Neither the Nets nor injured Cam Thomas have supplied any timetable for his return.
However talking publicly for the primary time since hurting his hamstring, Thomas acknowledged he’s nonetheless at first levels of the rehab course of.
“I’m just doing whatever the performance team has me doing. It’s still early,” Thomas mentioned. “I’m just doing whatever they have me doing, just a little bit here and there. But it’s all right.”
Thomas missed his fifth straight recreation Wednesday, a 99-90 win over Indiana, with a strained left hamstring he suffered within the Nov. 25 win at Golden State.
The Nets have been coy in regards to the severity of the pressure.
What is obvious is that Thomas will profit from this mild portion of the slate, with Sunday versus the Bucks and Friday at Memphis the one video games till Dec. 16.
“I wouldn’t say it’s a positive, but it was definitely something not bad about the injury because you’re not missing 15-20 games during this stretch,” Thomas mentioned. “I want to be out there every game. Just being out now really sucks. But just got to rehab the best way I can to get back on the court as fast as possible.”
Thomas addressed being left off ESPN’s Prime 25 below 25, insisting he didn’t care.
“If anybody’s watching, they know,” mentioned Thomas. “If you look at the numbers and what I do against everybody I play against, there’s no debate or discussion … I don’t really care about this as long as your peers know you’re one of the best players.”
Cam Johnson (left ankle sprain) and Ben Simmons (left knee soreness) each performed after lacking Monday’s loss to the Bulls.
Johnson had 26 factors on 7-for–13 from deep, essentially the most factors scored by a Web in a recreation with out making a two-point subject purpose in franchise historical past.
“It was not international,” Johnson quipped.
Simmons performed 21 minutes and completed with seven factors, seven rebounds and 9 assists.
Dorian Finney-Smith (left ankle sprain) and Ziaire Williams (knee) have been each out.
“[Finney-Smith] is very close and what we want for him is when he’s ready to come back and be on the court, it’s to do it 200 percent. Because the reality is he doesn’t have another way to play,” coach Jordi Fernandez mentioned. “Even if he’s not feeling great, he’s still gonna tell me he’s good to go. I’ve got to save him from himself at times. … So we wanna get to that point where he’s not playing through discomfort.”
The Nets count on to have an replace on Williams after the weekend.
Wednesday marked Brooklyn’s ninth straight recreation with a brand new beginning lineup, the longest streak in crew historical past and longest for any crew this season.
The Nets had video games added at Memphis at 8 p.m. on Dec. 13, and towards the visiting Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 16.
For the primary time this season the Nets had three gamers with a plus/minus of +20: Day’Ron Sharpe +22, Shake Milton +21 and Simmons +20, all season highs.
“Analytics people will tell you not to trust plus-minuses, but I only use it as a positive, so I love it,” Fernandez mentioned. “It tells you those guys had a big, positive impact in the game.”
