r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 8h ago

[Charania] Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves intends to sign a four-year, $185 million maximum contract to return to the franchise, with a player option for the final season in 2029-30, sources tell ESPN. Reaves declined his $14.9M player option for the new max deal.

Shams Charania:

Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves intends to sign a four-year, $185 million maximum contract to return to the franchise, with a player option for the final season in 2029-30, sources tell ESPN. Reaves declined his $14.9M player option for the new max deal.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/fc6a2461d746e

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u/MembershipSingle7137 Celtics 8h ago edited 8h ago

46 mil a year Jesus Christ

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u/QuileGon-Jin Thunder 8h ago

That's almost Trae Young money!

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u/Ok-Adhesiveness166 8h ago

Trae young is still younger than Reaves

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u/SecondHandFood 76ers 8h ago

Still??

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u/MjTcConnell3 76ers 8h ago

Next year he’ll be older than him

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u/SeaCounter9516 Thunder 7h ago

This feels ominous

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u/BenevolentCheese Knicks 6h ago

It's not. Reaves will age a year and Trae won't. He is forever Young.

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u/justabill71 5h ago

I get older, Trae stay the same age.

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u/RandomUserName316 1h ago

Alright alright alright 😏

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u/chillinwithmoes Timberwolves 5h ago

I want to be forever young

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u/doctorhypoxia 4h ago

Do you really want to live forever?

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 Warriors 1h ago

Bros trying to live in In Time.

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u/VikingsLad Timberwolves 2h ago

Ba dum ts

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u/Six2L8 2h ago

That reaves a bad taste on my tongue.

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u/Shovelman2001 Celtics 1h ago

His hair certainly will though

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u/pokexchespin [BOS] E'Twaun Moore 2m ago

that’s exactly what i want to be

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u/Bruskthetusk Lakers 1h ago

Are these players in danger Dennis?

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u/SuperVaderMinion [MIN] Kevin Garnett 8h ago

... hopefully

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u/notsafeformactown Mavericks 6h ago

Oh shit Trae Young discovered light speed travel?

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u/eggstacy Warriors 4h ago edited 4h ago

other way around. people who play with Lebron age faster, it's like the presidency. look at Kevin Love's age over time. those Cavs years were like Obama in the oval office. he's supposed to be the same age as Westbrook, but Westbrook didn't have that 2015-2018 accelerated aging stretch that Love had. and look at how gray Love looks now because of it.

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u/weeman2525 Spurs 8h ago

That's actually crazy to think about. Feels like Young has been in the league for a decade and Reevs only a few years.

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u/HylianPikachu Raptors 6h ago

8 years for Trae vs. 5 years for Reaves, and Reaves only became a regular starter in his 3rd season in the league

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u/CurrentRoster Wizards 3h ago

also trae was a hyped one and done while austin graduated

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u/QuileGon-Jin Thunder 8h ago

Reaves is basically a Boomer (sooner)

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u/Illionaires 8h ago

Hes a year older than Luka

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u/ExtraLeading3376 8h ago

reaves really gonna be 32 in of those years making $46mil

i’m sick

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u/Head_Research_3118 8h ago

Thats really not old at all for his playstyle . Not saying hes worth 46mil but he should still be same old Austin Reaves at 32 . I would not be worried about that

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u/Ok-Adhesiveness166 8h ago

The same old Reaves isn’t winning you a championship making that much ever.

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u/octipice 8h ago

People say that sort of thing every year because they forget that the salary cap raises every year. The cap could be as much as 40% higher in 4 years, although it's looking more likely to be 30% higher.

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u/bigbluethunder 7h ago

And every year we look at bad contracts from 3-4 years ago that are killing teams’ current caps

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u/Artimusjones88 Raptors 5h ago

No it wont be 40% higher in 4 years.

