[Andrews] Austin Reaves has been upgraded to questionable for the Lakers Game 3 in Houston
Per Malika Andrew’s:
Austin Reaves has been upgraded to questionable for the Lakers Game 3 in Houston
Source:
https://www.threads.com/@malika_andrews/post/DXfYJrBEkxH?xmt=AQF0PBN1MDHsF-mGWxwdhYtISm0mggDvd3O_HZuDAbWcmg
Hey Austin, we’re good bro. Luke Kennard is here.
*Luka Nard
*Nard Dog
go Nard or go home 😤
go nard on them dudes
Bahaha perfect
ts goes Nard
Go Nard on them dudes.
Oxnard goes hard
*roo doot doo doo doo
Call him Drew
Give em the whole 9 Nards
Beer me
Luke Nukem
Luke “Luka Nard” Kennard
Memphis grizzlies legend Luke Kennard *
La Marc Gasol Dridge
Luka Go Nard
This will always be funny.
I really keep going back to it just for how ridiculous it was lmao
I feel like it’s had a resurgence of relevancy this season.
Was anyone even calling him that before he was on the lakers and playing with Luka?
The Ben Simmons meme? Or did you respond to the wrong comment
Ughhh thought you were responding to the comment calling him Luka Nard and was very confused.
That’s on me Coach, won’t happen again
It’s alright man, as long as you keep going hard on them dudes and contesting without foulling we’ll consider letting you back in the lineup
Technically yes but not really. “Luka Nard” was said a couple times a long time ago but no one ran with it because it was meaningless. Like how people used to say Lamarc Gasoldridge
Here’s a YouTube account named after it that was created in 2019
That and Colin Cowherd’s other “Lebron will NEVER be as good as Michael Jordan was at 40” predictions are pure GOLD
Forget Reaves, Luke is coming for Luka’s spot
“Hey LeBron, Ben Simmons is here. We’re all good.”
Reminds me of those Utah days Jeff H and John S is ok to have two white boys
Now we have 3 💪🏽
Lakers have 6, or 7 with Haye’s new Slovenia citizenship.
Jaxson Hayesovic
Wait until you find out about the 80s Celtics.
U white? U Celtic!
Your jk but there was a post on our sub about how Austin could learn how to deal vs physical defense based on how Luke is performing this series. Austin should come off the bench while he’s ramping up no need to mess with something working
Will never forget Cowherd’s LeBron-Ben Simmons comment lmao
r/thatsthejoke
Luke is great but hes not a shot creator like AR. He doesnt drive the offense and create opportunities and lobs etc. Right now LeBron is the only one capable of doing that well.
He doesnt drive the offense and create opportunities and lobs etc.
He actually has is the crazy part. IDK what JJ told him but it’s been a revelation. He’s had some good lob setups and drive + kick to the open guy type plays
It’s really weird, almost everybody thought Luke was just an open shot type of guy and that’s it. Then this series he all of a sudden has been distributing the ball well
AR and Luka are obviously better than him at that but Luke had a lot of dormant skills and it’s an interesting “what if”.
If he got coached by someone like JJ at the start of his career and was able to give him confidence and bring out his potential, I think he could’ve been a really good player at this point (not that he’s bad now but he has a lot of unrealized potential)
Bro is playing so well I dont even know if we can re-sign him now.
He’s one of the most important offseason targets for us imo. He fits the team really well, I’m no cap mathematician or anything like that but I think retaining him should be like top 3 priorities this offseason
I can see him wanting to stay just for some consistency. He’s finally carved out a good role and it feels like JJ really trusts him. After bouncing around 4 times in 4 years (granted he had 2 full years with Memphis in that span) he may just want a defined role to show off and try to get a big contact NEXT summer. I can see 1+1.
This scouting thread on Luke as a prospect is an interesting read.
A lot of people calling out his playmaking and scoring ability.
Dawg, have you not been watching the last two games? He’s basically playmaking just like AR. It’s honestly shocking.
I dunno, Luke’s drives are way more efficient than AR’s so far based on eyetest and on his 78% TS%, most of AR’s drives end up with a layup or a foul, Luke’s drives end with him pulling back and either hitting a clean middy or passing to Marcus or Rui, this kinda gameplan is working much better for this Rockets match-up because we can’t setup our normal pick and roll with Ayton/Jax clogging Sengun on the paint.
