Average of 21+11+9! Annual salary is only 20 million? The Lakers are overjoyed and can put pressure on Reeves to renew his contract

After signing Smart, the Lakers' signings seemed to have pressed the "stop" button. In fact, Pelinka will retain a player quota in recent seasons to enter the new season.

What is the focus of the Lakers in the new season?

I think there are two points:

First, look at Doncic after losing weight, that is, how powerful he is and how he leads the team, and then adjust the lineup according to the actual situation.

To put it more, Doncic scored a total of 437 points in the entire first half of the All-Star season after the 24-25 season, ranking first in the league in the same period, and is also the only one with a score of 400+ points. In other words, Doncic will not always light up the "physical red light" after losing weight, so this will be very terrifying.

Second, we set out to solve Reeves' contract renewal problem.

But the real problem is that Reeves has obvious advantages and disadvantages - the true positive and negative value of the offensive 2.4 on the offensive end can be comparable to those of the stars such as Booker and Harden, but the defensive end is almost the existence of "ATMs" - simply put, the stronger the offensive end, the weaker the defense end.

Apart from this, we cannot ignore one thing. On the offensive end, Reeves has the benefits brought by Doncic and James to restrain the defense. In fact, there is still a gap between Derek White's 36.8% shooting rate when the defender is within 4 feet high intensity.

From another perspective, Reeves went to a weak team to let go of the "theory", and the scoring data will inevitably improve but the efficiency will drop significantly. To give an inappropriate example, it is like Ariza who first arrived at the Rockets - his body hardware and projection skills are not yet at the core of his offense.

How should the Lakers renew Reeves?

I think the best way is to choose a reference. To be precise, in one aspect, it is also an obvious disadvantage with Reeves.

According to the NBA China official website, Gidey will sign a new contract before the start of the new season, with an annual salary of slightly higher than 20 million yuan. In my opinion, Gidey is Reeves' best reference for renewal.

How should we understand Gidedy?

The good aspects, as shown in the figure below, the All-Stars averaged 21.2 points, 10.7 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game in the 24-25 season. Average of 21+11+9 per game, which is obviously a top-level data comparable to Jokic.

However, since entering the league, Gidey China Investment Corporation, the big two-pointers and three-pointers have been 34.2%, 31.7% and 33% respectively. In this way, it always gives people a sense of Jason Kidd's vision - omnipotent simultaneous projection, especially mid- and long shots are the existence that restricts the upper limit.

Considering that Giddy's annual salary is only 20 million, this is definitely good news for the Lakers. To be precise, it can be very easy to put pressure on Reeves to renew his contract. This is reflected in two episodes:

First, Pelinka can use Giddy's data to discuss with Reeves with reasonable evidence. In fact, Gidey is completely better than Reeves in terms of data alone. As a result, you will have a great advantage in your heart.

Second, no team in the league is willing to issue a big contract for Gidey, and there is a high probability that no team will be willing to issue a big contract for Reeves.

Therefore, we can understand that when there is basically no team willing to issue a big contract, Pelinka has obvious advantages in renewing the contract with Reeves. To put it bluntly, the initiative lies with the team, not with the players.

In the end, I think Reeves' annual salary for renewal will be around 25 million.