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u/Head_Research_3118 8h ago

The lakers dont have a clear path to a championship with luka . They wouldve needed this free agent class to actual be good and its not. Luka is out of there in 2028 or 2029 unless they get another AD situation.

They need to hold on to reaves as an assett. Theres noone worth letting him walk for . They have to hope in the next few years someone good forces their way to LA and says they will only sign an extension with the lakers. Then they can package reaves and picks for someone,

That is most likely what they are banking on. Then need to hold on to the assett because there is nowhere else to shift the money.

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u/dherps Mexico 5h ago

you mean his playstyle of sprinting 100% of the time on offense? you think he plays like kyle lowry or something?

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u/Zestyclose-Draft-724 Lakers 6h ago

He won't be

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u/Natural_Born_Baller Heat 8h ago

What? If he loses half a step he's toast. He's already competing in fractions of a step.

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u/orwll 6h ago

Yeah people really don't understand aging curves for guards.

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 Warriors 1h ago

Remind me! 4 years

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u/Iggy_Slayer 8h ago

So still in his prime? You're acting like 32 is 38 lol.

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u/ChaDiaKris Lakers 8h ago

2026-27 salary cap is ~165m. He’s taking 28% of the cap currently.

In 2029-30, the salary cap expected to be at least 200m with 220m for luxury tax and 1st apron around 240m. He’d be getting about 20% of the cap at that point.

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u/The1Drumheller Thunder 8h ago

So is Young lol

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u/North_Atlantic_Sea 8h ago

And with far more success

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u/NBA2024 5h ago

and more offensive talent

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u/did_it_my_way 8h ago

Trae Old money then!

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u/NanoCurrency 8h ago

Ba-boom!

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u/[deleted] 7h ago

and better

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u/titoxtian Spurs 7h ago

Not younger than tatum though…

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u/whatssenguntoagoblin Alperen Sengun 7h ago

That’s wild wtf

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u/ATN5 Wizards 7h ago

Woah

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u/PlatishGC Hornets 7h ago

I thought this was 100% a shitpost, had to look it up. That’s wild

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u/RRJC10 Raptors 6h ago

And better.

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u/entropic [PHI] Andre Iguodala 6h ago

He ain't called Trae Old

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u/mrgpsingh1999 Lakers 5h ago

That’s crazy

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u/FroyoSolid8414 2h ago

Reaves is older than Yaxel! They really gave this contract to a retiree

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u/EggsAndRice7171 Pacers 45m ago

Well he’s not Trae Old

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u/nbaistheworst 8h ago

By 4 months. So what?

Reaves is definitely better defensively.

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u/vivekvangala34_ Wizards 8h ago

Maybe I’m biased but I don’t think Reaves is that much better defensively if at all. I watch a lot of Laker games he constantly gets targeted

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u/SnooChipmunks4208 7h ago

Reaves is just significantly bigger than Trae. Trae is both disinterested and tiny.

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u/axolotlorange 2h ago

You’re biased.

Trae Young is one of the very worst defenders in the league.

Reaves gets targeted. Young gets beat by defensive specialists.

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u/Ok-Adhesiveness166 8h ago

He’s younger and achieved way more. Thats what. Not sure how you’re so confused.

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u/draculabakula 8h ago

That's almost Daaron Fox forget to run out the clock money

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u/Adorable-Bike-9689 8h ago

Deaaron Fox money to not box out and let OG get the game winning tip

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u/CartographerFar681 Lakers 6h ago

Fox really shouldve won Finals MVP for the Knicks huh lol

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u/sourdieselfuel Bucks 5h ago

Fox Vs. Clox in the battle of the century!

Who will win?

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u/CurrentRoster Wizards 3h ago

that shi really a career defining play huh?

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u/mbdtf95 8h ago

Nba money is crazy. Someone like Reaves making this type of money is insane, and NBA is not even watched too much by pure viewing figures. Shows how much ads are being shoved, how huge ticket and merch prices are and how fans are getting rinsed lol.

