Last summer, the Utah Jazz offered Paul Reed, a rising star of the Philadelphia 76ers interior line, Paul Reed, who is in restricted free agency status, to a three-year, $23.56 million contract, with the second two years of the contract partly non-guaranteed. Although there is an obvious premium component to this contract, the 76ers chose to grit their teeth and match this contract and keep Reed on the team after thinking about it. This summer, the 76ers will also need to make a decision, and they will need to figure out whether to keep Reed or whether they will just drop him.
In this season's NBA regular season, Reed played all 82 regular season games, averaging 19.4 minutes per game, averaging 7.3 points, 6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.8 steals and 1 block per game, shooting 54% from the field, 36.8% from three-point range, and 71.8% from the free throw line. In the playoffs, Reed played a total of 6 games for the team, averaging only 7.2 minutes per game, averaging 1.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 0.2 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, shooting 44.4% from the field and 50% from the free throw line.
Reed's performance in the regular season was not impressive, but at least it was a decent level, he was still able to provide a lot of help and support for the team on both offensive and defensive ends, his offensive efficiency was relatively stable, and he also had some projection ability. However, it is clear that his performance in the playoffs has fallen off a cliff, which is extremely disappointing. On the one hand, Reed's performance in the playoffs was indeed very average, but on the other hand, he was completely unable to gain the trust of head coach Nick Nurse, which was a big factor in his very limited playing time and lack of highlights.
For the 76ers, they will obviously have to make a big splash in the free agency market this summer, and judging by the current staffing situation of the team, everyone on the team could theoretically become free agents except Joel Embiid, which means that they may have a lot of salary space in their hands, and they can also go on a hiring spree in the free agency. In this case, Reed's contract has obviously become a burden on the team, and it is basically difficult for the 76ers to consider executing Reed's contract. On the other hand, the 76ers' operation last summer was really a bit of a disservice to themselves, and if they didn't match Reed's contract, maybe Reed would have established himself in the Jazz, and the 76ers themselves could use Reid's salary to sign and strengthen other players. Now that a season has passed, Reed has not played at his own level, and the 76ers still have to let him go for nothing, which is really outrageous.