Austin reaves last 3 games: 40/10/5 and 2 steals on 50/41/93 splits
Since Luka went down Austin reaves is averaging
40.0 points
10.0 assists
5.3 rebounds
2.3 steals
Lakers have a 2-1 record
Reaves is shooting
50% FG
41% from 3
And 93% from the line
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/austin-reaves-last-3-games
He had an off shooting night today too, but hit the game winning floater. Also was dishing out like crazy. This guy is so good. He’s a star.
He’s doing a great job handling the floor general duty with Luka and Bron out. Scoring aside, the other stuff he’s doing on offense is the big revelation to me. That growth was sorely needed
His decision making keeps getting better. No problems being PG for most of the game now. Bron can finally camp in the corner or post and let AR and Luka distribute
I kinda feel bad cause his workload is crazy right now. He just steps up every damn time. Can never make me hate him
Nah but like… doesnt he play like he fucken wants that shit? XD
Probably have a drop off, because as well as having to run it all alone, they also have a busy schedule.
He’s had slight stamina issues the last few years, too. Will be very interesting to see how well he can cope the next few games.
He fuckin evolved from a Charmeleon to Charizard. Crazy.
Now we got a Mega Charizard, Black Mega Charizard, and Charizard on our team š
Black Mega Charizard is the shiny right?
Nah thatās Mega Charizard X
Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Gigantamax Charizard
His stats are goat status
Austeen youāre heem!
OSTIIIN!
Now the Lakers pay him the super max because heās being All NBA 1st team
Fuck it heās worth it
If Austin is actually 1st team all nba, and Luka is usually a lock for it as well, I donāt even care if we have to give a super max because we are winning the chip lol.
2 ball dominant players, though. There’s a reason Reeves plays better without Luka and Bron in the lineup. If he or Luka can greatly improve their off ball game, then they’ll be dangerous.
Anytime he plays well this echoes around my head lol. I bet Ant is replaying it right now too lol
AustDEAN Pelton Reaves
austdean
HEāS HIIIIYUM
its kinda unbelievable how good he is
Undrafted too
Like 2nd round sure I could see this, but like he’s a shot in the dark undrafted guy that had to really battle to make the roster his first 2 seasons
He was end of round 2 projected, but asked to not be drafted so he could sign a 2 way deal with the Lakers.
Sam vec had him as a late first like pick 27- 30ish I think M but yeah
Like the other guy said. Ā He would have definitely been drafted but asked teams not to take him. Ā He wanted to be a Laker
Well sure but he was a projected 2nd round pick and I believe he only had interest from like 2 teams. I donāt think teams were really sweating him betting on himself. Heās been working and grinding like a beast since he took the two way deal. Heās improved by leaps and bounds. Itās genuinely so impressive how good he is now.
the difference between a late 2nd round pick and an undrafted guy who gets a two-way is nothing.
I think it was just the Pistons who he told not to draft him. Which is hilarious on so many levels.
still was not a first rounder. 2nd rounders often don’t make opening night thats why people even pass on them so easily
This guy went from ok yea he can play in this league,
then to ok yea can probably start or be a 6th man
and now this year oh ok he is an all star level player
he’s starting to become
“I hope Bron retires so we can pay him next season” level of player
He would have been drafted in the second round and put on a two way. That would be in effect the same thing as what he did with the Lakers.
Man we really got and developed two of the best undrafted white players in AC and AR lol
Bronny drafted highrr
I am starting to believe in the Lakers with AR’s leap. Before I was like they are not great, yeah they got Ayton, Smart, Jake for free but still not enough, especially after AR played a bad series against the Wolves. But if AR is playing half as good when the other 2 guys come back, this team is immediately a dangerous team you don’t want to play against.
All they have to do is be great on offense and at least be slightly above average on defense.
Then pray that Luka/Bron/Reaves can save them on the clutch.