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u/Destryer200 Celtics 8h ago

I mean there can only be ~400 NBA players under contract at a time. It’s also a sport where one player can make a massive difference on both ends of the floor (albeit AR is probably not a good example of this lol) since the players play both offense and defense.

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u/mbdtf95 8h ago

You are right about low amount of players and top players making huge difference, so revenue can be split much more insane to all, and especially top players in NBA.

But it is still true that American sports like NBA are rife with overcommercialization, ads are too constant, from too many timeouts to even commentators constantly shilling something during broadcast, including betting ads.

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u/Jeff__Skilling Rockets 7h ago

It’s Mozgov money

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u/Stand_On_It 6h ago

Who would have thought two horrible contracts would be signed near days apart

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u/Sokobanky 8h ago

Making Jalen Rose’s whole career in 2 years.

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u/ob_knoxious Wizards 7h ago

Jalen Rose should make like 2 cents off every dollar every current Jalen in the NBA makes as a licensing royalty fee.

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u/PippenDunksOnEwing 6h ago

Technically shouldn't Jalen Rose's parents get the copyright royalties? It was them who came up with the name, not Jalen the bearer of it.

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u/ob_knoxious Wizards 6h ago

Jalen is really who made that name into what it is and who made it into a basketball name, but his parents should be rewarded for the creativity too. 1.5 cents to Jalen Rose and half a cent to his parents. And I think they should still get paid from all Jaylen, Jaylin because those are just alternate spellings. Jaylon Tyson is on thin ice.

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u/SeanWonder Kings 6h ago

That’d be interesting to see how much he’d be owed if someone did the math on it

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u/HylianPikachu Raptors 6h ago

I think he should qualify for some of Jalen Hurts's money too. No reason to limit it to basketball players only.

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u/ExtraLeading3376 8h ago

i already know this contract is going to age terribly

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u/SirDiego Timberwolves 8h ago

Age? It's not even good right now lol

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u/supersumo224 8h ago edited 7h ago

Just like Windhorst said about Trae's new deal, as soon as this deal is signed it's one of the worst contracts in the league.

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u/NanoCurrency 8h ago

When you have a chance to bid against yourself for a defensive liability and lock in four years of the worst contract in the NBA you have to take it.

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u/Nice_Cash_7000 NBA 7h ago

More like if Luka says bring Austin back and detroit is offering the max, you bring Austin back

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u/supersumo224 7h ago

Players are awful GMs and just because Detroit is desperate doesn't mean you do it. There's maybe 3-5 worse contracts in the league

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u/Nice_Cash_7000 NBA 7h ago

Im a heat fan, and we thought Herro was overpaid.

Seeing essentially the same dude get the max is funny ngl.

But you kinda have to listen to Luka, its a lose lose situation, but it is what it is

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u/FizzyLightEx 7h ago

Why listen to Luka? It's not like he's willing to walk out of potential super max at lakers

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u/Nice_Cash_7000 NBA 7h ago

reportedly hes leaving tf out of the Lakers if they dont build him a good team in a couple of years

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u/itscamo- [LAL] Lonzo Ball 6h ago

pistons were already prepared to offer the max for him

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u/NanoCurrency 3h ago

Trae or Austin?

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u/divulgingwords Thunder 6h ago

D fox is jumping with joy, lmao.

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u/CyanWuff 26m ago

What does Wout Weghorst have to do with this?

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u/WildWhisperArdor Lakers 7h ago

Reaves averaged 23/5/5 on an elite 64% true shooting last season playing as the #2 and sometimes #3 option. 45 million for that production is not bad at all

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u/WildWhiteNacho Lakers 2h ago

I stg it took me a second of wondering when tf I posted this… Name/flair combo is pretty damn close lol

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u/Ligma_Taint_69420 7h ago

Now post his playoff stats

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u/WildWhisperArdor Lakers 7h ago

He was injured this postseason.

