Hurts lol lakers weren’t even too bad just couldn’t generate offense can’t have AR missing 13 shots

austin reaves, say goodbye to that max you wanted

I genuinely questioned my sanity and wondered if I was delusional when people were saying he’s a better player than Lebron now.

We good dlo Reaves is here

STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN 3:16 😭

They were talking in the regular season like this guy was the elite 2nd option and Bron should be carrying his bags.

This is going to b him all series, reaves is not a playoff performer unless its a bad defensive back court he is facing.

AR15%

Why do people keep using “despite” in these posts? Is it irony, or do they genuinely not know its meaning?

At what point do we replace the excuse of injury with “Maybe Reaves just isn’t built for the playoffs”? Because while the Thunder’s defense is monstrous, he was also bad against the Rockets this year and the Timberwolves last year.

AUSTIN ³⁄₁₆ SAYS I JUST SHIT THE BED

A cone on defense and black hole on offense. Yikes. Zero chance of winning like that against OKC on their turf.

Lakers will still give him 200+ million on an extension. They have no choice

Despite?

Causing the loss more like

Honesty dude loves the Lakers it might cost him millions, he should’ve sat until he was 100%

I don’t think you can win a championship with Austin and Luka as your starting back court, having 2 terrible defenders and one who’s offense hasn’t translated at all to the playoffs is not a recipe for success. Reaves is basically like walmart Luka.

He’s downright useless in the playoffs. Unplayable. 

Doing his best Austin Rivers impression

If JJ put on a shirt and subbed himself in he would have done significantly better than Austin.

coming back from an injury and then facing the thunder has to be the worst matchup possible for him lol

Everyone hating on AR but the guy just came back from injury

I have been skeptical of AR since the series against the Wolves last season. He has proven time and time again that against physical teams he CAN NOT create good looks for himself and turns the ball over way too easily. I just hope that the front office seriously reconsiders what they want AR’s role to be moving forward, he simply isn’t enough to be the top 2 of this team when LBJ decides to hang it up. His defense is not good enough to pair him with Luka on the starting roster so that fit is already questionable to begin with.

Damn I love the player. But holy shit he didn’t need to rush it back. That was just awful

Despite? Lol

DLO’s spirit lives on

I don’t think you know how to use the word “despite”

Wym despite

I feel like maybe they could’ve stolen this game if he shoots even just his average.

With the way you can see the league trending and what type of teams are successful in the playoffs, Lakers should seriously consider trading Reaves for elite wings. He’s a very good offensive player, but a back court of him and Luka will just be at a consistent disadvantage à la jokic/murray right now, except worse on offense.

Man I remember I shot like this once on 2k in the rec and I deleted my player

quality title lmao

He’s the main reason I never trusted this Lakers team even if Luka had never gotten injured. Austin Reaves sucks in the playoffs every year. It’s just who he is.

whats with r/nba not knowing what the word despite means. or is it always the same person who doesn’t know?

“Despite” the loss? More like “greatly contributing to” the loss

20mil

Isn’t he clearly injured still? He looks injured to me, he’s not even making his moves in the same way or with the same aggressiveness and speed, and his shot looks off balance.

He played horribly but he also came back early from an injury. Why are people acting like he’s completely healthy?

I don’t know what everyone was expecting with Reaves. Ar has always struggled against teams with length or athleticism (most playoff teams), and it doesn’t help that he missed some games. His jumper might get hot one of these games but for the most part he is going to struggle the whole series. Laughable about how Reggie started talking about how Reaves needs to average 25+ for the lakers

Watching this game pissed me off. He was the sole reason that we loss, and we actually had a legit chance all the way through almost the end of the 3rd. Dude can’t defend, can’t shoot, and turn the ball over.

Once again he sucks in the post season so fans will call to trade him but then he’ll have a great regular season and have everyone questioning their thoughts

can’t spell Austin Reaves without A-S-S

He’s a bench rotation level player.

“Reaves and Luka are our top two.” -haters

Bron GOAT

dude i love AR but I’m glad people can stop the whole “he’s better than (insert actual first option on a team)” like it was honestly getting tired of all these people who knew no ball what so ever

He went Austin 3:16 today

Lakers fans want Bron gone for this guy btw

He better hold onto that money he was flashing on the Houston flight. That big payday he was expecting isn’t coming this time around 

I don’t think the word despite means what you think it means?

Can’t stand this guy. Absolute playoff choker. Coming back from an injury is not an excuse.

I think I’m kind of over the whole “despite the loss” meme with bad stat lines. It’s a dead horse, guys. You overdid it.

I’ve always been an AR fanboy and I can quickly get over this kind of failure in a regular season game but this is the playoffs and your team needs you. No excuse. How quickly I turn… They aren’t even that same team after his return. Disgusting.

Easily the worst game I’ve seen from him, crazy part is that LA actually looked decently competitive in the first half, and if he’d shown up they might even have a tiny chance of winning this game. oh well, goodluck with that max contract buddy

not great, bob

Yuk

3:16 you not stone cold Steve Austin

He just came off a month long injury and playing the best defense team in the league. He’ll be okay.

Lot of hot takes, let’s check in another 4 games when we lose the series

Austin 3:16 said you just whooped my ass

“despite the loss” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

“despite the loss” 😭

AUSTIN 3:16

If he’s that hurt don’t play. We excuse the bad defense because of the good offense but you can’t suck defensively and offensively

despite?

How is that despite the loss ?

this guy stinks

worst. player. ever.

Isn’t it usually supposed to be a good stat line when you say “despite the loss”? Lmao

Despite?

What you mean ‘despite’? Those numbers are terrible lol

Is it driving anyone else crazy that people keep using “despite” like this?

It would be appropriate if he had a good stat line…

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Despite the loss… More of the reason for the loss

Doing his best Reed Sheppard impression

I don’t think you understand what “despite” means

austin “ reed shepperd” reaves..

Reaves is not capable of being the man. It’s all on LeBron to carry them.

He’s a player who tends to make a lot of tough shots, but doesn’t generate a lot of easy looks to bail himself out when the tough shots aren’t falling. In the regular season, you get away with it when players are less disciplined, and you can get to the line. You have to be really good in the playoffs. Very efficient in what you do.

Not sure OP understands the word “despite”

Whoever saying reeves is losing his max contract is forgetting he’s fighting and battling injury

What’s going on with him? Is it mentality or physical limitations to his game?

He has now racked up 18 turnovers against OKC in 4 games this season.

austin is still hurt and got reinjured in the 3rd so i am not gonna kill him. but he definitely needs to play better if he’s gonna power through, lmao

Came back too early.

this game has the makings of a new rdc lebron skit

Lakers need to supermax him.

He literally needed to shoot 3s but was catching them 2 steps outside the line and wouldnt. Maybe hes too hurt to get a good launch on them but thats a problem and thus a series will be done

3 for 16?

The F.

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