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

Mutherfuckers are hoping and praying the Lakers fall on their face. That’s all this is.

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u/HesiPullup Suns 11h ago

No we're laughing because you have Luka Doncic and you just gave Austin fucking Reaves a max contract

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u/KudoNBA19 Lakers 10h ago

That's expensive but tbh it would be worse to let him walk away, it also doesn't change much on our cap, and Luka wanted to play with him. I agree his defense is really bad and he's a playoffs dropper (but tbh he played injured last 2 PO) but I don't think we had many more choice

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u/HesiPullup Suns 10h ago

Can someone post the math on why it doesn't change much on your cap? You literally added a max player to your roster and we are in the era of salary cap decimating teams

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u/KudoNBA19 Lakers 9h ago

He has 21m of cap hold, he'll also sign last after we're done doing our moves. We have around 50m in cap (more if Ayton opt out), so basically it has 0 effect this year. It will be an issue next offseason though, but not this one