On July 26, NBA reporter Jake Fischer reported that the Brooklyn Nets have offered restricted free agent Cameron Thomas a two-year contract extension with an average salary of $14.1 million. It is reported that the second year of the contract is a team option. This move shows that the Nets have officially started contract extension negotiations with Thomas and have made certain concessions in the salary structure.

Earlier, according to HoopsHype reporter Michael Scotto, the Nets had offered Thomas a one-year, $5.99 million qualifying offer, which was intended to retain his status as a restricted free agent, giving the team the right to match any other team's offer. However, this qualifying offer was clearly far from what Thomas and his team expected.

Thomas played 25 regular season games for the Nets in the 2024-25 season, averaging 24.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 0.6 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 43.8%, showing good scoring explosiveness and offensive efficiency. At the age of 23, he is in the rising stage of his career and has the potential to become a starting shooting guard.

It is worth mentioning that Jake Weinbach pointed out in a follow-up report that Thomas is evaluating whether to accept the Nets' latest offer and weighing his future market value. Considering that the second year is a team option, if he accepts the contract, he may also choose to use it as a springboard to seek the opportunity to become a full free agent in the summer of 2026, when he may have more negotiating power.

Currently, Thomas's movements have become one of the focuses of this summer's free market. The Nets also hope to retain this young backcourt scorer through a reasonable offer to provide a stable firepower output guarantee for the team's future reconstruction and competition.