The 24-year-old shooting guard is now free to pick his new team. Evan Bernstein / Getty Images
The Brooklyn Nets will release shooting guard Cam Thomas, a league source said, allowing the 24-year-old to sign elsewhere for the rest of the season.
Thomas was on a one-year, $6 million qualifying offer this season that allowed him to veto a trade. Brooklyn’s decision to waive Thomas indicates it had no plans to retain him after this season.
Discomfort between Thomas and the Nets has built ever since he hit restricted free agency this past summer. The Nets never offered the 24-year-old a contract he preferred, which led him to a rare choice: picking up the qualifying offer, a cheap, one-year deal that would allow him to his unrestricted free agency in 2026.
The fifth-year guard can score. He averaged 24.0 points last season, though he was injured for most of the year. This season, he is scoring 15.6 points and dishing 3.1 assists in only 24.3 minutes while shooting 39.9 percent from the field and 32.5 percent from 3-point range.
The questions have come about the rest of his game, whether the issues with passing, defense and decision-making are overpowering enough to eliminate the value of his buckets.
Feb 5, 2026
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