We already got a white guy who we stole, you sit out too Luka
Actually we need someone to stabilize the non LeBron minutes for now. Getoffmydickerson has run out of insults to throw at his team
“He’s my new Robin.”
This is great news except for Houston
Nope he gonna be updated to probable tomorrow afternoon
I hope so too. Maybe the lakers can be competitive in the second round
If JDub misses any significant time with this hammy strain and we can start rd 2 with both AR and Luka healthy I think it’ll be a competitive series fs
You just got a foul, SGA gets two free throws at the start of game one.
Caruso just asked the refs to give a tech to LeBron
we’re in the wwe era of the nba now
Bron made some weird head movement or something
Luka just cussed out a ref in Slovenian and got a couple free throws as well.
bro it won’t😭
KD is questionable as well with a left ankle sprain.
Houston, you may have a problem.
What??
Houston: call an ambulance?
ESPN Analysts: for the lakers?
Houston: no for me you fucking dingus
what do you mean? this season cannot end fast enough.
The cold white boys will continue until morale improves
Both Reaves and KD are questionable for game 3.
Except AR is hungry to play and KD is busy with his twitter fingers. So please getoffmydickerson
I get this sub loves to shit on KD but they literally played him 40 minutes
And he is literally the epitome of ball is life. That’s crazy talk.
Implying a person on planet earth wants to play basketball more than KD lol
Bro needs to educate himself on KD
Really need Devin Booger and the Suns to push the Thunder to at least 6 games.
Devin Booger 😭
What he say fuck me for?
he must be a ref
we need the booker who was lighting up the nuggets in that one playoff series bc why is brooks out playing him
Because that’s the gameplan. Double and blitz Book to force the kick out (because he no longer has the athleticism to break the double) and settle with Brooks taking every shot. Every team would rather have Brooks or Green jack up 20 shots than Booker.
You’ll get Dildo brooks antics with a sweep and you’ll like it!
Refs in 4
I bet they sit him Game 3, ease minutes Game 4, play Game 5
We going to 5?
First ever 5-0 sweep
Well the quote is lakers in 5
Austin Reaves, Keanu Reeves, arm sleeves, autumn leaves… don’t matter. Lakers in FIVE. 😤
Gotta give Reaves some run to knock off the rust before they play OKC
You have to make them think they can contend with this team so they don’t rebuild
“Guys we took the hospital Lakers to 6, we got something special with this squad!”
They might rebuild purely based on the fact that they can’t stand each other
Yeah like the Rockets fans have been saying they don’t have Van Vleet! When he can play all of their problems would surely go away👌
Gentleman’s 🧹
He meant game one versus okc
Austin Reeves, Ask Jeeves, Basket weaves. Lakers in 5.
They’re doing what the Rockets did with them and KD. It’s mind games.
Might not be a Game 5
There won’t be a game 5 buddy
As is the prophecy, Lakers in 5
KD downgraded to questionable. AR upgraded to questionable. Everything is primed for the funniest blowout win for the Rockets.
Would be funnier if they all play just for the final score to resemble the Pistons game last night.
Ngl if we win a single game this series, which is looking doubtful, it will definitely be this one for that exact reason. Rockets have literally always been a team of fucking subverting expectations merchants 😭
Can’t shit ever be straightforward for us
I don’t even think they need Luka and reeves at this point. But they should not overexert bron
He’s likely gonna come off the bench to ramp up, so him getting some reps in game 4 would be ideal
I mean 10 minutes of just ball handling would be huge for Bron and the others to rest. Luke was looking rough too at the end of that game.
Him and Rui are playing 43 minutes a game so far. Although Rui doesn’t seem to gassed, Luke definitely looked tired near the end
Has Rui’s stamina always been elite? Dude looks the same at the end of a game as at the start.
I’ve genuinely never seen that guy tired.
It’s why he’s clutch as fuck
They need them against OKC. But they need to at least able to rejoin the team during houston series.
It’s the bron tax right now. We won 2020 with him getting to basically speed run playoffs with no miles on him. And that was freaking 6 years ago.
is that boss music the rockets hear?
Its probably just the sound of KD’s twitter fingers on another burner.
the stars are aligning for the rockets rebuild to be one of the most embarrassing of all time
It’s not even top 10 most embarrassing rebuilds lmao, people really need to stop this shit
They won 52 games with no point guard and their best player is fucking 37
No the Lakers best player is 41. KD is like 37.
