[Highlight] Austin Reaves takes the grenade from Kleber and sinks the deep 3 to beat the clock
I missed him 🥹
He’s actually crazy sometimes i cant lie
He’s been crazy every single time he’s had to take on the primary scorer role. Idt people realize how good he’s been this season… his ceiling is unknown
Yeah, it’s a shame he’s not gonna make his first All-Star team this year, but with missing about half of the played season thus far, I totally get it. So glad he’s back. He’s the glue on this team.
Right back to MVP form
Goddamn, you’re fucking telling me. Without him we would have been done the moment Luka went to the locker room. He’s so important for this team
Where’d he go
Was injured for over a month
He is him.
Lebron’s the 3rd best player on his team.
He’s 41 he should be 3rd
At 41 he should be one of the worst player in the league even, LeBron is just absurd for still putting up great numbers
Imagine being 21 in the prime of your life and you can’t take your 41 year old dad’s roster spot.
Lebron would be proud
Of course. But you still see moments when Lebron wills himself into being the best player especially during clutch time. I suspect that he’s coasting and come playoffs, he’ll turn it up a notch.
He’s such a fucking star, genuinely would get a super max on some teams
On most teams at this pointðŸ˜I really hope we dont trade him
Call me crazy but I’d much rather keep Reaves than trade him for Giannis if Pelinka even gets that opportunity. I know Giannis is the better player, but homegrown talent that is this good after starting off undrafted is too hard to let go
I’m with you. I’m not fully convinced Giannis and Luka pairing will work
Giannis can’t screen properly, those pick and rolls with dame are brutal to watch.
I’m sure in any Giannis negotiations they would tell them the purpose is to match or the point is to pair Giannis with the duo of Reaves and Luka. Which makes it even harder to do a deal but I don’t think we are the team anyway unless Giannis forces his way here, that’s really the only way it happens anyway.
I’d drive Reaves to Milwaukee myself.
It wouldn’t only be reaves. We’d give up a lot more too
It’s just not worth it
Agreed. There’s zero chance we trade Reaves on his current mega bargain contract. After signing a new deal this offseason, AR can’t be traded until Dec 15th and that’s if he was even an option to be traded.
The problem is Giannis keeps getting hurt, which is concerning. Also, we already have no depth, and getting Giannis would only make that worse.
Lmao facts. Luka and Giannis is a duo you don’t pass up for Austin Reaves
If Lakers trade AR atp it’ll be almost like trading Luka from Dallas. homegrown star Lakers are super rare.
He’s not eligible for the supermax…
Might be hard to keep if he keeps playing this well.
Honestly when Bron leaves after this year, building around Luka and Reaves will be an amazing plan. Just need rim runners and physical defensive wings.
Just gotta copy the Mavs roster from their finals run
We can go over the cap to keep him
Very easy to keep him and add via free agency or trades actually. Lakers have tons have cap space AND they can go over the cap into the aprons rm to re-sign him. Not an issue at all tbh
A top 20-30 player really just dropped in the Lakers’ lap, the rich get richer.
You can say that about Luka - he sure as shit did drop in the Lakers lap. Pelinka drafted AR fair and square - the Lakers FO should get credit for that find.
It’s all just occasional highlights unless they can play some defense. Never gonna get far in the playoffs
He’s got 30 points in 19 minutes right now. I don’t think people truly appreciate just how much different this team is when he’s on the floor
Edit: 35 in 25 mins total. Hillbilly Kobe is back in action
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Austin Reaves is playing better than LeBron fucking James.
He’s genuinely the best player after Luka on the team lol.
Averaging 30 on insane efficiency, elite playmaking.
His defense is so overblown too.
Dude is literally a mini-Luka.
Lakers fan know Reaves is the 2nd option. The dude was absolutely insane before his injury
hes been better all season
Lebron is 41, he shouldnt be you best player on the floor anymore. He literally has been trying to get other people to take the weight off his shoulders ever since he got to the lakers.
Lebron has been amazing especially for his age but it’s just the reality of the salary cap. He’s being paid a super max and he’s dropped off a lot. If you’re on the supermax you have to have an argument for best player on the team, I don’t think there’s a worse player on a super max at the moment.Â
Like he’s had some amazing games where he looks like himself but it hasn’t been consistent at all and definitely not the norm.
I don’t think LBJ is technically on super max. He is on a 2 yr deal (50;.6 avg). Though I’d say he is better than these on supermax: Beal, Dame, maybe Ja, Gobert, Garland
he’s slightly better than Luka
I swear Lakers play better with him on court than Luka.
Maybe it’s because of his smile and joy for the game. Not to say Luka doesn’t enjoy it, but he’s more about winning and Reaves is playing with happiness.
Not to say Luka doesn’t enjoy it, but he’s more about winning and Reaves is playing with happiness.
It’s the other way around IMO.
What? Luka is doing goofy shit and smilling like a kid half the time, he loves playing with happiness (and that happiness sometimes becomes trash talk)
Alright chill out lol. He actually has the potential to be slightly better but Luka still gets blitzed at half court from 2nd quarter on. If Reaves starts winning us playoff series by himself, I’d say he’s better.
lebron is 41 I would hope austin reaves is better lmfao now saying he’s better than luka would mean a lot more if luka actually played some good defense. austin makes this team better than luka ever can. games with austin have a lot of momentum while with luka its stagnant unless hes hot from 3.
AR is fucking back
Reaves is back!
that’s some Andrew Nembhard shit right there
Andrew nembard vs okc is a top 5 player in the league
andrew nembhard in the playoffs or in any game that matters is an absolute dawg.
one of the best contracts in the league.
I love me some Nembhard, Canadian excellence
Top 5 player ever* dude was a machine
Don’t seem possible
could have been an all star if not injured.. damn
Kleber was very solid tonight. I would even say he outplayed Ayton.
The Maxi special
Automatic, that was clean.
For the 1st lead of the night.
Hillbilly Hesus saved my life.
If Nico wasn’t a moron he’d be on the Mavs right now lol
Take notes Cam Thomas!
Kleber is shameless