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

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

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

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

Austin Reaves banks in the logo 3-pointer with his left hand off the whistle

Austin Reaves with the shifty handle and finish at the rim over Jaylin Williams

Austin Reaves gets to the line