The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly tried and failed in a giant swing to lock down guard Austin Reaves for years to return.
Reaves has formally declined a four-year, $89.2 million max extension provide from the Lakers, according to Dan Woike of The Athletic. That’s the most the Lakers can provide Reaves at this second.
Reaves’ resolution is only an financial one. He has two years remaining on a four-year, $54 million deal he signed in 2023. Subsequent offseason, he can decide out of that contract and obtain rather more than the $89 million the Lakers can provide him now. Experiences have indicated that he wants a great deal more than what will be supplied proper now as properly.
The choice was not a shock to the Lakers, and Woike writes that it’s not a mirrored image of how the 2 sides really feel about one another. Reaves has come up in commerce rumors for the reason that begin of the offseason, however his personal camp is adamant that he is going nowhere, and the Lakers don’t seem desperate to commerce him both.
Reaves is coming off a breakout season that noticed him common 20.2 factors per recreation whereas capturing 37.7 p.c from three-point vary. He has grow to be an integral a part of the Lakers regardless of his standing as a former undrafted free agent.
