{"id":150999,"date":"2025-07-18T14:40:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=150999"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:40:40","slug":"nets-contract-offer-to-cam-thomas-will-shock-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/07\/18\/nets-contract-offer-to-cam-thomas-will-shock-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets’ Contract Offer To Cam Thomas Will Shock You"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK <\/strong>\u2013 Sean Marks entered the offseason with the biggest chunk of cap space in the league. The Nets<\/a> had to decide what to do about the contract situations of Cam Thomas<\/a>, Day’Ron Sharpe<\/a>, and Ziaire Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nets’ Contract Offer To Cam Thomas Will Shock You<\/h2>\n
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Mar 13, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Julian Phillips (15) defends Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas (24) during the second half at United Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nobody knew the Nets\u2019 strategy until it unfolded. At best, people describe it as non-sentimental. At worst, it\u2019s all over the place. The Nets selected five players in the first round of last month\u2019s draft to set an NBA record. All five are connective passers.<\/p>\n

They also traded the once-highly-sought-after Cameron Johnson<\/a> to the Nuggets for Michael Porter Jr.<\/a> and Denver\u2019s 2032 first-round pick. NBA insiders have described the trade as awful already. No surprise there. Since then, the Nets have slowed things down in free agency, yet they still haven\u2019t sorted out Cam Thomas\u2019 contract.<\/p>\n

Thomas and the Nets Remain in a Stalemate<\/h3>\n

Sources told<\/a> the New York Post<\/em> that the deal will take a while. League sources say the two sides are \u201cin no hurry.\u201d They\u2019re following the same pattern we see with all restricted free agents right now.<\/p>\n

Chicago\u2019s<\/a> Josh Giddey,<\/a> Philadelphia\u2019s<\/a> Quentin Grimes<\/a>, and Golden State\u2019s<\/a> Jonathan Kuminga <\/a> remain unsigned. Santi Aldama<\/a> is the only restricted free agent from this class to get a deal done.<\/p>\n

The Nets have flexibility. Brian Lewis of the Post<\/em> writes, \u201cThe Nets can push that $25 million by waiving all four of their non-guaranteed players and could even add another $6 million if they take the already-agreed-upon, two-year, $12 million deal of either Day\u2019Ron Sharpe or Ziaire Williams into the $8.8 million room exception, though the latter strategy certainly would mean exhausting most of their remaining space first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas Wants a Payday, but the Market Says Otherwise<\/h3>\n

Thomas sees himself as a top shooting guard. Sources say he wants at least $30 million \u2014 like Immanuel Quickley<\/a> ($32.5 million) or Tyler Herro<\/a> ($31 million).<\/p>\n

Given those demands, it\u2019s unclear how long this standoff will last. The Nets technically offered Thomas a contract, but it\u2019s only a $5.9 million qualifying offer. That makes him a restricted free agent, which means the Nets can match any offer he gets elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The problem? No other team has real cap space. So Thomas doesn\u2019t have a market.<\/p>\n

The Nets Hold All the Cards<\/h3>\n

The Nets have drawn a hard line. Sources revealed that if Brooklyn gives Thomas more than $10 million, they feel their \u201centire offseason goes from being amazing to sh-tty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nobody knows if Thomas will take the qualifying offer and bet on himself to get paid in 2026. About 10 teams could have huge cap space next summer.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s betting the lack of cap space ruined his market \u2014 not how teams value him. Many front offices see him as an empty calories stats scorer. That may be a bit unfair. He does have potential as a bench spark plug. The Nets know this, so they hold all the cards.<\/p>\n

Nobody knows what the final number will be, but one thing is certain: this will take a while.<\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013 Sean Marks entered the offseason with the biggest chunk of cap space in the league. The Nets had to decide what to do about the contract situations of Cam Thomas, Day’Ron Sharpe, and Ziaire Williams. Nets’ Contract Offer To Cam Thomas Will Shock You Nobody knew the Nets\u2019 strategy until it unfolded. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5018,"featured_media":151022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,1608,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-basketball","category-nets","category-news"],"modified_by":"Frederick Okocha","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150999"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151023,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150999\/revisions\/151023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}