JJ Redick on his talk with Austin Reaves in the offseason It's as much Austin's team as it is LeBron's team or Luka's team I told him he's out of excuses You're no longer the undrafted guy who's a young player You're one of the guys now Every day he's willing to be coached It's been awesome

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

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

LeBron James reposts video of Austin Rivers strongly supporting newest 76ers player Jaylen Brown and his being outspoken off the court

Walker Kessler on JJ Redicks discussions with him about expanding his game to the 3-point line in addition to being a lob threat Coach JJ is obviously hyper-intelligent I think for a big to be able to stretch the floor or even have the threat of it makes scouting really difficult for teams

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

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