Where should Naz Reid be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 80 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 105 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 64.5 on average, 16 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Naz Reid play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 75 games, after 77 last season.

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Naz Reid

Charlotte Hornets · PF/C · Age 27 · 6′9″ · 8th season

Rankings Rudy Gobert Miles Bridges

Rank#80PF #43 · of 233

Value-0.1749-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP64.5ESPN 53.6

$ Max value$11Yahoo avg $4.2

Games7529 min a game

Rostered87.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 80 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 105 in 2025-26. He is top 10 in threes among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 75.3%, which makes him a natural punt-FT% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 64.5 on average, 16 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Rising: 8.3 in 2021-22, 13.6 last season.

Last season13.6

5-season average12.2

Trend a season+1.3

2026-27 proj.15.5

Up and down: between 8.3 (2021-22) and 14.2 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 18.9 in 2021-22, 18.8 last season, on 15.8 → 26.1 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (15.5) is above anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#89of 24724-25#103of 26625-26#116of 27226-27*#73of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	80	-0.174	75	29	15.5	2.3	6.4	2.4	1.1	1.1	45.9%	5.9/12.8	75.3%	1.4/1.9	1.7
2025-26	105	-0.080	77	26	13.6	2.1	6.2	2.2	1.0	1.0	45.6%	5.2/11.3	73.2%	1.2/1.6	1.6
2024-25	98	0.058	80	28	14.2	2.2	6.0	2.3	0.7	0.9	46.2%	5.3/11.5	77.6%	1.4/1.8	1.4
2023-24	81	-0.113	81	24	13.5	2.1	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	47.7%	5.0/10.5	73.6%	1.4/1.8	1.4
2022-23	-	-	68	18	11.5	1.1	4.9	1.1	0.6	0.8	54.1%	4.6/8.5	68.4%	1.3/1.9	1.4
2021-22	-	-	77	16	8.3	0.7	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.9	48.4%	3.0/6.2	78.9%	1.5/1.9	1.1

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

15.5#73 of 2130.13

3PM

2.3#10 of 2130.88

REB

6.4#64 of 213-0.03

AST

2.4#114 of 213-0.30

STL

1.1#38 of 2130.35

BLK

1.1#40 of 2130.32

FG%

45.9%5.9/12.8#197 of 213-0.64

FT%

75.3%1.4/1.9#141 of 213-0.88

TO

1.7#133 of 213-0.00

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · Charlotte Hornets

The Charlotte Hornets starter at PF; Royce O'Neale, new to the team, is behind him. 126 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, and Collin Sexton; Grayson Allen is the arrival projected for the most minutes (25).

PF

1Naz ReidNew
2Royce O'NealeNew
3Grant Williams
4Tidjane Salaun
5Sion James
6Hannes SteinbachNew
7Liam McNeeley
8Pat Connaughton
9PJ Hall
10Michael AjayiNew

Left since 2025-26

Miles BridgesTraded Jul 1331 min → PHX
LaMelo BallTraded Jul 1028 min → MIN
Collin Sexton22 min → LAL
KJ Simpson16 min
Josh GreenTraded Jul 1016 min → UTAH
Tre MannAcquired by WSH Aug 2013 min → WSH
Minutes a night126

Arrived

Grayson AllenAcquired Jul 1329 min from PHX
Royce O'NealeAcquired Jul 1328 min from PHX
Naz ReidAcquired Jul 1026 min from MIN
Dennis SchroderAcquired Aug 2024 min from CLE
Christian AndersonSigned Jul 6new
Kylan BoswellSigned Jul 6new
Michael AjayiSigned Jul 6new
Hannes SteinbachSigned Jul 6new

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. Charlotte Hornets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	MIN	77	26.1	13.6	2.1	6.2	2.2	1.0	1.0	46.0%	5.2/11.3	75.0%	1.2/1.6	1.6
2024-25	MIN	80	27.5	14.2	2.2	6.0	2.3	0.7	0.9	46.1%	5.3/11.5	77.8%	1.4/1.8	1.4
2023-24	MIN	81	24.2	13.5	2.1	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	47.6%	5.0/10.5	72.2%	1.3/1.8	1.4
2022-23	MIN	68	18.4	11.5	1.1	4.9	1.1	0.6	0.8	54.1%	4.6/8.5	68.4%	1.3/1.9	1.4
2021-22	MIN	77	15.8	8.3	0.7	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.9	48.4%	3.0/6.2	78.9%	1.5/1.9	1.1
2020-21	MIN	70	19.2	11.2	0.9	4.6	1.0	0.5	1.1	51.8%	4.3/8.3	66.7%	1.6/2.4	1.0
2019-20	MIN	30	16.5	9.0	1.1	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.7	40.7%	3.3/8.1	66.7%	1.2/1.8	0.7

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Naz Reid in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.