I think any trade partners will ask for a starter at least which will just be lose some and get some
Y’all still need a 2nd C though, Hayes is barely a 3rd C in a team, he was awful last postseason, like is this the worst player in the league awful. A Gafford/Lively type of C would be beneficial. Ayton does his thing, but still need another look at that position. Another good 2way wing could be really good too. But it seems like they are not trading picks and stuff until Bron retires
Luka, Bron, Reaves, Ayton, Smart, Jake, Rui, Vando is a solid top 8. We could use another 3-D wing but who couldn’t these days. Backup C better than Hayes for sure would make us contenders.
Remember when people said he only got attention bc he was a white Laker
I was a hater at first but this mf may be legit fr š¢
If Luka and Bron trusts you to run the offense you are legit lol
In AR’s playoff debut vs the Griz, in the clutch, he basically turned Bron into a glorified screener lol. That’s how you know he had Bron’s trust.
What do you mean, dont you know AR has been terrible in every single playoffs he’s ever played /s
Did u hate him cuz he was a laker? AR is the truth.
Doesn’t everyone?
Why does everyone hate the lakers. Is it cuz they are popular?
Same reason everyone is rooting for the Dodgers to lose.
They’re jealous because the GOAT plays for our team?
yep.
First year: Ok he can play in thsi league
2nd year: ok this guy might be able to start or be a good 6th man
this year: This Mf might be an all star
this last game: He’s Him!
Lol ngl many Lakers fans are delusional and overreact so when a player is actually that good it can be surprising
And that was against Minnesota, who he struggled against last postseason.
Yes Ant was out but so was Luka and Bron, meaning Minnesota basically had one assignment tonight: make someone other than AR beat them. And they couldnāt do it.
What a fucking beast to have next to Luka. Luka is averaging 46 ppg and AR is just about matching him lol.
tbf, even this game he struggled with hitting shots. He definitely is not the best with length, but then again he isn’t gonna be the first option in the playoffs and should be amazing.
When you struggle to hit shots and still put up 28 points and 16 assists, thatās a sign youāre a star player. āBadā nights are career nights for others.
Obviously it all changes when Luka is back, and even more when LeBron returns, but for now AR is straight up playing like heās a top 10-15 player in the league. Absolutely wild.
āFor nowā AR is playing like a top 5 player in the league. Ā
Even top 5 is a slight. He’s averaging 35 and 10…
Hes avg 35 and 10. Heās top 3 right now
Of course he struggled though bro been playing back to back to back
He was fine last Minnesota game tbf
Jake Laravia was the other guy the Lakers needed to win. Stepped up at the right time.
To be fair Laravia was killing them too
Wow I shouldāve stayed on the bandwagon. I was on it when Ben Taylor said he was the best third option in the league. Then I got off it after the playoffs.
Shoutout Ben Taylor again for being right.
Pretty sure he had an injured foot or something during the playoffs last year but played through it, no idea how much it actually affected him though
He had the same foot injury Garland had, and Garland missed some important games.
It was a toe issue. You knew it was serious when he couldn’t take Mike Conley off the dribble lol
It was when he dribbled it off his own foot, and more than that it was the way he looked, I thought he must have caught the food poisoning bug too.
He could barely jump to finish at the rim and that’s his bread and butter
AR is now in 2nd option talks
LeBron is now the best third option in the league
Unironically it might be time for this.
LeBron can focus more of his energy on defense, screening, rebounding, catch-and-shoot 3ās, cutting, and play finishing in general. Let Reaves and Luka run the offense and be the ball-handling primary playmakers.
I like it. Let him LeCoast during the regular season and let Reaves and Luka carry the load offensively and turn it up come playoffs
LeBron cosplaying as better Draymond Green for this team would be excellent.
MF has SCIATICA, it is 1000% time for this lol
LaRavia is the best third option in the league.
Tres Leches Reaves, Laravia, and Knecht lol
You got to add Luka in there and then trade ayton for walker kessler
Lmao, Luka-AR-Knecht-Laravia-Kessler is actually a legit lineup; not contending lineup, but probably playoff-worthy lineup.