Well when you’re basketball knowledge only goes back max 7 years like most people on this sub, it is the worst of all time
It’s not even the worst in the last 2 years.
The Rockets are a good team that REALLY needs a point guard.
Once FVV comes back, they could really make a splash.
I agree but that’s kinda the issue.
They are missing 2 starters in Steven Adams and FVV.
The Lakers are the best possible first round opponent they could’ve asked for given that they weren’t gonna be a top 2 seed.
His Lakers team is the easiest opponent they could’ve got in their situation and they are shitting the bed.
They will be better next year but this isn’t promising. They will need more than just FVV and Adams to fix their issues. You can’t get swept in the first round to this Lakers team without Luka or reaves.
I think this is all a little exaggerated now.. We lost 1 game we should’ve won with KD but the Lakers are shooting like 50% from 3 while the Rockets are shooting 39% from the field. Obviously part of that is game plan and scheming but there hasn’t been a sweep yet, there is still time for regression to the mean.
Prob not even worst of the 2020s considering how the kings/pels/grizz rebuilds went.
Kings got the 7th seed and blew up their young core for derozan lavine and westbrook 😭😭😭
I would say the Grizzlies were better atp, they were a top 3 seed in the West for two years in a row, and actually won a playoff series in 2022.
Oh good point, Grizz are definitely higher right now.
but but kd is a snake and sengun has tiddies
I disagree with them but youre kinda helping their point by saying best player is 37 lol
The grizzlies actually. “I’m fine in the West” LMAO
He’s the last one left lol
And he’s the one who wants out the most. LOL
The Jazz and Grizzles were the one and two seed a few years ago and are both tanking now lol
Not even a top 5 most embarrassing rebuild of the past decade. This team had absolutely zero expectations of being anything until like halfway through last season.
The pels and grizzlies had far greater expectations and accomplished even less.
Nets big 3 who played a total of like 10 games together.
Process sixers that were hailed as the next dynasty, and never made it out of the 2nd round.
The kings ‘rebuild’ that amounted to 1 season of success while all their good players were sent elsewhere.
Whatever the fuck the bulls have been doing after d-rose.
All of what the Jazz is doing too.
Nah they still got 4 young stars and tonnes of assets
IMO they can still run it back with a new coach. They had some really bad injury luck this year.
It will be embarrassing in the sense that they fumbled the culmination of it, but the accumulation of talent actually worked really well. It’s just they hired the wrong coach and then had horrible injuries and then made no moves to compensate
You fucking kidding lol? Did you start watching the NBA in 2024 or something?
We won 22 games 3 seasons ago. We just finished back to back 52 win seasons. If that’s one of the most embarrassing rebuilds of all time there’s like five teams in the league literally right now that can’t even be described.
I’m disappointed, I’d expect a Grizzlies fan to be much more knowledgeable about disappointing rebuilds considering the up close and personal experience you have with that.
Lol, as if Houston didn’t have any more problems.
We’re doomed 🙀
Always have been
He’ll probably sit out tomorrow come back for game 4
Changing Houston, Texas to Austin, Texas
Yeah Houston you are fucked.
The diagnosis they gave the public had to be wrong. There’s no way he’s coming from a grade 2 oblique strain this quick
Saw early reports that he might be out longer than Luka and that was before Luka was injected with the Super Saiyan serum.
Prognosis is normally 4-6 weeks in the regular season. If he comes back at 3-3.5 weeks for the playoffs I could imagine it being on the lower end of grade 2 still. In the regular season he’d sit another week or two for sure
Yeah especially as a basketbl player. I can’t imagine how you could shoot a ball in any serviceable capacity with a grade 2 oblique tear or any abdominal related injury
I mean an oblique strain takes weeks to heal. But I can guaretee he’s far from 100%. Especially for his type of game, he has that herky-jerky, shift changing style, there’s no way he feels 100% with a strained oblique
We also don’t know how accurate our medical staff preformed his MRI considering JJ was pissed about it and our head medical guy has been fired since
The we threw me off at first because of the flair
Maybe this is like how when Kawhi tore his ACL in the 2021 playoffs and they kept listing him as “day to day” until the Clippers were eliminated and then they announced he needed surgery and would miss the entire next season.
