[Highlight] Reaves floats it in to win the game!
He is “Him”
Absolute cinema from Reaves right there, dude really said “watch this” and delivered
it’s spelled HIM
Sorry, autocorrect….
If Rudy is going that far out, shouldn’t McDaniels try and go under the screen? Great play by Reaves though.
No communication between Rudy and Jaden. Also AR made a lighting quick decision making it hard to react in time.
Yeah he swerve towards jaden
Doesn’t matter, Austin Reaves
Yeah bad defense to let him have the easy shot. Rudy way overplayed it, bizarre to see
Well it’s lazy, letting the other team easily get the exact matchup they want.
everybody’s criticizing Gobert for playing drop coverage. the one time he didn’t, this happens
Gobert is half the reason for the comeback, he basically froze the Lakers the last 7 plays before this. Just unfortunate here.
Saving the JJ Reddit legacy
JJ REDDIT 😭😭
He struggled last year in the playoffs against the Wolves’ size and aggressive defense. Seems likes he’s improved over the off season.
He had a foot injury that seriously affected his movement.
That’s correct. Great to see Austin thrive now as people were questioning if he was going to be able to fit with Luka.
It is really wild how he can play next to Luka and when Luka rests, he can just slot right in as a middle class man’s Luka
With Luka and Lebron, even with Lebron and AD, someone has to be the one who gets the least touches. Reaves never complained about that role even though you don’t get to see how good he is. This stretch without Luka and Lebron just shows how good he can be and how we need to keep him. Unfortunately, people will be wondering “What happened to Reaves? Why the drop in production?” when Lebron and Luka come back.
He must have added some muscle. It was noticeable in the SAC game, when Russ tried to back him down.
I feel like he’s one of the stronger guards of that size, and he tried to back AR down before needing to pass it out.
Last I checked I’m pretty sure he gained like 10-15 pounds over the summer. Him and Luka probably hit the weight room together
Cool, that makes sense. Certainly passes the eye test, seems like his arms are just a bit more toned.
And he’s been able to hold his own a bit more with guys that the last couple seasons woulda had their way with him.
They had a weight transfusion. AR gained the weight Luka lost.
He was injured also
Is r/nba ready to admit Austin is a bonafide star in the league? God tier basketball this week from him without Luka
Yeah for sure, I was in the “trade Austin for a 2way player before he expires” camp, But seeing him go nuts without Luka, you give that man his money. Its not even like he is playing next to a great ball handler, just being super efficient, shooting 7 open 3s a game playing off-ball, and hitting his FTs. He is genuinely out here against great defenses, looking like a star.
The “wait until teams start game planning for him” argument does seem pretty dead now
no
Rudy is always hunted lmao
Definitely overcommitted expecting Reaves to not dive in like that, but this is on the lack of rotation behind him to compensate for him coming up
He’s so skilled. Makes you think of how many skilled players are out there that don’t get enough touches or playing time to develop into a star player.
With how many stars are out with injuries right now, we’re seeing a lot of guys getting time to shine that wouldn’t normally. It’s been a very interesting and exciting start to the season so far
I mean those guys can still show up during scrimmage and what-not, pretty sure AR was noticed during their practice scrimmages.
I know we’ve got Luka, but goddamn do I love watching hillbilly Kobe. That game was a snooze fest until the last five minutes. AR was clearly exhausted, but my man pulled through
I turned the game off when the Lakers had a 16 point lead with 6 minutes left…
Wolves went on a run at the end, and the Lakers were super gassed. Plus Vando was out, so the defense in those last 5 minutes was garbage as hell. But a win is a win, especially when you’ve only got like 7 guys that can play
Love me an AR-15
another floater for gobert’s never ending bowl of turds
Hes him
Actual legacy game
Country Mamba
Fried McDaniels, and Gobert lmaooo
Luka is sending some great texts to Reaves tonight!
“Amazing”
Rudy? Go There.
Honestly might be better than Michael Jordan in his prime
Okay pack it up y’all, thread’s over. No more comments allowed.
This shit is why he’s such a fucking killer. Beautiful split and stop for the middie floater. God damn I love him.
What is Rudy doing on this play exactly?
Playing free safety
My guess is that they were trying to ice the screen but McDaniels trailed instead of going under which created the gap.
What a fucking start to the season holy shit
Holy shit
This white boy is dangerous
Ahhh where have all the “we wouldn’t talk about this guy if he wasn’t on the Lakers” comments been recently?
REAVES IS HIM well damn
Hillbilly Kobe
ALL STAR
ausHIM
Couldn’t even give AR15 the BANG! Come on Breen
Finch actually tried to call a timeout afterwards hahaha
Hillbilly kobe does it again
HIM
himsanity
Gobert exposed again
Who came out to set that screen?
They traded 5 firsts for Gobert
people comparing this to Linsanity doesn’t watch basketball at all