The Brooklyn Nets have taken care of most of their business this offseason after coming away from the 2025 NBA Draft with five players and trading for forward Michael Porter Jr. What appears to be Brooklyn’s last piece of business is figuring out what the plan is for restricted free-agent guard Cam Thomas, but it seems like a resolution may not come soon.

“Since there are no cap-space teams in circulation to emerge with an offer sheet to Thomas or fellow restricted free agents like Golden State’s Jonathan Kuminga and Chicago’s Josh Giddey, Brooklyn appears to be in no rush to expedite discussions with Thomas’ representation,” NBA insider Marc Stein wrote in his recent update regarding NBA free-agency. Thomas, along with the other RFAs, seems to be having a hard time getting value on the market.

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NBA insider Jake Fischer said during a Bleacher Report livestream in July that the most that the Nets had offered Thomas was a two-year contract valued at $14.1 million per season. However, there have been reports from Brian Lewis of the New York Post stating that Thomas views himself at a level where he should be getting around $30 million per year, based on the other guards making that much money.

While Thomas is having his own unique discussions with the Nets given that the team drafted him with the 27th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, his predicament doesn’t seem to be limited to him. Other restricted free-agents like Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga, Chicago Bulls guard Josh Giddey, and Philadelphia guard Quentin Grimes all remain unsigned as of this writing and it seems that the issue is the length and value of the contracts being offered to them.

The main issue with the players that became restricted free-agents this summer is that only a few teams had enough cap space to put forth an offer sheet more than the Mid-level Exception, severely limiting the leverage for players like Thomas. Ultimately, the start of the 2025-26 season is still about two months away so there is still plenty of time to re-sign Thomas or figure out something else to do with him.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Report: Nets appear to be in no rush in negotiations with Cam Thomas