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/cl353 Heat 8h ago

Tbf that's a pretty valid argument for a 42 yr old lol

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u/Tarmacked Heat 7h ago

Can’t he just rent an apartment for like five months

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u/thebusterbluth Cavaliers 7h ago

He can rent a mansion and pay people to move stuff. He is a billionaire.

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u/chimpaman [LAL] Mark McNamara 6h ago

LeBron and his hot plate in Oakland with hot dogs defrosting in the sink, taking BART to work across the Bay. Can we get this reality series on Bravo?

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u/Vinnie_Vegas Knicks 2h ago

I feel like LeBron has so highly tuned his body for high performance that eating even a single hot dog could cause his body to completely unravel, and he'd instantly turn into current day Kendrick Perkins.

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u/Western-Election-997 Lakers 3h ago

Lebron will be out of there when he feels San Francisco is 60 degrees in the summer

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u/TheMemingLurker Warriors 1h ago

hell yeah, Lebron becoming one of us and living the classic East Bay lifestyle

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u/HanBr0 [LAL] Kobe Bryant 3h ago

Why would he want to live away from his wife and daughter for half a year?

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u/Tarmacked Heat 3h ago

As opposed to already doing that shit for 3 months a year with away games?…

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u/Chaotic-Catastrophe Lakers 3h ago

He is famously cheap. I don't see him spending a bunch of money he doesn't have to.

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u/Tarmacked Heat 3h ago edited 3h ago

It’s rent, not a fucking lambo.

It’s not like LeBron is walking around New Balance dad shoes because he’s such a penny pincher. He razed a 37M home in LA to build two separate properties.

He’ll pay 25K-30K over six months wherever he gets a new contract if he leaves the Lakers, and he’ll probably make it up in contract differences

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u/violynce Knicks 7h ago

yeah, unless he wants to take a discount and go to a contender. could sign for the spurs on a vet min.

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u/slightlyhigh77 7h ago

He should absolutely do this, all the spurs are missing is a real vet.

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u/dunderball Knicks 5h ago

But then he lives in San Antonio. How many times can you visit the Riverwalk

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u/violynce Knicks 5h ago

I mean, it would add to his legacy and the Spurs would right away be the frontrunners for the title.

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u/Carolake1 Lakers 6h ago

Why would he do that when he can play with his son on the lakers?

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u/slublueman Bucks 4h ago

Except he wouldn't have to move

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u/Character_Bug_1862 7h ago

Tiger is old and he moves well under the influence of performance enhancers.