{"id":1557885,"date":"2023-04-17T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T04:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1557885"},"modified":"2023-04-17T00:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T04:01:17","slug":"austin-reaves-contract-sharpshooter-x-factor-vs-grizzlies-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/austin-reaves-contract-sharpshooter-x-factor-vs-grizzlies-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Reaves Contract: Sharpshooter is X Factor vs. Grizzlies and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>\u00a0guard\u00a0Austin Reaves<\/a>\u00a0dropped 23 points in Game 1 of the 2023 first-round\u00a0NBA playoffs<\/a>\u00a0series against the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies simply had no answer for the second-year player, and he helped lead the Lakers to a huge win on the road. As an undrafted player who signed a two-way G League deal to start his career, there is no Austin Reaves contract for 2023-24 yet. However, the Lakers will have the option to keep him if they are willing to pay up if another team comes calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Austin Reaves contract<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Austin Reaves and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates | Justin Ford\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Austin Reave grew up in Arkansas and played his college ball at Wichita State before transferring to Oklahoma. He went undrafted in the 2021 NBA Draft, but the Lakers snatched him up with a two-way deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than two months after signing the two-way Austin Reaves contract, the Lakers offered him a bigger deal for two years and $2.49 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This pact, which paid Reaves $1,563,518 in 2022-23, is now up, but the Lakers starter averaging 28.8 minutes, 13.0 points, 3.4 assists, and shooting 39.8% from 3-point range, won\u2019t be an unrestricted free agent this offseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This offseason, Reaves will be a restricted free agent because he has less than three years of NBA experience under his belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a restricted free agent, the Lakers will have to offer Reaves a $2,189,698 qualifying offer. If no other team gives Reaves an offer sheet, he can sign the QO and play for that in 2023-24, after which he\u2019ll become an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, any other team may give Reaves an offer sheet to try and sign him away from the Lakers. If they do, the Lakers have the right to match any offer and keep their player with a new Austin Reaves contract under the terms dictated in the offer sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Lakers want to use Reaves\u2019 Early Bird Rights<\/a> to re-sign him straight up, they could give him a max of four years, $50,765,568. Another team could offer him up to four years, $60,000,000, though, and the Lakers could match that Austin Reaves contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It won\u2019t be cheap, but the Lakers can absolutely bring Reaves back next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reaves is crucial to the Lakers in the 2023 postseason and beyond <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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'I'M HIM"

Austin Reaves letting the world know \ud83d\udde3 pic.twitter.com\/9y15iGbAh0<\/a><\/p>— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>