The Philadelphia 76ers are reportedly planning to match any "reasonable" offer they get for restricted free agent Thaddeus Young.

The Sixers can allow the market to determine Young's value, and then they can sign him to a four-year contract with 4.5 percent raises instead of signing him to a five-year contract with 7.5 percent raises.

The latter is the difference between a Bird contract (a team re-signing its own player) and a free-agent contract (another team's outside offer) under the league's next collective bargaining agreement.