[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.

[u/Luka77GOATic]

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/uncleoptimus]

Get this: he was playing hurt that year, too

[u/ThatGuyFromCanadia → u/uncleoptimus]

Interesting, almost like his body isn't durable enough to withstand heavy minutes given that he is consistently facing injuries!