This might be a good thing for Houston. Reaves takes the ball away from Smart and Kennard
nope AR will be eased into it, he likely comes off the bench. And the shit play by LA’s bench playing Bronny and turning over the ball in the 2nd quarter when Bron is on the bench likely doesn’t happen
Oh no! The ball is going to go to some 23 PPG, 49% FG role player 😖
Nah. He’ll just make all the open shots that LaRavia has been bricking.
E durant è in questione, questo è l’unica serie che finirà 4-0, curiosamente forse solo i prossimi avversari che i lakers avranno
Si
anchio parlo l’italiano
KD out Reeves in
Houston only saving grace is they are at home so the role players should perform better but still
It hasn’t been enough time and high risk of re injury while up 2-0. He should wait out g3 at a minimum
It usually takes 4 weeks to return from his injury and it’ll be a little over 3 weeks if he returns tomorrow. Considering he somehow still stayed in that OKC game after he suffered the injury in the 1st place, I think it was probably on the lighter side of a grade 2 oblique injury.
Right even so, make sure you’re healthy for round2. It’d be different if the season was on the line down 0-2 but it’s the other way around
Who says he’s not healthy lol? That’s the point.
Also bringing him back out of rhythm in round 2 against OKC where he’d need a game or two to get reacclimated isn’t ideal either.
I trust the Lakers medical staff on this one.
Got a medical degree? And if so have you seen Austin’s medicals?
He’s Austin Reaves’ mom.
Obliques do not have a high risk of re injury
It’s an oblique strain. There is not a high risk of re injury it’s about pain tolerance and mobility
Lakers gonna have the best yugioh card with 3 blue eye white dragon when Luka and AR comes back to pair with Luke K 😂😂
LeXodia, LeObliterate!
AR 40 piece off the bench incoming.
Demon home
Houston just fumbled a lakers without luka and reaves advantage
Yeah lets not until we absolutely need to play AR.
Pretty sure we can take care of the Rockets without AR/Luka.
Especially with KD being not 100% again. KD quesitonable GM 3 as well
Wait till if they tie it up 2-2. There is no point for him to play rn.
it’s so fucking over
Houston is soo cooked bro
I feel like if anything work him into the rotation later in the game if we’re doing well. Kennard is on a heater right now and Austin was rough when he came back from the last injury
Houston still cooked
Don’t play him unless it goes to game 5
He should suit up for HOU so that we can at least get a decent series.
/surprisedpikachuface
Have mercy on the rockets. This is gonna turn into a sweep
ohh im so hard.
Houston is doomed
Houston, you have a problem, or ten.
It’s Joever for the Rockets
A funny outcome could occur from this
Oh?
What’s Lukas timeline lookin like?
No way he comes back 1st round at all. He only comes back IF the lakers manage to make the 2nd.
Ooooo baby
DEMON HOME
Wait what? I thought he was out for the season lmao
Didn’t they say like a week ago that Luka still had a chance, but AR was definitely out for the first round?
AR nor Luka are coming back this series. KD is already questionable again. The play is for LeBron to gentleman sweep the Rockets and have AR and Luka come back fully healthy for the Thunder. JJ is running circles around Udoka, why have them come back for a potential injury when they are doing just fine with LeBron doing his best Magic Johnson impression.
Still can’t believe people picked the Rockets lead by KD over LeBron and the Lakers. KD has NEVER lead a team w/o help. And they lacked Steven Adam and VV. Betting odds fooled so many people
Wasn’t he supposed to be out 6 weeks?
We should rest him unless it’s absolutely necessary, honestly. The vibes are horrendous in Houston right now and we’ve been doing well
Yeesaaasss
If Reeves plays anytime soon, they should just have him play limited minutes as the shot creator whenever LeBron is on the bench. And that would allow them to rest Bron more. Luke Kennard is a better option with Bron at the moment.
prob won’t start prolly get 10-15 mins playing time
Even with AR potentially returning soon it’d probably be smarter to drag on the series until Luka comes back. Then again, a quick 4:0 or 4:1 would be satisfying as fuck, considering the narrative before the series even began.
Let AR sit please, this rockets team is too demanding to play against
When you’ve been struggling against the Saibamen and Nappa hasn’t even fought yet.