He’s also 40. This fuckery wont last much longer
Itās scary that this may be true this season. I donāt see Bron being eager having to carry a huge portion of the offense again at this age and with his body already slow to start the season. I think Bron would all too happy be the 3rd option and then maybe try to do more in the playoffs
That should actually be the play going forward for the lakers. Brons probably got one more elite playoffs left in him. Let him rest for the season and go crazy in the playoffs. Luka and Reaves should be enough to get them there with Bron playing third fiddle
In all honesty, he’s had only 1 stinker playoff series.
The year before it wasnāt that great his outside shooting was Westbrook level percentage.
He’s so good
x3
when Lakers give him the ball
Jeremy Lin according to inside the NBA š¤¦š»āāļø
Listening to those guys is such an emotional roller coaster. One minute they’re genuinely funny and the next minute they shout out an opinion you’d expect your 7 year old nephew to vomit out
Theyāre basically your drunk uncle at the BBQ saying off the cuff hot takes. Only if your uncle was also a former nba player.
Yeah that shit was wild lol Kenny calling him āAustin Linā lmao
Literally just hating for the sake of hating. You could tell how defensive he got when they called him on it.
It was just Kenny I think. The others were not agreeing with him
You learn less about the game listening to them.
But that’s actually why people want to watch them.
I donāt watch them at all beyond catching the compilation funny moment bloopers at the end of the season on YouTube. They are literally professional haters. When they are on they get muted along with anytime Steven A. or Perkins are speaking.
I still see people comparing him to Lin, clowns all of them
I donāt listen to those old haters. Iām glad nbc and Amazon have guys who actually like basketball
JEremy lin’s run was phenomenal
he was hitting clutch shots, leading them to wins
Reaves has been doing it for a while but at hits level its similar in an undrafted player who was doubted showing he can be a star in this league despite not looking like one
Dude is going to get 250m this offseason and itās going be so incredibly well deserved.
I don’t think he is eligible for that, I think he needs 2 All-NBA appereances or something, I might be talking bs though
Only 1 All NBA or DPOY for supermax
I could see All-Star but idk bout All-NBA. Who knows though heās been crazy
Only way for all NBA would be if LeBron majorly regresses and becomes the true 3 of the team. Or if he or Luka misses a ton of the season. Even then theyād probably need to be a top seed
LeBron almost definitely isnāt getting All-NBA this year; even if he comes back at the earliest possible time (which I think is 11⁄15), heāll have already missed 10+ of the potential 17 games that players can miss before they lose eligibility.
Unfortunately, the streak almost definitely ends this year, regardless of how well he plays.
He’s gonna buy a big ass ranch for himself in Cali and one for his family in Arkansas.
Austin reves is making the case for 2nd team all nba . dude is the second option on the lakers.
I actually think this Lakers team is pretty good. Theyāre like an athletic 2 way wing away if LeBron is fully healthy
LeBron will be that athletic 2 way wing but yeah we need another to go from 2nd tier contender to 1st tier
Iirc Lakers have a pick and a swap to offer.
If it’s January and team is chugging along well, I expect them move the above with some of their expiring contracts (Kleber, Gabe,) for an athletic wing.
If it’s an injury plagued season, Lakers have 3 picks on the table to make a move for someone to pair with Luka.
Any prospects? Wiggins would be amazing but heās making too much. We could give up Maxi, Knecht, Vando, Gabe, if logistics work.
As bad as Vando has been, I think in a playoff scenario with a defined role, he is what we’ll miss if he’s traded.
He’s unplayable on the playoffs
He is playable as a small-ball 5 in a lineup of Luka-AR-Rui (Laravia)-LBJ-Vando. There is enough shooting there for him to not clog the paint too much and he even can hit a 3 here and there (but more likely to brick it, of course). And a Smart-Vando pairing (with Ayton at the rim) is an elite defensive unit that can be used when Lakers need stops.
There are a lot of ways to use him, itās just he is overpaid for his production, but he is not āunplayableā.
