Charania Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doni is expected to miss the series against the Houston Rockets Austin Reaves has begun 1-on-1 on-court work but remains out indefinitely

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

Lowlight Austin Reaves with a laser pass to an unamused Lakers' fan in the first row causing a spill with replays

Austin Reaves full highlights vs Oklahoma City Thunder tonight 110-115 L - Game 4 - Western Semifinals - 2026 NBA Playoffs 27 Points on 816 FG 37 from 3 429 89 FT 889 7 Rebounds 1 Off Reb 6 Assists 8 TOV 2 Blocks 5 PF and a - of -6 in 4259 minutes played