The Brooklyn Nets won their first game of the season Wednesday, but it came at a cost. During the first quarter of their 112-103 victory over the Indiana Pacers, standout guard Cam Thomas suffered what’s since been diagnosed as a left hamstring strain.
Thomas, who was limited to only 25 games last season because of hamstring injuries, will be re-evaluated in three to four weeks, the Nets announced Friday.
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The 24-year-old came into the midweek road game against the Pacers having averaged 24.4 points over Brooklyn’s first seven games of the 2025-26 campaign.
Before the season, Thomas’ fifth in the league after the Nets drafted him No. 27 overall in 2021, the LSU product reportedly signed a one-year, $6 million qualifying offer to remain with the team.
Both sides couldn’t reach a long-term deal, however Thomas came away with a full no-trade clause and the opportunity to hit the market as an unrestricted free agent next summer, as ESPN’s Shams Charania reported in early September.
Thomas is a high-volume scoring guard who made the jump from role player to consistent starter in Year 3. That’s when he more than doubled his scoring average, playing a big part on the last Nets team to make the playoffs in 2023.
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He was relatively healthy his first three seasons in the NBA. But hamstring issues have now been a thorn in his side each of the past two go-rounds.
Earlier this season, Thomas notched the 10th 40-point game of his young career, albeit in a loss to the San Antonio Spurs.
Although the Nets are no longer winless, their lone victory came against a Pacers team they’re sharing the basement with in the Eastern Conference — the Washington Wizards entered Friday with just one win, too.
Aside from Thomas, Michael Porter Jr. is the only player averaging north of 15 points per game for Brooklyn.
