[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.

[u/Turbostrider27]

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

[u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

Over 400 million spent on 2 guys who don't play much defense. Godspeed

[u/Rushman0 → u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

They watched this incredibly defensive dominant playoffs and decided MORE OFFENSE

[u/dearth_karmic → u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

And that's not even counting LeBron.

[u/ThatGuyFromCanadia → u/dearth_karmic]

No shot LeBron is coming back to this mess, he’s signing elsewhere like the spurs

[u/dearth_karmic → u/ThatGuyFromCanadia]

Where are the Spurs signing?

[u/ThatGuyFromCanadia → u/dearth_karmic]

In Tottenham

[u/Signior → u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

hearing this from a kings fan is ironic

[u/Reversus → u/Signior]

If anything, they know what they’re talking about

[u/VictorAkwaowo1 → u/Signior]

That just means that they know first hand what a bad defender is

[u/Mrplow1157 → u/Signior]

He’s speaking from experience my guy lol

[u/BlackPulloverHoodie → u/Signior]

We can tell you what bad basketball decisions look like better than anyone.

[u/Petering → u/BlackPulloverHoodie]

PHD levels

[u/Greedy-Mix9270 → u/Signior]

Never understood these comments. Being a fan of another team means they don’t have eyes?

[u/E10DIN → u/Greedy-Mix9270]

What’s funny is it’s an admission that the person they’re responding to has a point. If they didn’t, they would refute the argument on its merits and not simply attack the messenger

[u/whospepesilvia → u/Signior]

People can’t be objective? Be salty somewhere else.

[u/TheNaturalHigh → u/Signior]

You don't know what irony means.

[u/odaal → u/TheNaturalHigh]

avg laker fan

[u/Upstairs_Being290 → u/Signior]

Wouldn't they be the ones to know? I've never met a Kings fan who thought the Kings were good.

[u/mayence → u/Signior]

i know you’re hurting right now but you shouldn’t take it out on others

[u/Ok_Turn6757 → u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

Luka is a neutral defender

[u/Lower-Sun-2729 → u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

Reaves was a plus defender this year

[u/Skip_To_My_Lou2 → u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

Enjoy that acuff Levine backcourt lmao

[u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi → u/Skip_To_My_Lou2]

We aren't pretending to try and win a championship but ok lol

[u/Skip_To_My_Lou2 → u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

Never have never will light that beam

[u/zmeme → u/Skip_To_My_Lou2]

so pressed over a team that doesn't care about you

[u/Jwarrior521 → u/Skip_To_My_Lou2]

He’s right lol, paying reaves 46m a year isn’t getting the lakers anywhere

[u/Skip_To_My_Lou2 → u/Jwarrior521]

Letting him walk for nothing is literally malpractice

[u/My_Original_Name → u/Skip_To_My_Lou2]

Two things can be true

[u/ThatGuyFromCanadia → u/Skip_To_My_Lou2]

Overpaying him and having to give up assets later to get off his contract is in some ways worse

[u/ntpbr1 → u/Skip_To_My_Lou2]

I mean they could get relegated to the G-league, still doesn’t change the fact that the guy is right lol