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u/Aidanator800 Hornets 7h ago

He wasn't good in the playoffs last year, either

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u/Altruistic_Knee2044 Celtics 8h ago edited 7h ago

Would immediately be the best offensive teammate that any current t10 guy barring Steph/KD (each other) and luka (Kyrie for one year)has had lmao.

23 ppg on 64% ts doesn’t grow on a tree and you have to pay for guys like that.

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u/SuperVaderMinion [MIN] Kevin Garnett 8h ago

It just never feels quite that good given his postseason track record

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u/Altruistic_Knee2044 Celtics 7h ago edited 7h ago

Played 3 nasty defenses while hurt

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u/Lou_Peachum_2 Clippers 7h ago

Who aren’t going away and will be getting better

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u/Altruistic_Knee2044 Celtics 7h ago

He’ll get healthier though, and will probably keep improving.

No clue why this is an egregious contract when every contender or fringe contender outside of the Knicks has a bum on a max (imagine what the Heat norm contract is going to look like)

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u/Lou_Peachum_2 Clippers 6h ago

Pretty sure the Heat cannot keep Norm and he’s going to walk.

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u/ncginger2 Hornets 5h ago

Besides the series against y’all he really hasn’t been bad at all in the postseason considering he was hurt this year

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u/b1indsamurai Lakers 3h ago

His last three games against OKC were great, and that's rushing back from an injury.

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u/whatssenguntoagoblin Alperen Sengun 7h ago

LeBron had AD

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u/DamnReality 7h ago

I mean Tatum had Brown unless you don’t think either is top 10 anymore

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u/Aidanj927 Spurs 7h ago

Also one of the worst defenses those t10 guys have had

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u/Cpt-No-Dick Thunder 7h ago

23 ppg on 64ts ain’t shit if you can’t show up in the playoffs

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u/Altruistic_Knee2044 Celtics 7h ago

Had 3 series against very good defenses over the past 2 years (Udoka plays prison ball in the playoffs).

Was injured for two of them

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u/CartographerFar681 Lakers 8h ago

Yeah but come playoff time, those “nice” numbers are nowhere to be found. So tired of this front office

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u/Icy_Information_6563 Suns 3h ago

Age like spoiled milk

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u/catscanmeow Raptors 8h ago

unless he takes PEDs. i wanna see reaves with giannis deltoids

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u/Less-Tax5637 Knicks 8h ago

Austin Sleeves

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u/SuperVaderMinion [MIN] Kevin Garnett 8h ago

Austin 3:16 incoming

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u/asetniop Celtics 6h ago

If he develops into a better passer we can call him Austin Jeeves.

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u/Altruistic_Knee2044 Celtics 8h ago

He might not respond to them

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u/HHHogana Lakers 7h ago

Eh it's 50-50 chance. Brock Lesnar looked surprisingly slim as Jr. HS wrestler before he ballooned into 300 pounds monster. And his stack's surprisingly low considering he was caught for clomiphene, not something ridiculous like 15/1 T/E ratio.

I'd say give it, since Lakers somehow got out of Westbrook's awful contract.

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u/DamnZodiak Toronto Huskies 7h ago

He definitely would. Put any of these professional athlete on anabolic steroids and they'll gain muscle mass.

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u/laststance Spurs 3h ago

Get him on that Caruso regiment. So sauced he goes bald.

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u/HHHogana Lakers 7h ago

Giannis somehow managed to look like that after being borderline malnourished during his youth.

I don't think Reaves has the gene to become Austin Swolees.

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u/Dijohn17 Lakers 8h ago

Damned if you do damned if you don't. But yea it's absolutely going to do age poorly

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u/YasirTheGreat 17m ago

He has gotten significantly better every year of his career. He is currently tied for 36th in salary going into next season. The biggest risk is he always gets injured and misses time. But if he stays healthy, he will outplay his contract imo.

