Austin Reaves Discussion: Overachiever Who Underachieved

Are we gonna deep dive into your love of calves again @LTLakerFan

 

This kid is special. He will run right through a truck for you, tough as nails

 

how would you rate his calves compared to Coach Vogel?

 

his legs are indeed both thick and solid.

 

Not really, my lady have 2... trust me, there's a CLEAR favourite

 

Very good, well proportioned … but calves themselves not at Vogel’s level

 

I like Austin..he has improved his game this season. I'm a bit hesitant to make some trade for a wing in order to compensate for Lebron's defensive shortcomings. This means that Reaves and Walker minutes are going to be cut, because Lebron ain't coming off the floor regardless. It's a tricky decision IMO.

 

I don't know what it is...

It seemed like a meh game from him... and then you see that he led the team in +/- with +17

 

He's a connector guy: the Lakers in the 4th even with AD and Lebron ran him as the PNR ballhandler. He didn't score but because he's so good at so many it helps everyone else. The floater in the lane over Giannis proved he was a threat so can't ignore him and that was his only points in the 4th but I thought he was awesome**

**outside of the defense on the Allen shot: looked he went under

 

He's a star in his role, and his role is expanding. Kid can ball

 

He just doing what needs to be done without worrying about stats, which is a good thing bc he hasn't got the ball passed to him quite a few times when he should have. Ham is still figuring out how to use Austin. I think he will get it.

 

It’s going to take that plus Ham demanding they get the ball to him more often when he’s in position to potentially make something good happen.

 

Reaves has been our 2nd best player this year. We better lock him up long-term.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/nba-player-ratings/

 

We see the trust finally with AR, they are giving him the ball in crunch time. Until this year Reaves would be a scare crow in the corner while lebron or Westbrook didn't even look his way. It's been beautiful to watch the evolution of Reaves, he's officially an og now.

 

He got cooked by Mitchell. Was also hoping he would ball out yesterday.

He's still growing and his ceiling is as a notable role player. The similarities with Ingles are unbelievable
He will surely continue to grow

 

no more 50/40/90

 

Probably some regression and team's actually scouting him! This is a good thing as if he wasn't good teams wouldn't be paying attention to him.
I think he's got the skills to adjust but every young player goes through this

 

He's a top tier role player at his best. The only way he could crack 40% from three is if he has tiny volume. He's not a knockdown three guy. That's okay though cause he has enough value in other areas.