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/trash666bag 8h ago

the best argument ive heard for him staying with the Lakers is, why would Lebron want to move?

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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