This will be a big season for Austin Reaves.

Over the summer, he reportedly turned down the maximum extension, making this a contract year for the guard. Now, there’s no need for alarm bells to ring for fans as both the Lakers and Reaves are still “motivated” to get a deal done next summer when Los Angeles can offer him more money. Currently, it’s expected that Reaves will want $30 million per year on his next deal.

Those numbers sound reasonable for a player who averaged 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists last year.

However, the last time we saw Reaves play, he stunk it up in the playoffs. He was picked on defensively, struggled offensively and did little to help the Lakers do anything besides end their season quickly.

To be fair to Reaves, he was dealing with a toe sprain. He

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