Austin Reaves is re-signing with the Los Angeles Lakers on a four-year contract extension worth $185 million, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Reaves’ Career with the Lakers
Reaves is declining his $14.9 million player option for the upcoming season to ink this extension with the team that signed him out of Oklahoma after the draft in 2021. The shifty guard has grown into one of the NBA’s most effective scorers and playmakers, increasing his scoring average in every season of his five-year career.
Reaves averaged 23.3 points, 5.5 assists and 4.7 rebounds last season despite missing two significant chunks of the year with injuries that followed him into the postseason. He has also developed a close bond with his Lakers backcourt partner, NBA scoring champion Luka Doncic.
Original reporting: NBC4 Los Angeles — read the source article.