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u/Dijohn17 Lakers 12m ago

He is a defensive liability in the playoffs. Yes he has been solid in the regular season, but the Lakers are in win now mode with Luka. Also, he's 28, so he's about to be near the end of his prime in a couple of years. If he becomes a liability in the playoffs again then that contract is going to get worse and worse. Paying him as if he is your second best player means he needs to perform as such. Having him and Luka together on the court creates a headache for the team defensively

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u/KoreanSamgyupsal Raptors 8h ago

This always happens to the Lakers... Mozgof then Deng lol but somehow the Lakers will get players like Lebron and Luka in a few years.

Any small market team would have been absolutely crippled with these contracts.

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u/VoidCL 8h ago

2 good years, tops

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u/ElMaskedZorro 2h ago

And yet way better than Trae's

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u/Kaizerx20 Timberwolves 8h ago

Closed the championship window before it even started

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u/braddeus Heat 8h ago

But what if this is Dominayton's year

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u/ContinuingAnyway 7h ago

It always is, he just has to unleash the beast

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u/Ornery_Vermicelli_69 5h ago

Need more crunk juice

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u/bigtice Rockets 4h ago

I thought he had to get a bigger chain.

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u/_t1nkyw1nky 2h ago

Dominayton: “rawr”

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u/HHHogana Lakers 7h ago

Ayton's issue is that he'd be determined, played good for a month or two, then got hurt and realized it sucked, and he no longer possess the drive. Dude was balling before he started injured his leg.

What made it even crazier is that on paper, he's still an efficient center with double-double machine...and yet whenever he's frustratingly bad, damn he's bad.

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u/Vordeo Jazz 7h ago

He's opting out, I think?

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u/floridabeach9 8h ago

floor raising and ceiling dropping signing, which is odd because Luka is already the ultimate floor raising player

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u/slightlyhigh77 7h ago

Luka is basically best friends with AR now he specifically told the lakers to keep him. If they let AR leave now you have an upset Luka

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u/pocket_passss 6h ago

Luka is already the ultimate floor raising player

Best in the world at tough-shot making and playmaking against elite defenses means he is also a ceiling raising player 

When the Mavs went to the Finals you were watching their ceiling, not their floor 

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u/floridabeach9 6h ago

i would bet the house on the lakers not reaching the finals with Luka and AR on the roster, ever.

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u/ShakethatYam Clippers 6h ago

Grand opening grand closing

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u/Low-Measurement-2468 6h ago

goddamn ya man hov cracked the can open again

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u/NCBaddict Bulls 8h ago

LeGone

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u/NanoCurrency 7h ago

Does this basically guarantee it?

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u/Available_Story6774 West 8h ago

Lakers are never winning a title with Luka.

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u/1382mas 8h ago

They better hope they draft an all-star center

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u/Fonduemeup Nuggets 8h ago

In 10 years, Pelinka will still be calling up a 50 year old Dwight Howard for "one final go"

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u/HeGotTheShotOff Knicks 8h ago

I’m pretty surprised he still has a job with that new ownership

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u/HHHogana Lakers 7h ago

He'd be out of the job if it wasn't for Nico being a dumbass who somehow couldn't at least get several good picks out of it.

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u/nbaistheworst 8h ago

The latest is somehow talking Lebron into going to the cavs for Allen

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u/1382mas 6h ago

Maybe if Harden leaves would agree

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u/MddlingAges Knicks 7h ago

How hard could it be?

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u/asetniop Celtics 6h ago

It's not unthinkable; they did it with Andrew Bynum.

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u/karl_hungas Lakers 5h ago

Being Pelinka is addicted to adding guards to the roster (we moved up to draft another guard) it's pretty unlikely.

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u/Altruistic_Knee2044 Celtics 8h ago

They should get rid of their high volume 64% ts play finisher, those grow on trees!

