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Naz Reid

Charlotte Hornets · Starter
C6'9"264 lbage 267 yrs expLSUAsbury Park, NJ
2nd best of 16 on CHAworth +1.8 wins to the rotation
OFF74DEF76
High-level perimeter defender & shooter
CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Eastern · Southeast · proj. 46-36 (▲+4.1)
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Sixth Man of the Year

A bouncy, versatile big who can stretch the floor (36.2% from three) and protect the rim in the same possession — the engine of Minnesota's second unit. He chips in 13.6 a night off the bench with strong rebounding and rim protection, the kind of skeleton-key center who lets the Wolves stagger their two seven-footers.

13.6
PPG
6.2
RPG
2.2
APG
1
SPG
1
BPG
GP 77MPG 26.1FG% 45.63P% 36.2FT% 73.2TS% 56.5USG% 22.1PER 15.4BPM +0.9VORP 1.5EPM +1.6
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Perimeter defense88
Shooting83
Playmaking76
Scoring74
Rim protection74
Inside finishing64
Rebounding59

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2019-20 to 2025-26 · 7 seasons
11.9
PPG
5.1
RPG
1.5
APG
483
GAMES
Points 5,745Win Shares 24.7Starts 77Best season 2024-25 · 14.2 ppg
Games played, last three seasons97%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 24 → 26
▬Steady

Naz, at 26, has held steady — 4.3 → 4.0 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 5.3 wins (+1.3)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Range 4.1–6.6 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.5 → +0.9-0.626-27 forecast +1.3
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +1.5 · 81 games2024-25: +1.6 · 80 games2025-26: +0.9 · 77 games2026-27: +1.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)4.3 → 4.0-0.426-27 forecast 5.3
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 4.3 · 81 games2024-25: 4.9 · 80 games2025-26: 4.0 · 77 games2026-27: 5.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $19.4M vs $23.3M salary−$3.9M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$23.3M salary2023-24: $11.8M · 81 games2024-25: $15.9M · 80 games2025-26: $10.2M · 77 games2026-27: $19.4M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $23,275,862 cap hit · through '30. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$23,275,862Guaranteed
13% of the club’s payroll · 2nd of 17 priced deals
Runs through4 seasons
Est. market value$19,388,000 /yr
Surplus−$3,887,862
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

2026-27 off-season

1 move

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.