5 years and $125 million! 25-year draft pick renewed his biggest contract in his career: Continue to assist Hua Zi in winning the championship

On June 28, Timberwolves player Naz Reed signed a new big contract to continue to assist Edwards. According to famous reporter Shams, Reed rejected the $15 million player option next season and signed a five-year, $125 million contract extension with the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves management reached a contract renewal agreement with Reed's agent, and the last year is the player option.

Reed was undrafted in 2019, 2.06 meters tall and weighed 119 kilograms. After joining the Timberwolves, he seized the opportunity and became a member of the team's core rotation. Now he has signed a five-year, $125 million contract. In the future, he will continue to assist Edwards in the championship. It is worth mentioning that Reed has helped the Timberwolves reach the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years, just one step away from the finals.

Reed renews his contract with a salary increase, with an average annual salary of about $25 million, and he has a player option in the last year; Reed has now become an indispensable player for the Timberwolves. In the past three seasons, Reed has been one of the only three players in the league to score at least 2,000 points; in the 2023-24 season, Reed won the Sixth Man of the Year.

Reed is 25 years old. He played 80 games (17 starts) for the Timberwolves in the 2024-25 season. He averaged 27.5 minutes per game and was able to score 14.2 points, 6 rebounds and 2.3 assists. His three-digit data set a career high, with a shooting percentage of 46.2%, a three-point shooting percentage of 37.9% and a free throw shooting percentage of 77.6%. He played in 15 playoffs and averaged 25 minutes per game, scoring 10.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists, helping the Timberwolves to enter the Western Conference Finals again, but unfortunately lost to the Thunder 1-4.

Finally, congratulations to Reed again on signing the 100 million yuan contract and staged an inspirational story of a counterattack in the draft.