On Nets G Cam Thomas:

“If a deal gets done with Brooklyn, expect it to look, at least in structure, like the ones the Nets signed with center Day’Ron Sharpe and forward Ziaire Williams earlier this offseason: one-year deals with team options on the second.”

QO can still happen. https://t.co/M7Cv2O9AJQ

— Sharif Phillips-Keaton (@SharifKeaton) August 11, 2025

Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas heads into August as an unsigned, restricted free-agent who seems to be waiting until he can figure out how he wants to address his immediate future. Reports throughout the summer have suggested that Thomas and Brooklyn are not seeing eye-to-eye, but there is some information on what his next contract in free-agency could look like.

“Of the four prominent players in restricted free agency this summer, Thomas is most likely to be on his qualifying offer next season,” ESPN’s Tim Bontemps wrote on Monday when discussing the latest on Thomas. Bontemps echoed what others in the NBA space have been saying about Thomas in that he seems like the most likely player to bet on himself next season so that he can sign the deal he wants next summer.

“The 23-year-old scoring guard’s contract value has been difficult to peg since he slipped to late in the first round in 2022,” Bontemps continued. “If a deal gets done with Brooklyn, expect it to look, at least in structure, like the ones the Nets signed with center Day’Ron Sharpe and forward Ziaire Williams earlier this offseason: one-year deals with team options on the second.”

Thomas, 23, is coming off the best season of his career when he averaged 24.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game while shooting 43.8% from the field and 34.9% from three-point land during the 2024-25 season. Brian Lewis of the New York Post reported earlier this offseason that Thomas was looking for a contract around $30 million per season based off other players that are making around that figure annually.

Ultimately, Thomas seems to be between a rock and a hard place as Brooklyn has the leverage on him due to his restricted status along with the Nets being the only team with cap space to submit a substantial offer sheet to him. Assuming that Brooklyn indeed offered Thomas a two-year contract for $14.1 million per season, he could be better off taking his $5.99 million qualifying offer (QO) so that he can be an unrestricted free-agent next offseason.