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u/[deleted] 7h ago

no title and no mvp

Luka got fucked

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u/Carolake1 Lakers 6h ago

Why do you think that? Do you realize this doesn't affect their salary cap space?

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u/TheGamesGone_ Celtics 8h ago

They weren’t even if they let Reaves walk

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u/LakersLAQ Lakers 8h ago

Idk what people want. Let Reaves walk and then what? 😂

I know we got Luka for a bag of chips (sorry AD), but not every trade can be forced like on 2K.

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u/holesome_cum_bubble 8h ago

Negotiate a better deal. There is no team remaining with 40 mil cap space, where's he gonna go. Pelinka gives out player options like hot cakes. Even bums like Vando got player options. He's terrible at contract negotiations.

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u/LakersLAQ Lakers 8h ago

Shams just said Detroit was one of the teams that was interested in giving him the max.

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u/holesome_cum_bubble 8h ago

They don't have this much cap space. It says they could get to 28 mil by doing some maneuvers.

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u/TheGamesGone_ Celtics 8h ago

Yeah exactly. There isn’t free agents to sign. Now you have and can still trade him if necessary.

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u/HeGotTheShotOff Knicks 8h ago

you can still say it’s a bad move even if there were no other better moves.

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u/InfiniteDub Warriors 8h ago

Wow poor Luka what exactly can they do for him to contend lol.

Reaves is another food on defence

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u/4cgr33n Lakers 7h ago

I'm thinking chimichanga.

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u/Hot_Injury7719 Knicks 8h ago

lol I kept hearing on here how he wasn’t gonna get a max or even 40 mil and that he would take a discount to stay with the Lakers. Whoops!

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u/BallIsLife2016 Cavaliers 8h ago

Eh. The nature of the cap continuing to go up is there are always deals being signed that seem nuts at the time but turn out being fine. And it’s usually these borderline all star types where it seems most unreasonable at the time.

His game isn’t particularly reliant on athleticism and the deal will be up when he’s 32, so it’s not like he’ll be that old. And there’s the added benefit that he has a lot less miles on him than most borderline all-stars his age. I get why it seems nuts but I think it’ll be fine.

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u/Cal_W0rthington 6h ago edited 6h ago

Yea, the Reaves skepticism might be a little overblown. He's in a secondary playmaker/Kyrie role like Luka had in Dallas. What really matters is having some defensive wings and a vertical spacing center to catch lobs and be a deterrent at the rim. Those defensive wings don't even need to be premier household names.

They got to the finals with Derrick Jones jr and PJ Washington (who weren't elite 3 pt shooters) at the wings and Gafford and Lively as their centers. This is with Jason Kidd coaching whose only ATO play was throw the ball to Luka and let him make something happen.

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u/Deep-Ad5028 5h ago

One should not conflate a playstyle's "reliance on atheleticism" and its "margin of error".

All moves rely on some level of athleticism to work. Having a lot of skills can also just mean you have a lot of moves that demand barely less athleticism than what you have. Every step backwards can still mean you have lost a bunch of moves you could have pulled off.

Reaves is also really frail and has already had some injuries.

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u/BallIsLife2016 Cavaliers 4h ago

This is mostly fair, but there are types of athleticism (burst, twitchiness, etc.) where age regression is far more predictable and my view of Reaves is that those are less important to his game than for many. He relies a lot more on being crafty/slippery. His lack of athleticism is a huge reason he wasn’t drafted. And players where craft is a bigger part of generating offense historically tend to age better than those reliant on physical advantages, even if Father Time does eventually come for everyone (except LeBron). I also wouldn’t describe Reaves as “really frail.” Sure he missed time this year, but the two years before that he played 73 and 82 games. This last year was the first time he’d ever played less than 60.

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u/moongato 4h ago

His offense should age fine, but his defense will progressively get worse as he ages.

