Reed successfully renews his contract, the Lakers lose their chance, Randle is in an awkward situation, and the Clippers opportunity to strengthen their plans

5 years of 125 million, Reed successfully completed the contract renewal, and the best sixth man in the 23-24 season continued to stay in the team. Previously, Reed rejected the option of 15 million players next season. Although many teams offered maximum salaries and provided starting positions, Reed decided to stay in Minnesota. As a member of the team's core, the Timberwolves got their wishes. It has to be said that Reed is very loyal to the Timberwolves.

In the past season, Reed played 80 games for the Timberwolves, averaging 14.2 points, 6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He is very skilled and the reason why the data is not outstanding is that Randle has long occupied the starting fourth position. Reed plays as a substitute. If it is worth the starting playing time, then the data will become very beautiful.

And in the past three seasons, he has been one of the only three players in the league who can score more than 2,000 points, which is enough to show how strong his scoring ability is. In addition, in the past two seasons, he averaged 5.4 three-pointers and shot as high as 39.5%, which is definitely the top space-type inside player in the league that is scarce. The combination of his and Gobert's double towers is even more effective. Last season, when he was on the court with Gobert, the Timberwolves were able to beat their opponents by 11.8 points in a hundred rounds, ranking first among the team's most commonly used duo groups in the 25th group. It's a pity that the Lakers missed such a top-level No. 4 position.

series of data and the Timberwolves' high salary renewal of Reed both indicate a problem, that is, Randle's situation has become more embarrassing when he exchanged for the starting fourth position that Towns has returned. The Timberwolves' frontcourt can be said to be extremely "crowded". Gobert, Randall, Reed, McDaniels, plus French center Belange, selected for the 17th draw this year, the No. 45 draw needs to be in the 2.21-meter-selected Zikarski, who has no place to use Randall, and even Gobert needs to give way. Although Gobert has outstanding defensive skills, his offense is really hard to describe. Randall showed his status last season that he was okay in the game of abuse, and his performance in high-end games was as disappointing as ever. The key is that these two guys have a good salary, and they are close to 70 million. Therefore, the Timberwolves' main task next is to trade one of them so that they can continue to strengthen in the salary space.

Gobert is like this, and Randall played a happy performance against the Lakers in the playoffs last season. It can be said that the Timberwolves were able to eliminate the Lakers. In the series, Randall scored 22.6 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game, 4.4 assists per game, and a shooting percentage of nearly 50%, so Randall's strength is still OK. He is a good choice for the Clippers who urgently need to strengthen the No. 4 position.

If Randall chooses to transfer the contract and the Clippers can sign him with a salary of 30 million a year, it will undoubtedly be a good reinforcement for the team's missing No. 4 position. Or sign first and then exchange, and use Bokobe + Bogdan + first round to exchange Randall. In this way, the Clippers can not only ensure their salary space but also strengthen the fourth position, which is simply killing two birds with one stone. It is not impossible to win the championship.