With AR playing this well, I think there’s an argument they don’t need to find anyone to pair with Luka. They can aim for strength in depth instead. AR’s not getting a supermax, so they would potentially have plenty of space to build a real team.
I think the problem is they and to an extent Lebron have a ton of overlap. You already have to somewhat stagger Lebron and Luka and now you have to carve minutes for Reaves to maintain his rhythm.
Reaves is showing he is him, but can he still be him without the ball in his hands? And is be good enough to warrant taking the ball out of Lebrons? A lot of interesting decisions have to be made and it doesnāt help the Lakers role players arenāt really that good
This is likely the last season of LBJ being in conversation for the 2nd option on a team (itās better for him to be a supercharged Draymond with a proper 3pt shot, less antics and a bit less rim protection), so by the time AR is paid, he can be a clear cut 2nd option for Lakers.
they’ve got a good core, unfortunately the luka and austin really overlap on what they both do. ITs still a luxury to have that talent and maybe stagger them
but the role players are plain unreliable. Dayton is clumsy and his raw talent gives him a double double but his lackluster picks cause issues for both luka and Austin
they’ve got to upgrade the spacing majorly
There are a lot of issues with Ayton, but pick setting is definitely not one of them: he leads the league in screen assists this season and averages more of them than any C that Luka has played before in his career.
You may think they are bad since he doesnāt roll to the rim, but he actually sets very solid picks - and sets A TON of them despite often not getting the ball after the pick, so that is commendable.
I mean if he is playing like this all season then he is a lock for 1st team, but I guess that’s unlikely
Pay him
#HE’S AVERAGING 40!!!
Lakers have One for All. If Austin Reaves goes down, Hachimura will immediately enter the MVP conversation.
I did say if the Lakers won at least 2 of this no Luka stretch iād get his jersey
Even if we lost this iād have to get it anyways
I remember watching him at Oklahoma and thought he could maybe be a serviceable bench guy, heās way more than that
he was always an impact player, but he seemed so wiry it seemed tough to see how he could do it in the league
he still looks like that, but at htis point its just undeniable how good of a ball player he is
similar to caruso who never broke double digits in college but great nba player
I meanā¦ this has to cement his star status in the league right? Lakers have to resign him - heās part of the future
He’s goin tf off I cant lie
Heās so unbelievably good itās hard to even fathom
AR15 too cold
himsanity
Where are you Reaves haters
They are all in nbatalk comparing him to Zach Lavine and Caruso
They were saying Jordan Poole was better a few days ago š
The dumbass trades I kept seeing all off season. For defense(no offense)/second string centers, with no plan to replace what you loose in reaves.
HIM
They had skinny Luka the whole time!
God forbid white guy get a little motion
HES HIM
Austin Reaves deserves to be All-Star this season man
Mvp
Our boy is too good!!
Oh heās absolutely getting PAID soon, and deservingly so
5 games in 7 nights too
With Camara and McDaniels all over him as his primary defenders.
Luka went down so Austin can go up.
MAAAAA MAAAAA š
Crazy
James Harden numbers
Smallville Luka
Reevsanity
40/5/10. Points, rebounds, assists.
Definitely needs his own team.
MVP odds?
He’s the truth.
Who does AR remind you guys of? This guy is a bonafide point guard that can drop 50 PTS on any given night.
He has a little bit of a lot of someone imo. Heās learned from some good point guards in their prime in rondo,Bron (that hit ahead football ass pass today almost made me shed a tear, ALL BRON right there),schroder, dlo but the way he can command an offense, score and foul bait is a little harden too. And when he decides to cross you..woah Jamal Crawford and white chocolateās spirits are heavily present. And for the cold white boy comps..he says himself at one point his fave player was Joe ingles lol
I can actually see some prime Ingles in his game and demeanour on the court. He has obviously already overtook Ingles peak, but similarities are still definitely there.
Points-rebounds-assists!! Itās always been that way!
SAY THE LINE
DLO was holding him back
Crazy stats.
Wtf
Trying to get that bag.
