Cam Thomas couldn’t agree on a contract extension with the Nets, settling for a one-year qualifying offer that almost certainly signals a departure.

The confident young guard said he’d rather have control of his own future — read: unrestricted free agency — than a longer-term deal he doesn’t like. Thomas will bet on himself and play out the season, even if that means it’s his last in Brooklyn.

“I’d rather control my situation. As a player, that’s the type of control you want in your situation; so I just wanted to keep that aspect of it,” Thomas said. “I’m just here to play my game and keep doing what I was doing: keep playing, enjoying my fifth year with the team that drafted me and just enjoying the moment and being where my feet are. I’m just going to finish the year, and we’ll see wha

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