The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly tried and failed in an enormous swing to lock down guard Austin Reaves for years to come back.
Reaves has formally declined a four-year, $89.2 million max extension supply from the Lakers, according to Dan Woike of The Athletic. That’s the most the Lakers can supply Reaves at this second.
Reaves’ choice 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 supply him now. Stories have indicated that he wants a great deal more than what could be provided proper now as nicely.
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 sport whereas taking pictures 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.
