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The Los Angeles Lakers second-year guard Austin Reaves has taken a huge leap this season and suddenly projects as a future star.

“When you look into free agency this summer, the maximum that the Lakers can offer him is four years and $50 million due to his restricted free agency status,” NBA insider Shams Charania said. “That’s increasingly looking like his marketplace, at least. And so when you think about other teams, they can go higher than that. They can give him a poison pill offer sheet … but the Lakers can match that because he is a restricted free agent.”

Reaves is averaging 12.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game this season while shooting 51.8 percent from the field and 38.0 percent from deep.