The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly plan to offer Austin Reaves a five-year, $240 million contract this offseason, and the undrafted guard is expected to decline his player option to become an unrestricted free agent despite interest from the Utah Jazz and other teams.
Despite interest from the Utah Jazz and several other teams, the Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly planning to offer Austin Reaves a five-year, $240 million contract this offseason once unrestricted free agency begins, according to Lakers Daily.
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Reaves is widely expected to decline his player option for next season in order to enter unrestricted free agency.
According to the same report, the Lakers have "no fear" of losing the undrafted guard, who is believed to want to spend his entire career with the Purple and Gold.
Reaves has been in the NBA since 2021 and has built close relationships with Luka Doncic, LeBron James, and head coach JJ Redick, per Lakers Daily.
This season, Reaves is averaging a career-high 23.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game while shooting 49.5% from the field and 37.5% from three-point range.
"I've heard that the Utah Jazz like Austin Reaves. I don't think that's a shock, but I've heard that that's one of the teams that's interested in Austin Reaves," Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report said on Buha's Block. "Theoretically, do a sign-and-trade for Walker Kessler, where Kessler's and some draft compensation are coming to the Lakers, and Austin's going to Utah.
"I know that it's rumored from people I trust that Utah really likes Austin," Pincus added. "I don't think that's a leap. I know the Lakers have been linked to Kessler for a long period of time."
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