There was little suspense with Austin Reaves and free agency this year. The only real question is how much money it would cost the Lakers to retain Reaves with his return to Los Angeles a foregone conclusion.
Even if talks never advanced to the point of an offer sheet from another team in free agency, though, that doesn’t mean there were no talks at all. Reaves recently appeared on All The Smoke with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson and discussed his free agency, revealing who some of the competing teams were.
Reaves: “I really wanted to be in LA the whole time.