Lane Reaves' agent AMRAgency had this to say Austin has nothing but the utmost respect for Luka and truly enjoys playing alongside him Any suggestion to the contrary is completely false Hes excited to be on the court with Lukaboth now and in the future

McMenamin Austin Reaves on Luka Doncic Hes one of my best friends on this planet I talk to him almost every single day He sends me videos of his golf swing and asks me what he can do to get better and I tell him Im not a coach

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

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

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

Magic Boston looked up and said Okay Im going to put Luka in the pick-and-roll every time Then Tatum had him saying Oh you want me Okay Im just going to go past you or pull up for my jump shot because he knew he could beat him off the dribble They did the same thing to Austin Reaves