Nets to waive Cam Thomas after trade deadline passes: Sources

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 it. This season, he is averaging 15.6 points and 3.1 assists in only 24.3 minutes, while shooting 39.9 percent from the field and 32.5 percent from 3-point range.

Questions have arisen about the rest of his game: whether the issues with passing, defense and decision-making are overwhelming enough to outweigh the value of his scoring.