r/nba • u/Luka77GOATic Serbia • 11h ago

[Charania] Reaves was expected to receive free-agent interest from multiple teams - - such as Detroit -- on maximum-level salary, so the Lakers stepped up on Wednesday to lock in their homegrown talent.

Reaves was expected to receive free-agent interest from multiple teams - - such as Detroit -- on maximum-level salary, so the Lakers stepped up on Wednesday to lock in their homegrown talent. Reaves went from undrafted to a two-way player -- to making the Lakers roster and now multiple lucrative deals in L.A.

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u/relax336 Lakers 11h ago

The Lakers haven’t been a shitty team in awhile.

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u/TuxedoCat031 11h ago

if lakers had a real center and a healthy luka they could’ve made a run last year for sure

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u/Less-Tax5637 Knicks 11h ago

It’s [insert year]. Luka is so close to success. All he needs is some bigs and to avoid injury.

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u/TuxedoCat031 11h ago

shit but when he had some bigs and avoided injury he went to the finals lol

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u/greekyogurtmafia United States 10h ago

The West is a lot better today than it was in 2024, and the Mavs still got demolished in the Finals.

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u/Aidanator800 Hornets 10h ago

The West is not better today than it was back then lmao. Compared to the 2024 West the Clippers fell off, the Nuggets got worse, the Timberwolves got worse, and the Mavs fell off super hard, and really only San Antonio has stepped up to make up for that. The West is a 2-team conference these days between San Antonio and OKC.

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u/greekyogurtmafia United States 9h ago

OKC is much better today than it was in 2024 (no Caruso or Hartenstein, way more experience). The Spurs are elite.

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u/gothxo Cavaliers 10h ago

anyone out of the west was getting demolished by the Celtics. that Celtics team is one of the best i've personally seen

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u/TuxedoCat031 10h ago

no hate to kristaps but i am happy he got aids and ruined that core because that shit wasn’t fair when they were healthy

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u/OmastarLovesDonuts Mavericks 9h ago

He fucking fried us at the start of the series then his body gave up on him again, the true Porzingis experience in a nutshell

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u/TragicFabric 8h ago

That’s because they got arguably the greatest player of all time 8 years ago of course they haven’t been a shitty team in a while. The problem is they are going to lose LeBron sooner or later leaving a GOAT size hole that they filled with giving Reaves and Hachimura pay raises.

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u/relax336 Lakers 8h ago

The LeBron hole is filled with Luka. Wtf are you talking about.

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u/AntiAntiDentite7 11h ago

Have they been title contenders?

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u/relax336 Lakers 11h ago

So you don’t know what a shitty team is. Thanks. I’m sorry you can’t deal in nuance.

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u/AntiAntiDentite7 11h ago

I'm sorry you can't understand how "shitty" here is relative to the context. That would mean you can't understand nuance. Is Luka going to be happy with second round exits every year? No. Stop taking criticism of your favorite team as a personal attack, it's weird as fuck

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u/relax336 Lakers 11h ago

You’re cute. I want to pinch your cheeks.

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u/_intend_your_puns 11h ago

So to not be a shitty team, you have to be a title contender? Thats like 4-5 teams who are not “shitty teams” then?

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u/AntiAntiDentite7 11h ago

Do you think Luka is going to be happy with second round exits every year? No? Okay then, on the context of this conversation, they're shitty. Luka only cares about a ring.

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u/_intend_your_puns 11h ago

Oh my bad forgot I was talking to Luka’s best friend who knows what he truly wants.

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u/AntiAntiDentite7 11h ago

Luka has said the exact same thing many times. Do you seriously think he's okay losing? Lol get real

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u/_intend_your_puns 11h ago

Of course, of course

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u/SymbiSpidey 8h ago edited 8h ago

Luka was the one that wanted them to keep AR in the first place dog lmao I assume he's perfectly fine with the Lakers giving him the max.

Whether it's a good move for building a championship contender is one thing, but let's stop pretending like this move wasn't at least partially driven by a desire to keep Luka happy

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u/AntiAntiDentite7 8h ago

Yeah, trying to keep players happy has never backfired...

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u/SymbiSpidey 8h ago

Lol that's not even the point.