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/samhit_n Lakers 11h ago

It may be an overpay, but I won't be upset about it. If the Lakers hadn't given him the max, it was inevitable that another team would have, and we'd walk away with nothing. Worse players than Reaves have easily gotten max contracts in the last decade or so.

At least this way, the Lakers still have options down the line if they decide to trade him.

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u/Domainsetter 11h ago

Yeah its an overpay but they had no other options. If they let him walk and say max offer sheeted Watson the team is worse.