{"id":488393,"date":"2026-03-16T18:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=488393"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:35:36","slug":"valencia-close-to-extending-nate-reuvers-one-of-euroleagues-most-efficient-bigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/valencia-close-to-extending-nate-reuvers-one-of-euroleagues-most-efficient-bigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Valencia close to extending Nate Reuvers, one of EuroLeague\u2019s most efficient bigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1739\" data-end=\"1974\"><strong data-start=\"1739\" data-end=\"1758\">Valencia Basket<\/strong> are in advanced talks to secure a <strong data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1815\">contract extension<\/strong> for <strong data-start=\"1820\" data-end=\"1836\">Nate Reuvers<\/strong>, who is currently on an expiring deal, BasketNews reports. The sides are said to be close to agreeing on a <strong data-start=\"1944\" data-end=\"1971\">new multi-year contract<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1976\" data-end=\"2282\">Reuvers has been Valencia\u2019s highest-scoring big man in EuroLeague play, ranking third on the team in scoring and fourth in PIR. He\u2019s averaging <strong data-start=\"2119\" data-end=\"2173\">10.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, 0.7 blocks and 10.6 PIR<\/strong> in under <strong data-start=\"2183\" data-end=\"2197\">19 minutes<\/strong> per game, with elite efficiency: <strong data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2256\">74.4% on two-pointers<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2261\" data-end=\"2279\">43% from three<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2284\" data-end=\"2642\">BasketNews notes his statistical profile is \u201cunique\u201d: no other EuroLeague big is shooting <strong data-start=\"2374\" data-end=\"2391\">70%+ from two<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2396\" data-end=\"2415\">40%+ from three<\/strong> while attempting at least <strong data-start=\"2442\" data-end=\"2465\">0.5 threes per game<\/strong>. He\u2019s coming off a strong stretch, including <strong data-start=\"2511\" data-end=\"2540\">30 points vs Anadolu Efes<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2542\" data-end=\"2567\">20 vs Hapoel Tel Aviv<\/strong> on consecutive February nights, and <strong data-start=\"2604\" data-end=\"2610\">21<\/strong> in a win over <strong data-start=\"2625\" data-end=\"2639\">Olympiacos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2644\" data-end=\"2975\">In Spain\u2019s <strong data-start=\"2655\" data-end=\"2670\">Liga Endesa<\/strong>, he\u2019s posting <strong data-start=\"2685\" data-end=\"2716\">9.2 points and 2.9 rebounds<\/strong> in 17 minutes, shooting <strong data-start=\"2741\" data-end=\"2757\">63% from two<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2762\" data-end=\"2780\">40% from three<\/strong>. Valencia sit <strong data-start=\"2795\" data-end=\"2829\">inside the EuroLeague top four<\/strong> with <strong data-start=\"2835\" data-end=\"2844\">seven<\/strong> regular-season rounds remaining, and Reuvers\u2019 <strong data-start=\"2891\" data-end=\"2913\">Hungarian passport<\/strong> adds roster value in the ACB due to the two-American limit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2977\" data-end=\"3059\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced talks for a multi-year deal: 10.5 points in under 19 minutes, 74.4% on twos and 43% from three<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":488392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[305,199],"tags":[],"rumors":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-488393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/Reuvers.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488393"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=488393"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=488393"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=488393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}