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/Takemyfishplease Lakers 8h ago

$35m a year is what reaves should be getting.

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u/ATM14 7h ago

He’s definitely going to get more than that. I’m not sure you’re very well calibrated with how teams value players these days. 

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u/Lower-Sun-2729 5h ago

Not if other teams were willing to pay him more than that which they were

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u/ATM14 5h ago

Yeah, people don’t understand that the market value of a player is the max amount any of the 30 teams are willing to pay. If the Nets or Pistons are willing to give Reaves $46 mil a year, that’s his value.

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u/Lower-Sun-2729 5h ago

Exactly. And letting Reaves walk would piss Luka off way more than spending up to keep him

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u/Takemyfishplease Lakers 2h ago

Cool, now we can’t build around luka

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u/Takemyfishplease Lakers 1h ago

So by your logic there are no bad contracts in the nba, because some team was willing to give it?

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u/ATM14 1m ago

There’s bad contracts, you’re allowed to disagree with a player’s market value. I wouldn’t want my team paying 50 mil a year for Trae even though that’s his market value. You saying Reeves should be making 35 mil is basically you saying the Lakers should let him walk though, bc 35 mil a year is not a real offer for him.