{"id":38736,"date":"2025-11-13T21:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/38736\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T21:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:32:21","slug":"nets-urged-to-throw-all-the-money-at-austin-reaves-to-steal-guard-from-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/38736\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets urged to ‘throw all the money’ at Austin Reaves to steal guard from Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brooklyn Nets<\/a> are positioned to be a major player in free agency next summer. Following two seasons of tanking, the rebuilding squad will attempt to take a significant step forward in 2026-27.<\/p>\n

An Eastern Conference executive is adamant<\/a> that the Nets should sign Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> guard Austin Reaves<\/a> this summer to lead that charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cAR’s a stud,\u201d the executive told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. \u201cIf I were the\u00a0Brooklyn Nets, I would throw all the money at him. He has shown when he gets the keys to the engine, he can produce.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reaves’ stellar performance<\/a> in the wake of early-season injuries to LeBron James and Luka Doncic has been the talk of the NBA, with the 27-year-old destined for unrestricted free agency. The Lakers guard is averaging a career-high 28.3 points and 8.3 assists on 47.0 percent shooting across nine appearances. He scored 51 points and 41 points during back-to-back matchups against the Sacramento Kings and Portland Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n

Could Nets pursue Lakers star Austin Reaves in 2026 free agency?\"LosBrad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Reaves will be eligible to sign<\/a> a five-year, $241 million contract with the Lakers, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks. He can sign for up to four years, $178.5 million with a cap space team. The Nets are one of four teams \u2014 including the Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards \u2014 projected to have over $40 million in space.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn can open up more space, depending on its decisions on a pair of $6.25 million team options for Day’Ron Sharpe and Ziaire Williams. Sharpe and Reaves are both repped by Aaron Riley of the AMR Agency.<\/p>\n

With the Nets owing an unprotected 2027 first-round pick swap to the Houston Rockets, they should be motivated to improve next season. Brooklyn could offer Reaves an opportunity to be the face of a team in the league’s biggest market.<\/p>\n

Following a 1-10 start, the Nets will have a chance to land a top pick<\/a> in a loaded 2026 draft. Which player they land next June will greatly impact their roster construction for the coming seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Nets are positioned to be a major player in free agency next summer. Following two seasons…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[22611,98,100,355,99,9141,21,22612,9,24,63,7748],"class_list":["post-38736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-austin-reaves","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-reporting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}