Overview

• The Brooklyn Nets’ standing proposal is a two-year, $28 million contract that averages $14 million annually and includes a team option in the second year.
• Cam Thomas is publicly seeking a salary in the $20 million to $30 million per season range, far exceeding Brooklyn’s current offer.
• No other NBA franchise can submit a meaningful offer sheet because Brooklyn’s roughly $19.9 million in cap space is the league’s largest and deters rival bids.
• Absent a new agreement, Thomas may decline the Nets’ deal and play on his $5.99 million qualifying offer, becoming an unrestricted free agent next summer.
• NBA executives remain divided on Thomas’s valuation, with hypothetical contracts ranging from two-year, $10 million annual deals to four-year, $90 million packages.