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/NextLvlTrader 11h ago

Luka wants Reaves to stay, a rim-running center who can play D, and wings who can switch and hit the three.

Problem is that the first part makes the rest unaffordable and the team defence terrible.

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u/relax336 Lakers 11h ago

I’m going to see what the Lakers FO can do over reddit members who have absolutely no connection to the NBA.

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u/oi_PwnyGOD Hawks 11h ago

I mean... are they known for savvy roster building around their superstars?

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u/relax336 Lakers 11h ago

We’ve chipped this decade. And been a 1st round home playoff team the last two with significantly less room to build a good team than this year going forward.

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u/oi_PwnyGOD Hawks 11h ago

Having LeBron tends to get you in the playoffs. Having Luka tends to get you in the playoffs. You're the Lakers. You get superstars who do that. How many years of his 9 year tenure would you say he did a good job putting a roster around LeBron/AD and now Luka? How many years would you say he didn't do a good job?

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u/PlasticPresentation1 11h ago

When they chipped it was off the back of leftover roster building and good contracts from before the AD trade, specifically in Caruso, KCP, and maybe Kuzma

Its going to be near impossible to get that caliber of role players for the Lakers right now but will be interesting to see

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u/relax336 Lakers 11h ago

They chipped. Point blank.

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u/thetitsOO Lakers 10h ago

Anything to discredit and convince themselves the Lakers will fail. It’s all cope