Austin Reaves Has Been Great In FIBA ... Could He Be An All-Star?

[___Rand___]

lol

[JustBuzzin]

Reaves secured the bag and lost his superpowers.

Lakers simply need another star around AD and LeBron. LeBron is slowly declining every year and we all know AD is not a alpha.

The best thing the Lakers can do is try to get Reaves more involved in the offense and hope Kyrie demands a trade before the deadline.

Kyrie/AD/LeBron is the only way I think the Lakers are legit contenders this year.

[Rafael122]

League has a year's worth of tape on him now so he's easier to game plan for. Second thing is, for the sake of loyalty, Reaves took less than what he could have gotten. $55 million is still a lot, but he could have doubled that.

[Charlie Sollers]

Easier to score in FIBA.

[og15]

League has a year's worth of tape on him now so he's easier to game plan for. Second thing is, for the sake of loyalty, Reaves took less than what he could have gotten. $55 million is still a lot, but he could have doubled that.

These small bad stretches fool people too much, and people tend to fall for making great conclusions from them if they are right at the start of the season, vs the same thing in the middle of the season, just because it's not yet diluted with good performances.

Reaves had a three game stretch at the end of December last season where he shot 16% FG and 16% 3PT on 8.3 FGA and 6.3 3PA.

If we want to go extreme, Beverley shot 30/23 his first 20 games as a Laker, then 47/43 the remaining 25 games before he was traded.

Redick started the 14-15 season cold with the Clippers, 37/31 after 10 games, then shot 49/45 the remaining 68 games.

We just have to give things more than a 1 week stretch and even more than that many times.

[oversteerdawg]

Did anyone watch the game? His shots were normal, open shots that he usually makes. Just one of those nights where everything rimmed out

[facothomas22]

Coming into the season, I have been comparing him to Aaron Brooks or Jeremly Lin or Duncan Robinson to some extent and based on the 1st 3 games, even those comparison may be too kind comparison giving how he's performing. So far, he basically been unplayable. We may need to start having a coversation if he might have the worst contract in the NBA.

[cupcakesnake]

League has a year's worth of tape on him now so he's easier to game plan for. Second thing is, for the sake of loyalty, Reaves took less than what he could have gotten. $55 million is still a lot, but he could have doubled that.

These small bad stretches fool people too much, and people tend to fall for making great conclusions from them if they are right at the start of the season, vs the same thing in the middle of the season, just because it's not yet diluted with good performances.

Reaves had a three game stretch at the end of December last season where he shot 16% FG and 16% 3PT on 8.3 FGA and 6.3 3PA.

If we want to go extreme, Beverley shot 30/23 his first 20 games as a Laker, then 47/43 the remaining 25 games before he was traded.

Redick started the 14-15 season cold with the Clippers, 37/31 after 10 games, then shot 49/45 the remaining 68 games.

We just have to give things more than a 1 week stretch and even more than that many times.

Amen.

The beginning of the season is fun. It's a time when sample size theatre is the most dramatic, and the small sample is written in stone on the front pages of player's stat blocks. Also, because player's can develop over the offseason, any new thing can be taken as evidence of development (or in this case, teams developing the scouting to stop Reaves).

But if people are serious about drawing actual conclusions from the beginning of the season, that means shutting off your brain and ignoring every other start to an NBA season we've watched. It's always interesting when a player is playing great or playing really poorly, and that's magnified right now. It's possible that Reaves could have a rough season, but a cold start isn't compelling evidence that that will happen. Tyrese Maxey and Jalen Duren might make MIP level leaps this year, but a 3 game sample doesn't actually tip us off to that the way people want it to.

[The-Power]

He's a G-League star/NBA 10 day contract player.

He's a poor mans Grayson Allen, without the defense.

Poor trolling.

[facothomas22]

maybe he's just tired.

Those sound like excuses. If that's the case, then why guys like Cam Johnson, Bobby Portis, Josh Hart, and Walker Kessler still look like viable role players, while Reaves is basically unplayable? Maybe it's time to see that Reaves got a lot of people fooled and now since he got his money, he's regressing back to the mean that we saw back in his rookie season(but with even worse defense).

[facothomas22]

He's a G-League star/NBA 10 day contract player.

