Lakers UPDATE on Rui Hachimura & Jaxson Hayes, Austin Reaves’ Market

1. Let lebron walk lakers it's time focus on the young talent luka installing his prime

2. Even if Austin secures a max contract, Lakers fans should try to keep things in perspective. After all, if the U.S. can pay Iran $300 billion in reconstruction costs—even after incurring massive expenses to attack the country—then what does it really matter if a private sports team pays a single player a max salary?

3. Bobby Marks in his Off Season Report for the Spurs mentions how well Rui would fit at $15 mill per if the Lakers attempted to offer Rui a similar number. No state income tax in Texas and a better shot at a title next could definitely tilt the scale to San Antonio.

4. What about kennard?

5. No one wants AR

6. WE NEED TO MOVE ON FROM LeRBON HE'S TAKING UP TOO MUCH MONEY HE'LL BE 42 YEARS OLDER. WE NEED YOUNG ATHLETIC PHYSICAL BRUISERS OFFER HIM THE MID-LEVEL EXCEPTION IF WE MOVED ON FROM SHAQ HE'S NO DIFFERENT. AS FOR RUI AND JAXSON RUI OUT-PERFORMED REAVES KEEP THE BOTH NOW AUSTIN REAVES DOES NOT DESERVE A "MAX CONTRACT" LAST 2 SEASONS IN THE PLAYOFFS
   MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES- AUSTIN REAVES: INJURED LOS ANGELES LAKERS: SWEPT 1ST ROUND
   OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER- AUSTIN REAVES: INJURED – SHOULDER-LOS ANGELES LAKERS: SWEPT IN 2ND ROUND
   AUSTIN REAVES TO PUT ON SOME MUSCLE. THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS ORGANIZATION PRIDES ITSELF ON WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS NOT PLAYERS WHO LOOK TO STAT THEIR SHEETS DURING REGULAR SEASON ONLY. TO DISAPPEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS. NEW OWNERS NEW DIRECTION LEBRON IS IS GOING TO TAKE THE MID-LEVEL IF HE WANTS HIS NEXT CHIP. IT'S LUKA'S TEAM NOW. YOU HAD NINE YEARS ALONG WITH ANTHONY DAVIS AND ONLY ONE CHIP. YOUR TIME LEBRON IS UP

7. It’s not because he wants to go back to La it’s because reaves sucks

8. Rui c'mon man

9. Dont wait for lebron James decision go get players or the lakers are screwing themselves.

10. Austin for five years with his last season near 50 million at age 33-34 is ridiculous. Tops 35M no matter what these what anyone claims.

11. Sign extend every one (starters) let’s run it back yall 😁💛💜

12. Lakers or more specifically Rob Pelinka or Owners group needs to sit with LeBron and say “Can you do us a favor? We want to keep Austin and we need you to restructure for 2yr/$50mill contract. With a guarantee Pelinka won’t override the scouts on the draft pick, and heavy free agency pickups to complete the team and add depth so we are fully a championship contender whether our top 2 of 3 guys gets hurt”

13. 2 years 23 million (with the 8% raise in year 2), player option, no trade clause for Bron. That parts done..

14. It’s obvious we cannot win a championship with a Reaves Luka back court. Great individual players, but both defensive liabilities. I hope Reaves gets his money elsewhere

15. No way Jose if we pay AR the max then the rest of the team will suck. We need depth and we also need to fire Pelinka

16. Trev bro you are spitting out content across all of your channels!! Salute

17. Saying AR's cap hold for next season makes it easier to sign him long-term is TOTALLY MISLEADING. The cap hit will be less next yr, but subsequent years will be a negative-value contract due to his fragility, lack of athletisism and D, …AND….he'll be aging. If he loses just a touch of speed, his whole offensive game (forget his D, OMG) falls apart. Come on Trev! Stop acting like AR's agent. A max or near-max will tank Lakers next 4-5 years. No sentimentality allowed (who cares if he went undrafted!) if want to build a contender. AR must go.

18. If reaves wants a ring he should follow what Brunson did.

19. Also, what's baffling to me is how some can fix their minds to want the brinks trucks backed up for A 40+ year old player (who only plays A portion of the season) and argue how he is SO deserving because of his name, yet turn right around and criticize the next player trying to make a name for themselves, lightyears younger might I add…🤔🤔🤔

20. I think he's a max player he deserves anything he get cuz he work for it !!! And they need to keep Jackson Hayes for sure and Rory that came from the wizards !!!!!

21. You’re literally just better off developing Kennard, getting rid of reeves. Reeves alongside Luka is a defensive hole that ARs spotty shooting can’t cover.

22. Lakers making another bad decision

23. Nobody wants Reaves but the lakers

24. Reeves is a 6th man player

25. Just messing around
    PG: Luka Dončić ($49.8M) / Tyus Jones ($3.5M) / Jordan Goodwin ($2.5M)

    SG: Austin Reaves ($37.0M) / Marcus Smart ($10.0M) / Bronny James ($2.3M)

    SF: Tari Eason ($24.0M) / Spencer Jones ($4.75M) / Bruce Brown ($3.0M) / Adou Thiero ($2.15M)

    PF: LeBron James ($28.0M) / Sandro Mamukelashvili ($9.04M) / Dean Wade ($6.0M)

    C: Jusuf Nurkić ($13.0M) / Jaxson Hayes ($4.5M)

    The Reaves Placeholder: You leave Austin Reaves’ restricted free agent cap hold sitting on your books at $20.9 Million. This serves as a vital placeholder that keeps your team under the luxury tax while you complete your outside business.

