[Scotto] The Spurs considered offering Reaves a restricted free agency sheet worth $21 million per season, league sources told HoopsHype. Ultimately, however, the Spurs were scared off by the widespread belief that the Lakers would match any offer sheet for Reaves
by EarthWarping
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>…and chose to preserve cap space as a salary dump destination for future draft pick compensation.
>The Rockets were also closely monitoring Reaves’ situation because they were prepared to make a big offer sheet if Fred VanVleet didn’t sign with them, sources said.
W – fuck the Spurs
They were scared because it was true.
Very well played by the Lakers. Fully committing to signing him no matter what, saved them money in the long haul.
they should have done Austin Reaves a solid and made the offer
Think about how much better the Rockets would have been if they signed Reaves over Fred VanChuck for half the price
Rockets couldve still bid for Reaves though after signing FVV.
they cleared north of $20m for Lopez and used that to sign Jeff Green, Landale, etc.
couldve given Reaves an offer sheet bc those players werent getting bigger deals elsewhere
Which makes sense and really was pretty obvious to anyone who didn’t have the blind mindset of wanting teams to fuck with the Lakers
I love watching people get mad cause other teams didn’t fuck themselves over just to fuck over the Lakers.
I think reaves would’ve been a really interesting fit on the roster next to wemby, but I get it on not wanting to commit to it and losing the cap flexibility if the lakers were just gonna match
I mean if you’re so confident the Lakers will match anything, why not offer it just to screw them over a bit?
What’s the downside of offering? Why be afraid a team will match?
What moves did the Spurs make this offseason that would have been held up?
Reaves got fucked over and LAL got him for cheap crazy
That doesn’t make sense to me. If they knew the Lakers would match, why not drive up the price and force them to match? Is Pop getting soft on the Lakers in his old age?
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Why are people mad that teams didn’t line up to fuck the Lakers? People are really astonished that business owners worth millions don’t throw money around to screw over other people, shocking I know.
Isn’t that even more reason to do it. You’d fuck over the Lakers payroll even if you didn’t get him.
I mean, were the other moves that much of a better option? make those Lakers pay man.
Scared about what? So they match, who the fuck cares?
Am I missing something?
Sorry im confused. If other teams knew the Lakers were gonna match for sure, isnt there no downside to other teams offering Reaves as big a contract as possible to get the Lakers to pay? If the Lakers always match, I dont understand the risk for other teams
lol this sub was so convinced they’d do it specifically to screw the Lakers and are still big mad it didn’t happen
these are hundred million dollar businesses at the end of the day
actual negotiating doesn’t work like trying to screw over another Fortnite player for the kitty cat outfit you want
Thank god they didn’t waste 21 mil per year and a roster spot on him
Lol it’s amazing that so many people are confused. I’m a Lakers fan and even I know that the world doesn’t revolve around them. The spurs did what was best for them, last thing they’re thinking about is the Lakers. What else is there to actually discuss? The what ifs and shit? 🤣
But people told me that the spurs or rockets would offer a max to fuck the lakers lol
What a story
So? Everyone should be in the business of making sure the lakers would be salary cap fucked.
Now Austin Reaves gets 7 million less than 21m/year.
Then make em match you pussies lmao
Very well played by the Lakers. Fully committing to signing him no matter what, saved them money in the long haul.
Why would that scare them off tho? If Lakers match it, oh well, you made them spent more money. If they didn’t, well, then you got a good player.
Lmao this makes no sense San Antonio
The haters still think Pelinka doesn’t know what he’s doing . Any team that gave him an offer sheet , with malicious intentions for the Lakers , would have themselves screwed . The Lakers could have waited as long as possible to match the offer , thus preventing that team from using their own cap space .
r/nba in shambles
Lol gotta love r/nba crying about the Lakers not getting screwed over