Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves has been on a tear to start the season, making up for the losses of Luka Doncic and LeBron James by averaging 34.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 10.0 assists through five times.
And Reaves is doing it at the perfect time as he can opt out of the final year of his contract next offseason and test unrestricted free agency. He is expected to do exactly that as the Lakers offered him a max contract extension this past offseason, which he understandably declined as it could only be for four years and $94 million.