    The Eason Sign-and-Trade: You finalize the trade with Houston, sending out Jarred Vanderbilt, Jake LaRavia, Dalton Knecht, and your 2026 first-round pick to bring in Tari Eason at $24.0 Million.

    The Nurkić Signing: Instead of dealing with Mitchell Robinson, you sign Unrestricted Free Agent Jusuf Nurkić directly to his new $13.0 Million starting contract. Because you are already over the cap from the Eason trade, this is a standard over-the-cap free agent acquisition.

    The MLE Split: Because you never dropped below the cap to use raw cap space, your full $15.04 Million Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception is safely intact. You split it cleanly to sign Sandro Mamukelashvili ($9.04M) and Dean Wade ($6.0M).

    The Final Bird Rights Overpass:
    With all outside signings officially completed, you trigger Austin Reaves' Full Bird Rights. You dissolve his tiny cap hold placeholder and officially exceed the salary cap to lock him into his $37.0 Million starting salary.

    The Final 15-Man Depth Chart (With Nurkić)Your roster is fully built, 100% legal, and sits comfortably at a total active payroll of $200,540,000, keeping you $460,000 underneath the Luxury Tax threshold ($201.0M).

26. I agree Rui is a defensive liability but so is Reeves n with being said y should Reeves get paid n not rui

27. It looks like the Lakers are running it back. I suspected that, before the season ended. Reaves, Rui, and Hayes are coming back. Marcus Smart has to be brought back and Ayton will opt in. Kleeber will be let go. I am 50/50 on Luke Kennard, but he showed that in addition to his shooting prowess, he can also handle the ball. So, it will be difficult not to bring him back. There just aren't replaceable and good players out there in free agency.

28. I'm all for LeCryBaby having all of the money he can muster too, just NOT from the Lakers organization, because it makes no sense for us progressing and trying to compete for Championships in lieu of early exits in the playoffs. His one and done show was A wrap post 2020! The consensus agreed that it was time for Kobe to retire… Jordan… etc. However, this any/every excuse having, no accountability driven, no defense playing, no smoke wanting, PED ridden, Diddy-Party going, self-centered, passive aggressive, self proclaimed "king" and "GOAT" is suppose to continue "gracing us with his basketball grandeur" for as long as he wants??? GTFOH!!! He is A whole liability anymore. He isn't clutch (never has been despite A few moments in his career); he still misses free throws and layups at an abnormally high clip for A player SO savvy and tenured; he only plays help defense, so much so that his man is typically the one wide open for made shots and offensive rebounding success; and he keeps us revisiting cyclical roster rotations and continuity shortcomings year after year after year, last Championship year (2020) included!!!

29. Can we do a “ideal offseason” with an AR sign and trade and letting Lebron walk?

    Being deep under the cap allows the lakers to over pay for the free agents they need to fill in the gaps there, while allowing more lopsided trades like picks for a player, without worrying too much on salary matching.

30. Ideally AR is our sixth man who replaces LeBron/Luka when they need to rest. We need three defenders starting next to LeDoncic

31. no wnba pls

32. Team Owners, decide who is Max contract materiaL – NOT fanatics.

33. But reeves is my best friend that’s Lukas case lol cat

34. Aliens are on Earth – 🌎 they like sports tOo – bcuz humans do so much

35. Im glad the new ownership is a realistic group not like jeanie throw money around for the sake of just because .win and they will come we built a culture of star power and hustle we can win lakers front office do the right thing 💪

36. The lakers were reported to be planning for summer 2027. I just can't shake the feeling that were gonna punt another season away

37. Give Austin 40-45 million. Give LeBron 15-20 million prefer 10 million. . Keep Rui. Jaxson. Luke. Smart Then sign a free agent or two.

    Trade dalton and Ayton.

38. It's obvious that no one want him. 😅😅😅 Come on ! Somebody please break the bank for AR – Travor. 😅😅😅

39. bringing them back basically kills the cap space idea let's say rui took 21 million and jaxson 4.5 the lakers will be left with 22 million and that's without factoring smart that would want more money so the lakers would be left with even less then that and you would have to look for lebron and luke replacement I starting quality Big not ayton and a 3&d wing with less then 20 million and 2 first rounders to be 100% with you i don't see a road that the lakers would be better next season it all

40. Lastly, I have been following Trevor and been ever so supportive of his podcast for years now and both love and appreciate his overall content and his dedication to said influence, BUT I agree with A few others that have noticed and voiced their concerns to do with his leniency whenever it comes to the criticism or rather the lack therof of LeBron and his LeFollowers. It's like he's always trying to appease him/them, even over the day one's (REAL Lakers and basketball fanatics). WHY??? The L.A. Lakers organization is and will always be priority over any player, LeCryBaby especially!!! The sentiment was far from the same for Kobe a.k.a. the REAL KING OF L.A.!!?!?!! Why do players choose to come to the Lakers? To continue the winning tradition and culture, NOT try to change and/or reconstruct it given their own agenda and ulterior motives. Moreover, my viewership as it pertains to both the Lakers games and his podcast has significantly declined, not that he or A myriad of others care of course. I'm merely reiterating A noticeable concern that has been trending since his [LeBron's] arrival, increasingly so…
    In the words of Anthony Davis's infamous departure paraphernalia, "That's All Folks"…

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