06-26-2025, 04:42 PM
(06-26-2025, 04:27 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/lakers-...14132.html
Reaves' likely next payday will be more in the four-year, $120 million range (or higher).
Expect Reaves to come up in a lot of trade rumors in the next year — teams will wonder, with Doncic in the fold, if the Lakers want to pay another negative defender that much.
Reaves is as negative defender as Kyrie is... That is ok, if we are looking from perspective, that LeBron is retiring soon. Or at least playing in a much reduced capacity. If Lakers intend to focus on Luka-LeBron window in full capacity, most likely result will be that they lose both in a couple of years.
But not really important. No matter how you think of Reaves, his market value is not high because of his contract status. He will be a FA next summer and will not sign an extension with anyone (no team is allowed to offer him a big enough extension he thinks he can get). So whoever is trading for him, is risking that he is trading for a one season rental. That is not worth a lot. Lakers best bet is to keep Reaves this season and negotiate a win-win deal in the summer. All indications so far point that this is the best outcome for both Lakers and Reaves.
Paradox - if he would sign that extension, he would be a great asset (and could be traded for a nice haul). Which is probably one of the reasons why he is not signing that extension. He at least has full control where he will play next season.