What does this mean for the Bucks and Herro?

Needs to step up in the playoffs now. No excuses

Luka’s leaving even though he persnally wanted Reaves to stay? Man…Reddit gonna reddit. The salt is hilarious.

Pelinka: I’m not gonna be here next year 

Luka not resigning with the Lakers lmao. Under the new CBA the formula for a title will be to have 2 max guys and fill out the edges. Austin Reeves can’t be your max #2. In the NBA I haven’t seen a bigger superstar with worse team roster management than Luka

Detroit would have been a great place for him to go. He’d perfectly fill in the number 2 role

I was rooting for maximum chaos and Reaves did not deliver

Shame, I was hoping the Nets would add another guard with an allergy to defense

Since everyone on this sub cannot seem to grasp this concept, Reaves was always getting paid a ton of money. 

His cap hold is still only 20 mil until he signs the contract and he will be the final free agent to sign, which still gives the lakers 50 mil in space. 

This will be a tradeable contract in 2 years if needed as you have guys like Fox making 60 mil.

When is pelinka going to be fired??

shouldve done a reeves/duren sign and trade

It may be an overpay, but I won’t be upset about it. If the Lakers hadn’t given him the max, it was inevitable that another team would have, and we’d walk away with nothing. Worse players than Reaves have easily gotten max contracts in the last decade or so.

At least this way, the Lakers still have options down the line if they decide to trade him.

nice! our championship window has officially closed

I mean they had to bring him back. Very good player who is great at playing off their stars.

Also can’t fault him for cashing in when you consider how much of a bargain his last deal was.

It’s kind of a damned if you do damned if you don’t. AR is not good enough to be a championship #2 as it stands now ( we’ve seen it time and again in the playoffs) but they also couldn’t just lose him for nothing

They were always going to resign him at a max number. Lose lose for them.

Lakers were fucked either way if Detroit was gonna offer the max. Better we lock him down then he leaves and we are left holding nothing. It’s a 21 million cap hold for this off season so how is the time to cook Pelinka (please god).

Fuck you detorit lol

I’M HIM! I’M HIM!

I had kinda hoped the Jazz would draft Boozer and then sign and trade Kessler for Reaves. But this is probably the best move the Lakers could make.

Reserving judgment until the next playoffs on this deal…

Ppl were glazing Reaves like a top 25 player this season. Then he gets hurt, rushes back for the playoffs, and struggled. Now he fuckin sucks.

Hilarious what a brutal gauntlet warzone the west is until it’s pointed out the Lakers were the 4 seed   and battled OKC pretty tough for not having their 1st team all nba superstar (for the ppl who actually watch basketball). 

wtf were they supposed to do let him walk for nothing? They’re not a better team without Reaves.

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This is damn near organizational malpractice. The Lakers are gonna waste Luka’s prime

ok i didn’t think there was interest to this extend. looks like the lakers where screwed either way.

did any other teams have max level salary space lmao? lakers bid against themselves

I think they’ll really be regretting giving reeves a huge contract in a couple of years. He’s good but between him and Luka like $110m of their salary cap is going to two guys that can’t defend

Idk if we would have given him a max it would have had to have been a sign and trade for duren

where will Lebron go 

MULTIPLE TEAMS (CAVS, KNICKS, DENVER, MINESOTA): We’re going to sign Reaves on maximum-level salary

PALINKA: Shit a lot of teams are going to max him. Let’s sign this guy quickly.

REAVES: (Signs) Thank you.

PALINKA: Wait a minute…

I’d rather have Tyler Herro on a 30m expiring contract than Reaves getting 46m/yr. They’re the same caliber of player with the same flaws

Jesus lol. So luka plays this season and is gone right?

Did Detroit (or anyone else) even have the ability to offer the max?

It’s a good move. Lashers has to pay someone. Might as well someone who Luka likes to play with.

And no, this doesn’t affect the Laker’s window. Because there wasn’t any window to begin with. They are not getting past the Thunder or the Spurs no matter who they sign

Thank God the Lakers are the team paying him $46mil+

Reaves for Duren? Both on the same “not worth the max” “playoff drop” “one dimensional” talk

Lol

I just don’t see them winning a chip with two defensive liabilities on the perimeter.

With this, their fate is sealed.

Another however many years of claiming to be a contender but never quite contending 😭

This sht is horrible for the lakers

Don’t Lakers need to sign a center and re-sign LeBron, Rui, Smart and Luke?

So the cap space isn’t really cap space and the free agents pickings are non existent so best they will do is trot out the same lineup minus LeBron or Ayton. Though I do think okc will end up trading dort to Lakers so that will be one positive move.

But are we sure?

Wait how was Detroit going to offer a max? They were going to make immediate moves before negotiating with him or something?

Wonder if it’ll age like the MPJ max. Pretty similar situation here.

Lmao