The Bucks have converted Pete Nance‘s two-way contract to a multiyear standard deal, the team announced (via Twitter).
As we detailed in another story, Cam Thomas was waived in order to create an opening on the 15-man roster for Nance.
Monday’s game at the Clippers would have marked the 50th and final game in which Nance could have been active as part of his two-way contract. The 26-year-old forward/center has been receiving rotation minutes in recent weeks with Giannis Antetokounmpo once again sidelined, this time due to a knee injury.
Promoting Nance to a standard deal means he can now be active for the remainder of the regular season. Theoretically he would be eligible to appear in the postseason as well, but the Bucks will almost certainly be eliminated in the coming days based on how far behind they are in the standings.
Nance played four years of college basketball at Northwestern prior to transferring to UNC for his “super senior” year in 2022/23. He spent part of his rookie season with the Cavaliers and played a couple months of 2024/25 on a two-way contract with the Sixers.
Nance caught on with the Bucks in February 2025, when he signed a two-year, two-way contract after he was waived by Philadelphia.
Through 37 games in 2025/26, Nance has averaged 4.5 points and 2.2 rebounds while shooting 56.4% from the floor and 47.9% from three-point range in 12.1 minutes per contest.
The Bucks still have a full 15-man standard roster and now have an open two-way spot. They won’t be able to fill it until the offseason though, as the deadline to sign players to two-way deals was March 4.
Wow, they’re already moving on from Cam Thomas. That guy really must be toxic for teams to pass on his talent.
You maybe right, but I don’t know that he has to be toxic for the Nets and Bucks to move on from him this season. He’s an inefficient scorer who plays no D and is not a secondary ball handler. His game is just not one that fits into the current NBA. Doc compared him to Lou Will and Jamal Crawford, but both those guys offered secondary ball handling and shot better from the field.
Good points. He doesn’t really pass well either. I remember hearing a quote during his rookie year that he has no interest in passing to his teammates.
Cam was worth a flier. A few factors lead to Cam being completely superfluous in MIL.
1. Ousmane Dieng can actually play, and they’re starting him at SG a fair amount.
2. Taurean Prince returned from his season-ending neck surgery, has looked good, and thus took the rest of the wing minutes.
3. AJ Green lost his starting job to those two and Cam was never going to beat him out for PT since his 3PT shooting is still way more valuable.
4. Gary Trent Jr and Gary Harris are also still on the Bucks (and somehow have Player Options for next season – thus he had no real future with the team).
5. This team also employs Kevin Porter Jr and Ryan Rollins who are just better versions of his archetype.
6. He played like ass, and MIL fell out of the Play-In mix.
Cam had a shot (albeit a small one) if the first two things didn’t happen. Maybe he gets a look somewhere, but this is probably a killer for his rep and my guess is the only guaranteed money he’s looking at in the offseason is from China (where he’d probably average 35-40).