Charania The Chicago Bulls are expected to covet Austin Reaves in any trade scenario involving Zach LaVine

Charania I'm told over the last 24-48 hours the Lakers came to the understanding that Austin Reaves had multiple max contracts available to him in free agency The Detroit Pistons were coming aggressively for him So that's why today the Lakers stepped up to give him this deal

Charania The Lakers held a meeting with Austin Reaves playing his favorite country songs and made him Pillows with AR initials on them in their recruiting pitch

Windhorst 2 days ago the Lakers and Austin Reaves' camp were pretty far apart in their discussions about where his contract would land Then the Lakers yesterday pivoted increasing their offer somewhere in the neighbourhood of 50 per season

Draymond says he was surprised at the Reaves contract I didn't expect the Lakers to go so high On a team where you had Austin Luka and LeBron the team didn't fare as well as one would hope I thought Lakers would stand pat and negotiate it down Austin had some struggles in the playoffs

Charania The Portland Trail Blazers arent actively pursuing Jaylen Brown and view Ja Morant as their big move

Charania Both the Toronto Raptors and the LA Clippers expect the previously agreed upon trade and its terms to still wind up happening