Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves intends to sign a four-year, $185 million maximum contract to return to the franchise, with a player option for the final season in 2029-30, sources tell ESPN. Reaves declined his $14.9M player option for the new max deal.
BOOM. Go, Kings, go. I told a Sac fan this afternoon at the golf course that I thought Darius Acuff would fall to the Kings at 7. This kid is so mentally tough and can score it every way. Led SEC in points AND assists. Star quality. Not afraid. Now there's a reason to watch Sac.
Heat president Pat Riley now makes his long-anticipated new landmark acquisition, with Antetokounmpo joining elite Miami pickups such as LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Bosh, Alonzo Mourning and Jimmy Butler over the past 30-plus years. Riley will pair the two-time NBA MVP and 2021 Finals MVP with Bam Adebayo to lead contention in the Eastern Conference.
After informing teams that they were open for business at the NBA draft combine in May, Bucks general manager Jon Horst landed a haul with the Heat’s offer that brings high-level starting/rotation players and young talent, as well as significant draft capital.
It’s no longer Father’s Day ET, so I have a quick draft intel nugget for everyone, which shouldn’t come as a surprise based on what we’ve been reporting on @ClutchPoints through the weeks:
The Nets are hoping Mikel Brown Jr. is on the board at #6. If he’s taken by the Clippers, Nate Ament is also a strong candidate, but sources say the Nets have been taking trades this weekend — both to possibly move down from #6 and also possibly back into the top 15 for a second draft pick.
There has been a lot of skepticism whether the Nets value either Darius Acuff or Keaton Wagler, although it would be quite the decision to pass on both guards for Ament at #6.
Lots to come tomorrow in our intel and final Big Board 5.0 on @ClutchPoints, so stay tuned for the latest on this year’s draft and how it could shape up.
Okay this makes a lottttttt of sense. I just thought he had a low motor. Happy he’s clean now, but damn dude really had such high potential. Always got love for WCS 💜
Willie Cauley-Stein opens up about his struggles with addiction:
“I was doing 10, 15 of them b***** [Percocet] a day. They ended up being laced with the fentanyl… you’re gambling with your life every time you bust one down… but you then you on them. So now you need it. It wasn’t about pain no more, it was about escaping reality, dawg. My partner just got murdered by my other partner. My little brother passed away from an overdose. Grandpa dies. This is all in the same year. I went through like five deaths in my circle and I didn’t process not one of them cause I’m hooping. I’m trying to just go to sleep.”
via @OutTheMudTL
Justin Gaethje is the UNDISPUTED lightweight champion!!!
Nobody deserves it more. The fights that this man has given us, the blood, the sweat and the heart.
The highlight moment in the career of The Highlight.