Austin Reaves Discussion: How Much Is He Worth?

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  1. wcsoldier81

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    Should rest him until the playoffs . He's seriously banged up
     
    wcsoldier81, Apr 4, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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    Kenzo, Apr 4, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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    If he’s not right this is going to be a short and embarrassing playoffs

     
    Weezy, Apr 4, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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    It might be regardless, but yeah losing AR would be adding salt to the wound.

    Question, anyone know what happened? Was it contact or not? I just saw him grabbing his side but couldn’t see what caused it. A minute later Luka was grabbing his hammy. One two punch there.
     
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    AR has to score 60pts a game or we're cooked if Luka is out.

    Bronny can only carry us so far.
     
    BadCoaching, Apr 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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    OX1947, Apr 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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    lmao

    whoever is lucky enough to face the lakers in round one will be getting the equivalent of a bye week
     
    432J, Apr 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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    Austin getting injured was way more likely/predictable than Luka .

    This kind of injury sure wasn't though
     
    wcsoldier81, Apr 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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    Good lord man, just a horrendous end to a season that had looked so positive. Whoever faces us gets essentially a first round bye. I genuinely feel bad for LeBron at this point.
     
    Weezy, Apr 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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    Ugh...
     
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    Well, I guess it's up to Dalton and Bronny to carry the team.
     
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    Can we wave the white flag?
     
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    The only bright side is there’s no way AR gets a max contract now. Opens us up to spend a few more dollars on another player.
     
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    maybe a tiny bit if we end up running into apron stuff, but not much. only benefit to reaves having sub-max is marginal stuff down the road. does almost nothing to this summer.

    his health issues will probably ding his contract a bit, though.
     
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    I honestly think AR gets the max, it’s going to start at about $40m per and in his 3rd, 4th and 5th seasons under it, he’ll still be good value relative to the cap.
     
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    AR is not signing into cap space. He's signing into the tax towards the 1st apron. It may impact down the line but this summer there's probably no impact

    I think we should be able to get him below the max. It's not like he has much options, only at the MLE he can get a competitive scenario. I think around the 35M mark with the contract growing each year is probably a good scenario for both
     
    pika1708, Apr 5, 2026 at 5:41 AM
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    yeah, i'd still be surprised if we sign him to sub-max, i suppose.

    guessing management will maybe try to sell him on either a slightly under-max (if it can help this summer's plans) or a declining deal that starts at max (to add a little wiggle room in later years).

    from his standpoint, this will likely be his one huge contract, so i understand if his agent just wants full max without any other discussion.
     
    abeer3, Apr 5, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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