Trail Blazers guarantees Duop Reath’s $2.22 million salary for 2025-26
Sources told Hoopshype’s Michael Scotto on Friday that the Portland Trail Blazers will fully guarantee the Duo Lin’s $2.22 million duet bonus.
Off-road Trail Blazers can make a qualified offer to Duo Russ
RETH will enter his three-year contract with $6.22 million per SPOTRAC. The Trail Blazers will have the option to give him a qualified offer and become a restricted free agent next summer.
Reath, 26, left LSU from Louisiana State University (LSU) in October 2023 and signed a contract with Portland. The 6-foot-10 center spent its final two seasons in a blazer.
In 114 professional NBA regular season (20 games), he averaged 7.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 14.8 minutes per game while shooting 45.1% from the field, 34.8% from the depths and 77.4% from the foul line.
The big man averaged 9.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.6 blocks per game, while he shot 35.9% as a rookie, but he saw a decrease in game time last season.
Last season, Russ played less time in Portland
Reath has gone from a 17.9 minute record in 68 games per night (20 games) to 10.2 minutes per game on the bench in 2024-25.
This is largely due to the increase in rookie center Donovan Clingan. Former starting center Deandre Ayton now also joins the Los Angeles Lakers, the Trail Blazers have picked a big man in the first round of Yang Hansen.
If Hansen can earn a one-minute rookie under head coach Chauncey Billups, Rees will continue to play less roles in the rotation. If Robert Williams is healthy, his time may be limited.
On March 27, Portland scored a season-high 17 points on the game with 5-of-11 shots (45.5%) in the Sacramento Kings’ 128-107 road loss, while shooting from 3-pointers outside the season with a seventh-point (42.9%).
Trail Blazers acquire Jrue Holiday to reunite with Damian Lillard
During the offseason, the Trail Blazers took some action to get nine-time All-Star guard Damian Lillard and sign guards Caleb Love and Sidy Cissoko to sign a two-way contract.
Earlier in the offseason, the Trail Blazers traded Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks to the Boston Celtics in exchange for veteran guard Jrue Holiday, who originally traded to Boston in October 2023.
According to Spotrac, Matisse Thybulle also exercised his $11.55 million contract option in the 2025-26 season, keeping him with Portland for at least one year.
Thybulle is limited to 15 games in 2024-25 due to injury. Before the regular season began, he underwent a procedure in October to address inflammation in his right knee.
In addition, Portland signed a one-year contract to sign free agent defender Blake Wesley. It is reported that the deal is a fully guaranteed one Sean Haijin Rose Garden Report.
