Restricted free agent Cam Thomas is signing a one-year, $6 million qualifying offer to return to the Brooklyn Nets , sources told ESPN on Thursday.

The Nets were unable to reach a long-term deal with Thomas, so the 23-year-old high-scoring guard opted for the qualifying offer that gives him a full no-trade clause and sets him for unrestricted free agency next summer with at least 10 teams set to have cap space.

Thomas is the first among the final restricted free agents in NBA free agency to land on a decision ( Chicago Bulls ' Josh Giddey , Golden State Warriors ' Jonathan Kuminga , Philadelphia 76ers ' Quentin Grimes ).

Thomas' representatives, Ron Shade and Alex Saratsis of Octagon, discussed several frameworks of deals with the Nets but ultimately declined Brooklyn's

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