> I didn’t think that there was any way that the Lakers didn’t match whatever was offered. They pretty much made it pretty clear that they would match whatever. At the end of the day, I wanted to be in LA: I love it out here, love the organization, the fans.
> Obviously, I wish that I could’ve got as much money as possible, but like I said: fit and opportunity, here in LA was really what we wanted and really where we wanted to be.
Interview with Zach Lowe at 4:03 of [The Lowe Post](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lowe-post/id986595124?i=1000629222487).
by iksnet
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I know he’s pissed at the spurs
if he’s half of what lakers fans think he is, that probably won’t be the biggest paycheck of his career.
r/nba so salty that no team tied up their cap space for literally no other reason than to fuck with the Lakers
Still insane he went for 20-30 mil
Less than what we all thought he would go for
the player option (which barring injury he’s opting out of) makes it a 3 yr, $40m+ deal.
compared to the theoretical max he could’ve got, he’s only losing out salary on that 3rd year ($13m-ish vs $38m-ish), provided he gets another contract afterwards.
but the cap will be higher in 3 years so he might make more in the 1st year of his next contract compared to the 4th year of his theoretical max ($39m-ish).
Dillon Brooks getting 80m while Reaves gets 50ish is insane
r/zachlowe
kid’s sport is honestly savage af
People say this is a kids game all the time. You ever see kids play? They suck. Can’t dribble, can’t shoot. It’s just cardio.
T-ball is a kids game. Baseball is a slightly older kids game. Basketball is pretty unforgiving to the uncoordinated (of which I still am one at my old age).
This feels like he’s telling this to himself over and over again to convince himself it was a good move and forget he could have earned $30 million more.
All I can say about that dude is that my girlfriend at the time started really crushing on the guy when they were playing the warriors in the playoffs last year.
My man got ran through by euro league players.
He will become a defensive liability come playoff time and will barely see the floor.
Thus, greatly overpaid.
Give it 10 years of earning those salaries, and he’ll find a way to gripe like every other player lol
At a certain point the salary cap is gonna get so stupidly high that even taking a steep discount is going to make you so disgustingly, filthy rich that money will just cease to matter for you and your entire extended family for the rest of your life, and we’ll probably see more guys taking this attitude
Other than the Swift talk, great interview. Love this guy.
HIM
He called the NBA child’s play!
/s
“Austin Reeves says LeBron plays a child’s game for a living”
-ESPN
has a player ever described their job in this way and improved? i feel like its basically a warning sign of attrition
That’s that pr talk. You know he’s salty not getting 100mm.
He’s a winning player. Even if he backslides a few points a stat, you show me who is making that at 50M
The most real and likeable shit ever said by a budding player that nobody saw coming.
My new favorite player
what’s a kid’s sport vs adult sport? Sports are sports aren’t they?