He's a poor mans Grayson Allen, without the defense.

I have never been so dumbfounded when the Lakers gave him that contract, and all their fans were hyping him up. He' 'll be out of the rotation by the end of November, and they will ship him off with a couple fo picks to make room for a buy-out player in the new year.

The fourth year of his contract is a $15m player option?? For a player that should have been happy to sign a two-way contract!!!!
You just can't make this **** up!! The most boneheaded contract ever signed in NBA history.

With the way he's playing now, I fully agree. This might be a top 2 worst contract in the NBA right now.

[Jadoogar]

He's a G-League star/NBA 10 day contract player.

He's a poor mans Grayson Allen, without the defense.

I have never been so dumbfounded when the Lakers gave him that contract, and all their fans were hyping him up. He' 'll be out of the rotation by the end of November, and they will ship him off with a couple fo picks to make room for a buy-out player in the new year.

The fourth year of his contract is a $15m player option?? For a player that should have been happy to sign a two-way contract!!!!
You just can't make this **** up!! The most boneheaded contract ever signed in NBA history.

With the way he's playing now, I fully agree. This might be a top 2 worst contract in the NBA right now.

lol cmon. FVV makes 43M. Simmons is making 40M. Reaves is not even close top 10 worst contract.

[Onlytimewilltel]

He's a G-League star/NBA 10 day contract player.

He's a poor mans Grayson Allen, without the defense.

I have never been so dumbfounded when the Lakers gave him that contract, and all their fans were hyping him up. He' 'll be out of the rotation by the end of November, and they will ship him off with a couple fo picks to make room for a buy-out player in the new year.

The fourth year of his contract is a $15m player option?? For a player that should have been happy to sign a two-way contract!!!!
You just can't make this **** up!! The most boneheaded contract ever signed in NBA history.

Don’t have a hart attack mate. World will keep on spinning lol

damn i'll relish the moment when you no longer post here. Hope it's sooner rather than later. Just low effort posts one after the other, D-

Low effort posts just like low effort Zions diet, C+

[Dacost]

Damn, really seems like there were some people just waiting for Reaves to have a bad start to pounce. Little bit weird but ok.

Lol Lakers fans were trying to make him an All-Star in the offseason don't bring this on us we didn't start it.We are not the weird one's.

[noreaster23]

I've just never gotten the Austin Reaves hype. He seems like a strong role player to me at best, not a high level starter on a championship team. I mean, I guess anyone can look good next to D'Angelo Russell. In FIBA I thought he got exposed on defense. Still rooting for the guy.

[Drakeem]

Damn, really seems like there were some people just waiting for Reaves to have a bad start to pounce. Little bit weird but ok.

Lol Lakers fans were trying to make him an All-Star in the offseason don't bring this on us we didn't start it.We are not the weird one's.

Fans of something or someone should not impact your opinion on said person or thing. They have nothing to do with their fans. Reaves don't control them.

[Dacost]

Damn, really seems like there were some people just waiting for Reaves to have a bad start to pounce. Little bit weird but ok.

Lol Lakers fans were trying to make him an All-Star in the offseason don't bring this on us we didn't start it.We are not the weird one's.

Fans of something or someone should not impact your opinion on said person or thing. They have nothing to do with their fans. Reaves don't control them.

What ? Why not ?

Delusional fans talk all their talk during the summer now they deserve to be told how dumb they are.

Reeves is not a bum and is a great role player nothing but respect for him no one is wishing he fails but there is nothing wrong about being realistic.

[Funcrusher]

Don’t have a hart attack mate. World will keep on spinning lol

damn i'll relish the moment when you no longer post here. Hope it's sooner rather than later. Just low effort posts one after the other, D-

Low effort posts just like low effort Zions diet, C+

im so offended, how dare you

[Karate Diop]

I've just never gotten the Austin Reaves hype. He seems like a strong role player to me at best, not a high level starter on a championship team. I mean, I guess anyone can look good next to D'Angelo Russell. In FIBA I thought he got exposed on defense. Still rooting for the guy.

Yep. Teams zeroed in on him because without the refs he couldn't handle the physicality in FIBA.

[Mephariel]

Yeah. I love how people say it is easier to score in the NBA. Sure thing.