Key Highlights
- Deandre Ayton and Marcus Smart also have player options.
- When a team is going through some struggles — much like the Lakers, who are just 7-8 since Reaves went down with a calf injury on Christmas — playing time and points can become major issues for players looking for new contracts.
- “I’ve been here for four seasons now and every year it’s almost the same but it’s different,” Rui Hachimura said.
- “You have to survive too, so I get it, I understand it.
- I think we talked about before the season winning is going to help.