Overview
- Yahoo Sports' Kevin O'Connor said Utah will have "big interest" in Reaves this summer, with the Jazz projected to open substantial cap space.
- Reaves is expected to become an unrestricted free agent and, per O'Connor, draw multiple max offers from teams across the league.
- The Lakers have refused to include Reaves in trade talks and are reported to be positioned to re-sign him using Bird rights on a longer deal than rivals can offer.
- Reaves remains sidelined with a gastrocnemius strain suffered in late December, with the absence expected to last at least about a month.
- Rich Paul publicly floated a Reaves-for-Jaren Jackson Jr. trade, leading to a halftime conversation with Reaves' agent and a lighthearted response from Jackson, who initially questioned if the clip was real.