Restricted free agent Cam Thomas has signed a one-year, $6 million qualifying provide to return to the Brooklyn Nets, sources instructed ESPN.
The Nets introduced Thursday that they’d re-signed Thomas with out disclosing phrases.
Brooklyn was unable to achieve a long-term take care of Thomas, so the 23-year-old high-scoring guard opted for the qualifying provide that provides him a full no-trade clause and units him for unrestricted free company subsequent summer time, when not less than 10 groups are set to have cap house.
Thomas is the primary among the many closing restricted free brokers within the NBA to land on a call (together with the Chicago Bulls’ Josh Giddey, Golden State Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga, Philadelphia 76ers’ Quentin Grimes). Thomas is simply the fifth former first-round choose to signal a qualifying provide since 2017.
Thomas’ representatives, Ron Shade and Alex Saratsis of Octagon, mentioned a number of frameworks of offers with the Nets however in the end declined Brooklyn’s provides of two years and $30 million with a staff choice for the second season or one 12 months and $9.5 million with incentives as much as $11 million whereas waiving the no-trade clause, sources stated.
Getting into free company, the Nets had been amongst only a few groups with vital cap house, which created a freeze for the restricted free agent market. The Nets have operated as the one staff with actual wage cap house over the previous month-plus.
Thomas averaged 24.0 factors, 3.8 assists and three.3 rebounds in 31.2 minutes per sport final season, however he appeared in solely 25 contests due to hamstring accidents. It was the primary time in his profession that Thomas missed in depth time.
Whereas showcasing an array of scoring and playmaking expertise, Thomas was double-teamed on 18% of his touches in 2024-25, based on GeniusIQ, the fourth-highest price amongst gamers to document not less than 1,000 touches, behind solely Zion Williamson, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Thomas averaged 22.9 factors in 31.4 minutes per sport over the previous two seasons after averaging 9.5 factors and 17.1 minutes in his first two NBA seasons. He has 9 profession 40-point video games, fourth most in Nets historical past, trailing Vince Carter, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant.
