The New Orleans Pelicans have waived Matt Ryan. The Pelicans had a team option on his contract for the 25-26 season. The Pelicans will leave their 15th roster spot open by waiving Ryan, whose agent is Eric Fleisher. New Orleans recently signed Javonte Green to a contract.
In 28 games last season with the Pelicans, Ryan averaged 5.4 points and 1.4 reboudns while shooting 45.1 percent on three-pointers. Ryan split time during the 22-23 season with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers.
Ryan went unselected in the 2020 NBA Draft out of Chattanooga.
Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas know his team is in transition. For Thomas, that means focusing on his own improvement, while hoping that will lead the Nets to wins.
When asked what he can improve upon to get to the next level, Thomas said he has room to go grow everywhere.
“Just doing everything-doing it consistently. I had the biggest jump in points from my second year to my third year,” Thomas said. “I was at 22.5 [points per game], so I think trying to get into that 25 ppg range, upping the playmaking and just trying to keep improving my all-around game. And hopefully, it leads to wins.”
As for specifics with his own offense, Thomas is focused on improving his shot.
“Last summer, I tried to put more emphasis on catch-and-shoot shooting, and I think I was way up in the League percentage-wise on catch-and-shoot [this past season],” Thomas said. “So, just continue to work on that and fine-tuning the skills I had coming into the League, like my off-the-dribble stuff and finishing around the basket, [while] still improving on catch-and-shoot, trying to have the best percentage in the League.”