He’s basically their OKC James Harden at this point. If he left 2 seasons ago, he would’ve been a 2 time all-star by now.
I honestly don’t care anymore how much someone scores in the regular season. If they can do it consistently in the playoffs where defenses are much sharper, that’s when you know you’ve got a star. Reeves underperformed last post season so it’ll be interesting to see how he does this year
Heās about to get the James harden rockets bag on some bottom feeder team and Iām not mad about it
Austin all star season
Remember when they benched him a few seasons ago
Lakers got 3 all stars , they gonna be fine by december when the squad is all there
Looking forward to the Lakers paying Reeves max money or losing him to the Jazz or the Wizards who have huge cap space and probably would offer AR a max contract.
White Luca Doncic
i said he was derrick white tier in the nbatalk sub and they thought i was crazy smh
Austinsanity
So the Lakers are gonna let LeBron walk in FA and give AR15 the maximum they can offer him, right?
Lebron trade would get some good pieces back to put around Luka and Austin
Heās hot as fish grease right now but 3 game splits always make me lol. You could put up 60 in game 1 on great efficiency, score 10 in a stinker the next game then have a 20 point night for the last and youāre still averaging 30 ppg on great efficiency
I mean it’s hard as fuck to score 60 or even 50 so you deserve the avg because of the small sample size
Sure. He really is on an incredible run to start the season, though. And now with a game winning buzzer beater against a western conference finalist to add to it.
I completely agree and Iāve been high on Austin since day one
Not may bad players putting up 60 bud
But he hasn’t had a stinker, every game has been great so it’s not the same.
I am aware. Iām just saying, 3 game spans are too small to be doing averages for, we could list the box scores for each game with like, 100 extra characters
He should leave and be the guy somewhere. Him and Luka are basically the same player and I bet his efficiency drops when Luka and Lebron return because he needs his touches. They’re gonna fuck up his money
lebron is probably gone next year man
him and luka would be a really good offensive pairing and the lakers can use the lebron money to get some solid defenders around them
You’re gonna need the bulk of the LeBron money to extend Reaves
lebron makes 52m and reaves makes 14m, say they extend him to 40m, that’s 26m more next year for Reaves
that leaves 26m they can use to sign 1-2 contributors
Thatās not how the cap works.
That doesnt work like that lol. We can go over the cap since we have reaves bird rights. Bron leaving wont help as much since we also signed bron with his bird rights and we can go over the cap for him. Im pretty sure i saw that bron leaving would just leave us with near 20mill open cap to use after extending guys like rui vando etc
How many of those 26m go to extending Ayton?
depends how well he plays. it’s only been 5 games.
ivica zubac makes 11m, is ayton better than zubac? i sure as hell don’t think so
there’s no guarantee he’s gonna command 20m+
Zubac makes 18m this season, 20m the next, and 21m the following one.
And I agree that he’s at least as good as Ayton and probably better. Still, if you want a lob-threat starting-quality center, you’re not gonna find him for 8m/y in the long run.
my bad idk where i got 11m for zubac
it all depends on how he plays, he’s been decent the last 3 games but there is a 50⁄50 chance lakers fans will hate him by the end of the year
The strange thing about Austin Reaves is that he actually doesn’t need lots of touches to torch you for an efficient 20 every night
I look at it like this, you will be paying 2 max slots for the same role when both guys can play that role alone 40 minutes a night. At least if one of them was a lockdown defender there would be something there but this, this will lead to some great nights in the regular season and some early exits in the postseason.
Luka as the #1 option this season - 46ppg Reaves as the #1 option this season - 40ppg
If LeBron can’t win a ring this season with those two guys next to him, that’s it….GOAT debate is OVER. Aint deserve to be anywhere near that discussion….especially when ya’ll fans keep telling everyone he is still in his prime and a top 5 or 10 player in the league.
No one thinks LeBron is still in his prime wtf are u talking about. Bro is arguing with ghosts
Dumb asf lol
Bron is nearing 41 . His career is already set. Adding another ring is just gravy for an already amazing career