AUSTIN REAVES (four-year, $56 million Early Bird maximum contract)

[Runway8]

[LukaDoncic]

[CervantesRises]

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[Dr. Laker]

A bigger Jeff Hornacek. He will continue to flourish as the 2 next to Luka. I expect him to be 50/40/90 @20 ppg soon.
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If he keeps playing like this he really should be untouchable. Best contract in the league and the perfect 3rd Star/X factor that can be a number 2 or even a number 1 on any given night

[levon]

Austin has this weird habit of trying to shoot his way out of a bad legs game. Hasn't worked once this season though. JJ has to recognize this and get him some looks going towards the basket that he doesn't have to create himself.

[tox]

If AR is not hitting shots the Lakers should have enough firepower to weather the storm

[Laker's Fan]

Players averaging at least 19p, 6a and 4r this season (* indicates 2025 all-star)

SGA* (max $)
Jokic* (max $)
Lillard* (max $)
Cade* (max $)
LeBron* (max $)
Curry* (max $)
Harden* (max $)

Fox (max $)
Booker (max $)
Sabonis (max $)
S Barnes (max $)
Reaves (MLE $)

[TMG]

You cant have that trio out there at the same time. Out of all of them Bron is the best off ball player because of his cutting. Other than that you have pretty much 3 ball dominant players.



Right now it's too many cooks in the kitchen when there is no need for it. When Luka gets in shape during this break he can carry an offense damn near by himself. Having him and Lebron out there in the starting lineup is more than any other team has out there when it comes to creating.

[Lakersfan1211]

I just hope AR's offense doesn't regress like beginning of season guarding opposing all star perimeter guards..

[Lakeshow23_]

Reaves is going to get a lot of open catch and shoot opportunities. He's gonna need to knock em down at a higher rate than he has been.

[TMG]

[tox]

as much as I'm trying to trade him, we miss his offense so much with the way Luka is playing
don't be dumb and get ejected Austin...

[Theseus]

Apparently AR said "that's a foul" 3 times and was ejected. Wild what AR gets thrown out for and what is a nothingburger when Draymond does it every single time.

[Treble Clef]

It looked like a pretty standard ejection based on Austin’s reaction. It was just odd that the second technical was delayed and didn’t follow anything overly demonstrative.

Those types of reach in fouls are tough to see and typically get missed a lot so I was surprised he reacted that strongly to it but I know it’s frustrating in real time. As someone who usually gets an outstanding whistle, he might lose a little goodwill with the refs with reactions like that.

[ocho]

I (bleep) love this guy.
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[fansincemagic]

Tremendous showing in a much needed win

[anth2000]

I remember some of the hate he would get here from time to time.
To be honest, he could easily get $25-30 million per year right now.
No doubt in my mind.

[mad55557777]

Portland is probably the first team that made an emphasize to deny AR the ball and pressure him full court. He was exhausted tonight. Still showed up.
Obviously nobody could be doing that with Luka playing.

[jorkers]

He's definitely someone you'd ride or die with. Just rises up to the occasion, and you feel the will to win oozing out of the TV stream.

[Laker's Fan]

1. Luka*
2. Wade
3. Davis
4. Kyrie
5. Bosh
6. Reaves
7. Love
8. Allen

And we could have a discussion about Bosh.

[hype]

He was the best player on either team tonight! His 2 way play to end the game was some Kobe level competitiveness which is wild that i'm even comparing the two but that was a hell of an effort blended with some elite play.

I hope him and Luka both are off limits in any future trades.

[Japago]

Nice game today, but his reputation gets inflated here because his bad games get ignored.

Dude had 8 pts in 27 minutes and got kicked out of the game yesterday against Charlotte. Against Utah, he had 11 asts, but went 4-15 and 1-10 from 3 in 36 minutes. Also had an awful shooting game against GSW, but got foul calls that game.

He's shooting 31.5% from 3 this month so far.

Sorry, but untouchable is hilarious. All these big performances feel like the result of getting the volume as a 1st or 2nd option, meaning they don't do anything for him in terms of how he'll fit next to Luka and LeBron.

And even when LeBron leaves, the Lakers are obviously going to try to get somebody else as the 2nd option in FA.

AR is REALLY good value right now for his deal. But, will he be worth the eventual contract he'll get and can he fit into the role he'll eventually have to perform in?

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[windycitycane]

He is our best point guard.

Essential.
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