The Lakers are re-signing shooting guard Austin Reaves to a four-year contract worth the Early Bird maximum of $56 million, agents Aaron Reilly and Reggie Berry told Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The return of Reaves, a restricted free agent, was among the Lakers’ offseason priorities. They have been extremely active free agency — having already agreed to deals with free agent guard Gabe Vincent (Heat), center Jaxson Hayes (Pelicans), Taurean Prince (Timberwolves) and Cam Reddish (Trail Blazers).
They also are keeping restricted free agent forward Rui Hachimura and guard D’Angelo Russell, as we relayed here.
Reaves, 25, was at times LA’s second- or third-best player during their run to the Western Conference finals. During the playoffs, he averaged 16.9 points, 4.6 assists and 4.4 rebounds, shooting 44 percent on 3-pointers, in 16 games.
More details: Reaves’ new deal contains a player option on Year 4, a 15 percent trade kicker, and the maximum advance allowable, per sources. The Lakers included everything they legally could to make sure Reaves stayed in Los Angeles. https://t.co/dEkgGQAanw
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2023
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