nature of the 'Road Trippin' Show'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Lamar Porter Jr., also known as "MPJ", is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Missouri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Porter_Jr.
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web search NEUTRAL — Road Trippin' Show. @RoadTrippin. • 153K subscribers • 1.6K videos.NBA champs Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye & Kendrick Perkins deliver the realest conversations in basketball on the longest-running…
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSes4X8uDrpc4X46hJKjejg
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web search NEUTRAL — “They might miss me” – Michael Porter Jr. gets honest about the Denver Nuggets losing in the first round.Speaking on the “Road Trippin'” podcast, the Brooklyn Nets star shared that he keenly watched t…
https://www.basketballnetwork.net/latest-news/michael-porter…
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Claim 2: “Thomas managed just 15.6 points in an injury-marred campaign and got waived by Brooklyn”
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The provided evidence contains no information regarding Cam Thomas's specific point average of 15.6 or the circumstances of his waiver from Brooklyn; the results are largely irrelevant.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cameron Bouchea Thomas (born October 13, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_Thomas_(basketball)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brooklyn Nets, a professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, were founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans, followe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Nets
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NBA Summer League is a series of off-season basketball competitions in which National Basketball Association (NBA) teams come together to try out different summer rosters instead of their regular …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Summer_League
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Claim 3: “the young guard did average team-highs of 22.5 points and 24.0 points in the past two seasons for the Nets”
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TalkBasket.net mentions he averaged 24.0 points last season with the Nets. However, the specific combination of 22.5 and 24.0 as team-highs over two seasons is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cameron Bouchea Thomas (born October 13, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_Thomas_(basketball)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brooklyn Nets, a professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, were founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans, followe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Nets
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NBA Summer League is a series of off-season basketball competitions in which National Basketball Association (NBA) teams come together to try out different summer rosters instead of their regular …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Summer_League
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Claim 4: “He got picked up by Milwaukee, but cut loose there as well”
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Wikipedia confirms that Cam Thomas 'last played for the Milwaukee Bucks', supporting the claim that he was with Milwaukee and subsequently left (cut loose).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 58th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the Bucks first full season since the 2012–13 season that Khris Middleto…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Milwaukee_Bucks_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cameron Bouchea Thomas (born October 13, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_Thomas_(basketball)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cameron Whitmore (born July 8, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Villano…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_Whitmore
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Claim 5: “Cam Thomas got dumped by both Brooklyn and Milwaukee this season”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Cam Thomas 'last played for the Milwaukee Bucks', and the context of the claim suggests a sequence of team changes. While the specific word 'dumped' is colloquial, the reference confirms he moved from Brooklyn to Milwaukee and is no longer with Milwaukee.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2021–22 Brooklyn Nets season was the 46th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 55th season overall, and its 10th season playing in the New York City borough of Bro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021–22_Brooklyn_Nets_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cameron Bouchea Thomas (born October 13, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_Thomas_(basketball)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brooklyn Nets, a professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, were founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans, followe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Nets
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Claim 6: “after rejecting multiple contracts from the Nets last summer — a two-year, $30 million deal with a team option, or a one-year, $9.5 million pact — he ultimately settled for the $5.98 million qualifying offer”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (a country singer, a webcam toy, and general team history) and does not contain any information regarding contract offers or qualifying offers for Cam Thomas.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 Brooklyn Nets season was the 48th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 57th season overall, and its 12th season playing in the New York City borough of Bro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_Brooklyn_Nets_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cameron Bouchea Thomas (born October 13, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_Thomas_(basketball)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brooklyn Nets, a professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, were founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans, followe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Nets
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