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Paul Reed has veto right over any trade in the 2023-24 season

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Updated11 Jul 2023

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Philadelphia 76ers Paul Reed has veto right over any trade in the 2023-24 season

Paul Reed will have a veto right over any trade in the 2023-24 season after the Philadelphia 76ers matched his three-year, $23.56 million offer sheet with the Utah Jazz. As part of a trade restriction, Reed cannot be traded to the Jazz for one year, and he cannot be traded until Jan. 15, 2024.

His $7,723,000 salary for 2024-25 and $8,109,150 salary for 2025-26 are non-guaranteed. However, the amounts will become fully guaranteed if the Sixers win in the opening round of the playoffs or he’s still with the team beyond Jan. 10 of both seasons.

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More importantly, the Sixers are now $6 million over the luxury tax with 13 players and three on two-way contracts. Of the seven cap holds, their three highest come from Mike Scott (early bird; $9,510,165), Dewayne Dedmon (non-bird; $2,019,706), and Paul Millsap (non-bird; $2,019,706).

Philadelphia has enough flexibility below the second apron to use the tax mid-level, per Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype. The second apron line is $17.5 million over the luxury tax. The first apron is set at $172 million, whereas the second apron is $182.5 million. So, the second apron will punish teams that spend well above the luxury tax.

Paul Reed has veto right over any trade in the 2023-24 season after the Philadelphia 76ers matched the Utah Jazz’s three-year, $23.56 million offer sheet

Paul Reed made two starts in 69 appearances with the 76ers in the 2022-23 season. The 6-foot-9 center averaged career highs of 4.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 10.9 minutes per game. Reed also shot career bests of 59.3% from the field and 74.5% at the foul line.

In Philadelphia’s 115-105 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Nov. 22, the center scored a season-high 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in 32 minutes off the bench. He finished 7-of-9 (77.8%) shooting from the floor and 5-of-6 (83.3%) at the free throw line.

Additionally, in the Sixers’ 96-88 first-round win against Brooklyn in Game 4 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, the DePaul product recorded 10 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in 32 minutes as a starter. He finished 5-of-10 (50%) shooting from the field.

While with the Delaware Blue Coats, the Sixers’ G League affiliate, Reed averaged 18.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.3 steals, and 2.3 blocks per game in three starts of the 2020-21 season.

Reed attempted 5.7 3-pointers per game and connected on 35.3% of them. Although he hasn’t developed into an outside threat at the NBA level, he could become one under new 76ers coach Nick Nurse. The Florida native posted a career-best true shooting percentage of 62% with Philly this past season as well.

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