Austin Reaves just signed the richest contract an undrafted player has ever received in NBA history, and he has the Detroit Pistons to thank for how quickly it happened.
The Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a four-year, $185 million deal with Reaves this summer, locking him in well before free agency even opened.
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Detroit was prepared to pay Reaves like a true max player, and Los Angeles decided the risk of losing him for nothing was too great to take a chance on.
A Plan That Fell Apart Fast
A report from ClutchPoints laid out just how far the Pistons were willing to go
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