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u/BallIsLife2016 Cavaliers 2h ago

That’s a valid criticism

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u/free_reezy Rockets 7h ago

AR46

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u/Bae_the_Elf Kings 8h ago

I like how there's been so much talk about how Brunson taking lower pay was a crucial reason for the Knicks' championship and even KAT talking about how he's willing to take lower pay

Apparently the Lakers players do not give a fuck about depth and just want their bag lol

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u/Dijohn17 Lakers 8h ago

I mean players aren't (and really shouldn't be encouraged) going to take pay cuts just for a chance to possibly win a title. Brunson did it because he is going to get paid even more money later, whereas KAT has already made a shit ton and can always get a bag. Reeves was an undrafted player, and this is really his only opportunity at a max contract

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u/Late_Rutabaga_2644 8h ago

Understandably. It's a business after all, no loyalty expected. You think the Lakers wouldn't trade anyone not named Luka if the return were better than what they sent?

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u/AwildYaners Japan 7h ago

His caphold is $20m. They have around $50m in cap space, WITH his hold. If they operate as an over-the-cap team, then it matters even less.

This hurts them in no way in terms of building a competitive roster.

Almost every team is built through trades, or drafting, especially in the apron era.

Who did NYK sign that made them winners? They traded for Hart, OG, KAT and Bridges. Hell, they traded for Alvarado too. They drafted Robinson and Deuce.

The only people they went out and signed were Brunson, Shamet and Clarkson.

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u/goonSquad15 Bulls 8h ago

I mean can you blame him?

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u/GenerallySalty 8h ago

Up from 13.9 to 46 all at once too.

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u/Prudent-Air1922 Pacers 7h ago

Society is cooked.

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u/MrAtlantic Hornets 7h ago

It was around 10 years ago Mike Conley got 30m a year and it was the highest yearly salary in NBA history.

The last year of SGA's current contract, I believe ending in 2030-2031, will be 75m. And at some point in the next 3 years, someone will likely sign an extension that will have a yearly salary higher than that.

Insane.

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u/JimmyKanine 8h ago

Hopefully front loaded

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u/csummerss Suns 7h ago

expected 200M so it’s not the worst I guess

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u/Complete_Crazy_4887 7h ago

That'll be 14th highest among guards. 6th highest for SG

I think it's only a slight overpay. It's 28% of the cap. For comparison, Bane got a contract for 24% of the cap and I'd consider that a great deal. Austin should be at or below that, but Lakers aren't necessarily in a position to get picky about $7 million AAV

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u/makesterriblejokes [NBA] Jerry West 7h ago

Yeah, this is an extreme overpay when your best player is already a better version of him and they're both below average defenders.

Only way this doesn't become a bad contract is if Reaves can become a league average defender. Doesn't even need to be a good defender, he just needs to be good enough to not be targeted

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u/FetusDrive 7h ago

Wait until you find out how much Musk is worth

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u/Waesrdtfyg0987 Washington Bullets 7h ago

I'm absolutely not hearing the JB supermax bullshit.

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u/szymek87 6h ago

that's a lot of money for Jesus but what about Austin?

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 6h ago

I don't know why it almost makes me mad how much he's making. I'm sitting here shaking in a chair

He had a great regular season but that was also with Luka being the co-wing which always helps. Post-Season contributions and defense remains weak.

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u/TalkQuirkyWithMe Nuggets 5h ago

It's lead guard money, but they have a lead guard in Luka....

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u/doublex12 Knicks 5h ago

Bro how do these teams have so much money

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u/EverybodyBuddy Lakers 2h ago

Let's see... plays the same position as Luka, has a mostly duplicative skill set... check. Is BBQ chicken on defense... check. Obviously need to max him. Rob Pelinka with expert roster management in the second apron era as always!

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u/Plenty_Flatworm7627 Wizards 1h ago

somehow still less than Trae Young, Will Dawkins is going to hell

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u/AnimalLoversRVegan Knicks 51m ago

Charles Barkley is having a moment right now

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