Austin Reaves Discussion: How Much Is He Worth?

Leave Breatney, ehh AR alone

 

I can read that just fine and I categorically don't agree with it. Just because you wrote it doesn't mean it's indisputable truth. I place much more value on the actual categorized talents of the "interchangeable pieces". In your NBA view. He's a rare talent at a reasonable price. Hopefully. Don't bother telling me I'm wrong because that's exactly what's going to happen. Deal with it and stop telling us we're all wrong. That's the real problem.

 

We're all mostly wrong and just speculate. Hell, I wanted Russell in the draft, and he sucks donkey ba**s.

That's what makes the banter fun. Sucks when it gets personal, and I'm guilty myself of it a lot of the time if not more than that.

I went on a research dive last night. It's pretty cool. I'll PM you. You'll like it. It isn't all Anti-Reaves, but it's stuff you'll enjoy reading if you like.

 

Dallas will NEVER get over the Luka trade to the Lakers.
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If you don’t understand that, I don’t know what to tell you.
Carry on in fantasyland.

 

See you can be a nice guy when you’re not being condescending.

Sure send it my way.

 

I'm sure there's a price where Dallas would do a deal with us. Like if Rob called tomorrow and said give us Gafford for 3 firsts and 2 swaps, they'd do it. But obviously we wouldn't do that. It really us unfortunate because our rosters are pretty natural trade partners at this point. They're now pivoting to a Flagg timeline and have a few guys (Gafford, PG, Marshall, even Max) that should probably sell for picks.

 

You are joking right? I would trade AR straight up for Chet, Jdub, Castle, or Harper. Both teams have a Big 3 with a bunch of good role players.

SGA was traded for a MVP candidate (at the time) in Paul George. All of the other stars were high draft picks. See the trend here? Those type of players are incredibly hard to get. That's why you don't trade an all star level player for role players (ie Caruso, Quickley) that you can pick up via free agency or via smaller trades.

 

Thought I was going to have to step in to keep the peace...lol.

 

Those wanting to get rid of Austin need to put the cap back on the glue bottle...lol.

 

Abeer we discussed this once back regarding Dejounte but don't recall your explanation. And now saw you suggest a similar player and I'm really curious.

You threw Dejounte and Quickley names as options for that 3rd spot, what's your line of thinking?
Their main skill is ball handling which I think is almost useless in a Luka/AR (and Bron) team. They both can shoot and are ok (Quickley)to good (Dejounte) defenders but aren't necessarily known for being spot up shooters. I know Quickley has a huge volume and makes a ton so I may be wrong on him but I see him as this quick guard that can do a bit of everything without being elite at nothing.

They're both the archetype of a player that I wouldn't think would fit well with this group, so I'm curious on your line of thinking

Yeah any trade with Dallas will be heavily scrutinized and a new GM probably wants to avoid that. But it can happen, it just makes any deal a bit more harder and likely a bitmore expensive

I think Flagg is kinda ready and don't see the point of Mavs blowing it up, I think they want him playing meaningful basket so he can grow faster. I may be wrong

 

my first priority is perimeter defense in the starting lineup. murray's has slipped, but i believe it's still in there, lol. both of those guys are big enough to put on a lot of sgs, too. this allows reaves to take the opposition's weaker guard as a primary assignment, which is good (in the post-lebron future, we'll have a sf/pf to do that for luka).

offensively, both are competent shooters who can also really attack closeouts and make plays off that. also, you'll probably note that i just kind of believe that luka and austin will get people better shots, such that even meh shooters can become capable enough to keep defenses honest.

edit: also, murray would have to be a buy-low candidate for sure. he's coming off two serious injuries and hasn't shown a sustained return to form. i'd consider eating half his salary a favor, and if NO doesn't see it that way, i'm probably not pulling the trigger.

dallas also doesn't control their pick for a while, iirc, so they're going to try to win. i think people saw them dump AD and thought they were tanking, but i think they just weren't confident AD was ever going to be AD again (i agree, sadly--we got out at just the right time there). they'll give it a go with kyrie this year, and if he's also cooked, they'll use his expiring the next year (maybe they'll grant everyone's wish here and trade him for reaves then, lol).

 

Letting go of Caruso and now Reeves? Smh

 

No im not joking.of course you would make those trades because all of those players are interchangeable . You know who you wouldn’t trade? SGA,Wemby,Luka because as Rob said the hardest player to get is a young superstar who your team can ride to a championship.Everyone else is just a glorified role player in reality

 

I give up if you are calling them interchangeable and glorified role players. They are surefire perennial all stars. 2 of them are signed to max contracts, and the other 2 will be signed to max contracts when their time comes.

 

Kind of an NBA 2K fanless view of the sport. Which goes hand in hand for those who “say” (am not “saying” 52years) they only care about the post season and ring is the only thing. Then why bother watching the regular seasons when the odds are seriously stacked against your happiness every year even with teams that win over 50 games.

 

So what can they put a team on their back and carry it through a play off run? If not then they are glorified role players who can be interchanged with others as you yourself pointed out.