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

Lowe No question that they Lakers overpaid for him Kessler and are now trapped with this team and have to figure out either this is the team or is there a way to pivot by trading Austin Reaves Goldsberry He has to deodorize a stank at the POA with Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic

Buha I spoke with several Lakers people this weekend more often than not there was an acknowledgment that we might have taken a slight step back this season but this is about the longer-term vision here with building this core from the ground up around Luka and Austin

Windhorst In the last few days I dont think Philly really loved their position in the running Their big pitch was trading for Jaylen Brown but LeBron kept making it a point to reach out to the 76ers players and give them hope that they were still involved

Basketball University Austin Reaves is one of the best paint scorers in the NBA period Ruthless getting downhill High foul draw rate Insane finisher Soft touch bag of counters when he cant get all the way to the rack Premium grade paint bucket

Austin Reaves shot-making compilation from his breakout season last year where he averaged 233 PPG 55 APG and 47 RPG while finishing No 2 in True Shooting 641 TS behind only SGA among guards who averaged 20 points per game

Bobby Fairways presents a one-sided bet to LeBron James and Austin Reaves for tickets to a Lakers-Sixers game if he wins the golf match