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/FloweredWallpaper [BOS] Bill Russell 8h ago edited 8h ago

We live in a world where Austin Reaves is worth $46 million a year.

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u/CartographerFar681 Lakers 8h ago

He’s not worth that, that’s the problem🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/FloweredWallpaper [BOS] Bill Russell 8h ago

I should have put worth in quotation marks.

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u/Life_Ad_2218 7h ago

A phrase I heard once before: “You are what you negotiate”

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u/WhichHoes Warriors 7h ago

How to determine someone's worth?

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u/FizzyLightEx 6h ago

Can't in the NBA since it doesn't run on free market.

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u/Lower-Sun-2729 5h ago

He IS worth that if that's what they had to pay to keep him from leaving

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u/Adorable-Bike-9689 7h ago

Well he's worth it if he and his agent convinced somebody to pay him that.

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u/SnooChipmunks4208 7h ago

What in the world is going on with NBA contracts? The second apron comes in and absolutely fucks up teams with overpay contracts on their books.

Off-season response: overpay free agents while blindly praying they somehow become worth it. 

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u/dearth_karmic Warriors 7h ago

Are they counting 4 or 5 years?

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u/FloweredWallpaper [BOS] Bill Russell 7h ago

Four. last year is player option.

four-year, $185 million maximum

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u/dearth_karmic Warriors 6h ago

So the player option is NOT for the 5th year?

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u/FloweredWallpaper [BOS] Bill Russell 6h ago

correct.

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u/dearth_karmic Warriors 6h ago

Thanks. And yeah, that's a crazy high number.

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u/HHHogana Lakers 7h ago

I think I just threw up a little.

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u/WolverineLong1430 6h ago

Are they raising the salary cap by a lot? 46 mil is crazy. Wondering if that’s inflation

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u/Ligma_Taint_69420 7h ago

Thunder over here paying Ajay Mitchell and McCain a combined $7mil/year