No！ Expose the rejection of 90 million big contracts! This is the Lakers' third big man

Reaves is expected to turn down a four-year, $89.2 million contract offered by the Lakers and jump out of his contract in the summer of '26 to test the free market......

Of course, if Reaves really jumps out of the contract, it doesn't mean that he wants to leave the Lakers, it may be to fight for a bigger contract.At that time, a new contract with an annual salary of $42.5 million could be pursued under a collective bargaining agreement.

In 2023, Reaves signed a four-year, $53.83 million contract with the Lakers, with an annual salary of $13.94 million for the 25-26 season and a player option of $14.9 million for the 26-27 season.

But since Reaves wants to get out of his contract, it still means that he is at risk of leaving the Lakers, and the current trade rumors about him are gradually fermenting. For good reason, the Lakers definitely don't want to lose Reaves for nothing.

Reaves is already the Lakers' third biggest man after Dong Zhan, averaging 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game in the regular season, shooting 46%, 37.7% and 87.7% from three. In the playoffs, he averaged 16.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, shooting 41.1%, 31.9% and 85.7% from three.

Obviously, Reaves' performance in the playoffs was nowhere near as good as in the regular season, which made him attract a lot of criticism. According to media personality Lane, Reeves has been playing in a state of residual blood (sprained left big toe) during this year's playoffs, and can barely walk even on non-game days.

In the two playoffs in the 22-24 season, Reaves' performance was better than the regular season, so this year's playoff performance was poor, perhaps it was really affected by injuries, and the Lakers management naturally looked at it, so they still planned to offer him a four-year $89.2 million early contract extension to try to lock him up.

I fully believe that the Lakers really want to keep Reaves for a long time, because James will retire in a year or two, and if the former still runs away with a bucket, Doncic will have to fight alone and waste his prime.

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