Los Angeles Lakers fans will love what Austin Reaves had to say regarding his next NBA contract.

Reaves will be an unrestricted free agent over the offseason after turning down an extension from the Lakers last summer.

But, Reaves made it clear that he wants to remain in L.A., and he isn’t focused on making sure the Lakers cough up every penny possible on a new deal.

“I try not to think about it. Honestly. I’ve said it a million times. I want to be in L.A. I love it,” Reaves said, via ESPN. “Even though the other extension was turned down, that doesn’t mean that I’m trying to go get a f—ing gigantic number that don’t make sense. I want to be here, I want to win. I want to do everything that can help this organization be better. So I don’t try to think about those things.”

Over the offseason, the Lakers could sign Reaves to a five-year, $241 million deal.

He could sign a four-year deal worth $178.5 million elsewhere, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks.

All indications have been that the Lakers want to keep Reaves in the purple-and-gold, and it will be interesting to see if they meet that max number.

In order to put himself in the best possible position to get paid next summer, Reaves will have to continue playing excellent basketball, as he has so far this season.

In 8 games on the current campaign, Reaves is averaging 30.3 points, 9.0 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 36.8 minutes per performance. All of those numbers represent career highs.

The Lakers have been one of the pleasant surprises in the NBA so far this season.

They’re currently fourth in the West with a record of 8-3 despite the fact that LeBron James has yet to play in a game.

Reaves has been a big part of that and he’ll look to keep it rolling with a major payday looming….