Austin Reaves Discussion: How Much Is He Worth?

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  1. tada

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    Could be that his calf is still not 100%, but probably a mix of a whole lot of issues like loss of explosiveness due to conditioning, uncertainty of role on team, lack of offensive rhythm, and mental slump following his injury. Not really worried. I'm willing to bet he'd be back to scoring 25+ if LeBron takes a few games off.
     
    tada, Mar 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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    And when Luka’s dinged a game after his next T.

    :Bangbrick4:
     
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    Called it, 25 put game without LeBron.
     
    tada, Mar 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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    Sucks.
    Overrated.
    Trade him.
    There, did I do it right?
     
    FrontOfJersey22, Mar 8, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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    Looks better without Bron, doesn't he?
     
    karacha, Mar 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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    Much, much better.
     
    FrontOfJersey22, Mar 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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    As long as LeBron is here we aren’t doing s*** unless his old arse defers completely to the two best players on the team
     
    KareemtheGreat33, Mar 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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    Terrible 1st half but man, ridiculous shot-making in that 2nd half. Him and Luka beat the Wolves in that 3rd Q.
     
    Astros, Mar 10, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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    Lakers are 26-13 with Austin , 14-12 without him ..
     
    wcsoldier81, Mar 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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    In other words, we are a 3/4 seed in the west with Luka, Reaves and a bunch of scrubs. Replace the scrubs with better pieces and we are a contender. This isn't rocket science.
     
    tada, Mar 11, 2026 at 4:56 AM
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    Btw there are only 2 perimeter players that score over 23 pts with a TS% of 65+

    Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
    Austin Reaves

    Take that down to 23 pts and a TS% of 60+ and you get

    Stephen Curry
    Kevin Durant
    Kawhi Leonard
    Donovan Mitchell
    Luka Doncic
    Keyonte George
    James Harden

    So he's in the 99th percentile as a scorer. And that's not including his value as a playmaker.
    There's been talk of Laker fans overrating AR, but really, he's vastly underrated.
     
    tada, Mar 11, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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    i'm told this isn't true, regularly.
     
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    Reaves needs the ball. When Bron comes back he still needs the ball, we are better when he has the ball and when he’s the 2nd option. He had a bad first half, but he was able to have a great 2nd half, which he may not have if he weren’t able to keep shooting and get back in a rhythm, instead having to defer to LeBron. I don’t know how this gets fixed this season, it probably doesn’t, but it’s very obvious.
     
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    lebron offering to come off the bench is the way, imo. he won't do it, and jj won't suggest it, but it's how to salvage a chance at contention this year (small chance in any case). but lebron would have to be bought into the idea, else he'll pout. and he DOES pout.

    so yeah, i'm dubious. it's time for a break up, which is clearly imminent. both sides will benefit, imo.
     
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    Let LeBaby start, but play off ball.
    This is the way.
     
    FrontOfJersey22, Mar 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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    Lebron's stature is too great for anyone to convince him to play any other way. It's similar to how Kobe played in his last season, but much worse because we aren't in rebuild mode. I think it would be a bit more bearable if Lebron announced his retirement and we were on a farewell tour. At least that wouldn't make our struggles a lost cause.

    As it stands we'll just have to ride this season out.
     
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