4 years and $82 million! The Lakers are grateful to the Trail Blazers? This provides a good reference for renewing Reeves contract.

The new NBA season is about to start, and for the Lakers, the offseason operations have basically come to an end. Next summer, the first priority for Pelinka is how to renew Reeves' contract.

Of course, if the time is right, it is not impossible for the Lakers to trade Reeves, such as Derrick White of the Celtics and Avdija of the Trail Blazers. In short, Pelinka, who is not a high-quality player at present, will not give up Xiaoli easily. The subtext is still mainly about contract renewal.

How should the Lakers renew Reeves' contract?

The best choice is to have a reference. The good thing is that this summer, the Timberwolves and Randle reached a three-year, $100 million contract extension, which is a good reference. And now, according to NBA China’s official website, the Trail Blazers and Toumani Kamara have reached a four-year, $82 million contract extension.

Kamara's contract extension, I think it is a good reference for the Lakers on how to renew Reeves.

Immediate combat power

Kamara averaged 11.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in the 24-25 season, while Reeves's values ​​were 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists. Judging from the immediate combat ability, Reeves is obviously better than Kamara, but a simple breakdown:

Kamara's basket, near basket, mid-range shot, large two-point, and three-point shooting rates are 64.8%, 48.2%, 45%, 20%, and 37.5% respectively. Reeves's shooting rates in the five areas corresponding to them are 74.8%, 48.4%, 45%, 37.9%, and 37.7% respectively. In other words, the only two areas where Reeves is significantly better than Kamara are the basket and the big one.

Speaking of this, Reeves does have a sense of déjà vu to Irving at this stage. I mean, he can hold up and receive shots and he can finish from anywhere in the half court. Reeves' relative immediate combat ability is better than Kamara's, this is one of them.

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Kamara's offensive real plus-minus value so far in his NBA career is -1.8, and his defensive real plus-minus value is 0.5. Reeves' two values ​​are 0.9 and -0.4 respectively. In other words, the former is to attack the weak and defend the strong, while the latter is to attack the strong and defend the weak.

On Kamara's defense alone, with his good performance in the 24-25 season, he was selected to the second team of the annual All-Defensive Team along with Zubac, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jaylen Williams, and Gobert. In other words, the defensive ability has been recognized by the league.

Looking back at Reeves, there is no denying that he has made great progress on the offensive end but has not received any offensive awards from the league.

Of course, awards on the offensive end are far more difficult to win than on the defensive end, such as winning the scoring title like Alexander. But what I want to say is that Kamara is better at defense and Reeves is better at offense. The two have different characteristics, this is the second one.

To sum up, the reason why Kamara's contract extension is a good reference for the Lakers is mainly reflected in two points:

1. That is, Reeves is better than Kamara in terms of combat power;

2. In terms of characteristics, the two have their own merits.

Relatively speaking, I think the second point is the main reason.

First of all, although Reeves is better than Kamara in terms of immediate combat ability, he is far from the crushing existence that Durant did to Hayes.

Secondly, although Reeves is close to All-Star level on the offensive end, Kamara's "3D" characteristics of three-pointers and defense are also very popular.

Finally, considering that Kamara's average salary is US$20 million, it is more appropriate to compare Reeves' annual salary to around US$25 million. Any more would risk a premium. In the final analysis, Reeves' defensive end is difficult to improve due to his size.

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