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Nets ‘Love’ Cam Thomas, But Two Sides Haven’t Spoken Much This Offseason: ‘We’ll See What Happens’

Originally posted on Hoops Wire | By Ashish Mathur | Last updated Jul 23, 2025 7:57 PM ET

NBA reporter Keith Smith of Spotrac spoke to a Brooklyn Nets coach about Cam Thomas, who is a restricted free agent.

The Nets coach said the franchise loves Thomas.

“We love Cam. We think he’s one of the best scoring guards in the league and an underrated playmaker. We’ll see what happens, but our feelings about Cam as a player and person have never wavered. We love him,” the Nets coach told Smith.

Cam Thomas has three options as a restricted free agent. He can re-sign with the Nets on a new deal, play on his qualifying offer and enter unrestricted free agency next offseason or sign an offer sheet with another team.

If Thomas signs an offer sheet with a rival team, the Nets can either match the offer sheet or let the scoring guard leave and work on a sign-and-trade deal.

The 23-year-old Thomas appeared in 25 games last season for Brooklyn. He averaged 24.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists while shooting 43.8% from the field, 34.9% from beyond the arc and 88.1% from the free-throw line.

According to NBA insider Jake Fischer of The Stein Line, the Nets have yet to even significantly engage Thomas in contract talks since free agency started.

Thomas was the 27th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft out of LSU. He has career averages of 15.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists.

“The Nets appear content on slow-rolling the rest of their offseason accounting,” Fischer wrote. “They have roughly $24 million available to absorb additional salary in trades that could generate more incoming draft capital while Thomas’ cap hold ($12.1 million) remains on their books.

“Thomas, for his part, faces a similar predicament to what confronts other prominent restricted free agents. Like Golden State’s Jonathan Kuminga, Chicago’s Josh Giddey and Philadelphia’s Quentin Grimes, there isn’t much Thomas can do to force the Nets’ hand without bidders in the marketplace that possess cap space of their own.”