That depends, if Murray is playing the lakers every night, he might be in the Goat conversation
Reaves = Murray = Booker _________________ “The main goal for the Lakers is to win a championship. All I care about, all we care about, is to raise another banner in the rafters.“
Our third option makes for a great second option and a pretty good first option.
I really liked his defense today. He was everywhere, and switched onto seemingly everybody. He had good defensive stands against booker, beal, and durant in this one. Really good to see.
As a 3rd option he's miles above whatever garbage Bradley "No Trade Clause" Beal is giving out there.
I have never seen a player as overrated as Beal. Even with the wizards, he was an inefficient chucker. The idea of him seems grossly bigger than what he actually is.
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LakerSD wrote:
jonnybravo wrote:
Lakeshow23_ wrote:
Outplayed Booker and KD
As a 3rd option he's miles above whatever garbage Bradley "No Trade Clause" Beal is giving out there.
I have never seen a player as overrated as Beal. Even with the wizards, he was an inefficient chucker. The idea of him seems grossly bigger than what he actually is.
Even at his absolute peak he was a borderline all star. He’s a historically bad defender.
Now he doesn’t even score that well anymore. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
As a 3rd option he's miles above whatever garbage Bradley "No Trade Clause" Beal is giving out there.
I have never seen a player as overrated as Beal. Even with the wizards, he was an inefficient chucker. The idea of him seems grossly bigger than what he actually is.
Even at his absolute peak he was a borderline all star. He’s a historically bad defender.
Now he doesn’t even score that well anymore.
People got really dismissive of Wall because of his injuries but it’s clear he carried the hell out of Beal and made them a damn good team 😂
As a 3rd option he's miles above whatever garbage Bradley "No Trade Clause" Beal is giving out there.
I have never seen a player as overrated as Beal. Even with the wizards, he was an inefficient chucker. The idea of him seems grossly bigger than what he actually is.
Even at his absolute peak he was a borderline all star. He’s a historically bad defender.
Now he doesn’t even score that well anymore.
People got really dismissive of Wall because of his injuries but it’s clear he carried the hell out of Beal and made them a damn good team 😂
remember when Laker fans wanted Beal..another one we were lucky we didn't get
Where are those posters saying he can't play alongside Luka?
They only run their mouths after losses or bad games
Luckily, we rarely have to hear from them. I know most are happy with this but I often wonder if some would prefer it to go the other way to stick out their I was right chest.
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I'd like to formally apologize to whoever the poster was that was making Manu comparisons a couple of years ago for mocking them.
Ginobili? Ahaha nonono. Reaves is the real deal but Manu was something else. He played with a toughness, an arrogance, and a flair that was often overlooked. Ginobili is always disrespected by people. Goes at Yao and dunks on him, plays defense like a demon
Great game by Reaves. Goes to show you what he can do when he is running the offense. Unfortunately, he cant really do that with Bron and Luka
You are so correct. This reminds me of a Kobe Bryant/Eddie Jones situation. Both are great shooting guards. But the Lakers needed to trade Jones to open up more playing time for Kobe.
Austin Reeves is a starting point guard. However, Luka needs the ball in his hands to succeed on this team. It’s hard to play Reeves in the shooting guard position because he then becomes a liability on defense.
That is why I see the Lakers trading him as I think some other team will overpay for his services. And he deserves it as he is a very good point guard.
So in your whole equation of what you’re saying here, did you account for this.
Eddie Jones was a playoff choke artist, Reaves is not. If he wasn’t a choke artist he would not be so easily a joke in comparison to Fox in the question of who do you bring to a must win game next to Kobe.
Back to the point, when does your equation take into account Luka
Luka made the western conference finals and beat the very team that eliminated Bron and AD with Brunson starting next to him … another point guard playing shooting guard
Luka won the conference outright and made the nba finals and all after they got him what was that, a point guard turned shooting guard in Kyrie Irving
Did you also mention Luka made the playoffs next to you guessed it a starting point guard turned shooting guard in Spencer Dimwiddie
So again why would the lakers be concerned with Reaves being a point guard turned shooting guard, especially when he’s excelled multiple times with guards just like Reaves? You would almost think it would be the exact opposite, they would look at Reaves success as a point guard, Luka’s past success with his back court mates and say damn that pairing is perfect you know based on past evidence and winning.
So if we got the point guard turned shooting guard that Luka has always won with in Reaves. Then we got the big body forward who can shoot the three and defend bigger bodies and run alongside him in Rui. All we really need is the full time lob threat center which Hayes is place holding for.
Austin Reeves will be eligible for an extension starting July 2025. The most the lakers can offer is a 4 yr $82-90 million contract which comes to about $22-24 million a season. Of course, he would most probably reject that and opt out of his contract after next season as some team will offer him $30 million plus per season for 4 years .
That is why my thinking is that he will get traded (might as well get something for him in return) unless he accepts our offer which I believe Austin will most likely decline.
That was being said before he signed his current contract. I don't think he would decline a Laker offer. He may ask for a big trade kicker because I don't think he wants to be traded (and a no trade clause would be a bit too much, wouldn't it?)
I'd like to formally apologize to whoever the poster was that was making Manu comparisons a couple of years ago for mocking them.
Ginobili? Ahaha nonono. Reaves is the real deal but Manu was something else. He played with a toughness, an arrogance, and a flair that was often overlooked. Ginobili is always disrespected by people. Goes at Yao and dunks on him, plays defense like a demon
I love Manu but one thing to consider is his minutes. He played over 30 minutes a game twice in his 15 year career. For most of his prime he played between 24-28 minutes a game...that's a huge difference. Of course he can go balls the wall if he's playing almost 10 minute a game less than a standard for a starter. That's huge. Not trying to diminish him as he's a deserved HoF'er but that was always the knock on him. _________________ KOBE
A bigger, better version of Jeff Hornacek. _________________ On Lakersground, a concern troll is someone who is a fan of another team, but pretends to be a Lakers fan with "concerns".
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