Austin Reaves Discussion: How Much Is He Worth?

i don't think so. some guys obsess over this stuff; some don't.

 

OK.

 

i was told it's debatable reaves is a second option. i picked a guy who nobody debates is a second option, who is paid more, who was fully healthy, playing behind the league's best player, and played worse than reaves did. i could probably find a few others; that was just recent low-hanging fruit.

 

and denver might be blowing it up and let's face it murray has been a much more consistent offensive player on the big stage. He's won multiple games/series.

AR is going to get paid a big contract, he deserves it, i have no problem with it. But man the whole offense of OKC for large chunks of the game was find AR. Lakers couldn't find a way to protect him and he got cooked over and over again. Maybe only a few teams can do this as most teams don't have the depth of player you can't sag off but I don't know how anyone can actually watch that and not be concerned

 

Then ship his a** out too. Nico was right not a player you can win with. This is the gawdamned Lakers. Get a new owner too … dagger to all our guts he’s lost it already. ​

 

As I have said I don’t expect them to trade him but they should probably LeBron as well because he is only going to decline.If Rob can fix the bench and keep the starter’s intact they will be better but doubtful championship better

 

How are you going to realistically trade LeBron though? What contending team that he'd consider, has the ability to accept James in a sign and trade?

 

I get it and he has to agree.Im just saying it would probably be best

 

We're not replacing AR (nor Bron) for that matter. If we lose both, we're screwed and Luka's tenure as a Laker is wasted.

 

It's not just that..I don't think there is a contender that he could go to, that will be able to accept him through sign and trade, because they are going to be hard capped by that move.

 

Noted

 

AD +Tray for Luka and Austin
do it ,Mitch

 

At the end of the day, I like Reaves, he's homegrown talent and you hate to see players like him go, but is he enough to pair with Luka and expect to be title contenders every year? Like if LeBron is gone, this Luka+Reaves experiment looks a lot different. There are plenty of teams that have equally as good, if not better, 1-2 duos... I feel like LeBron is getting discounted here. Realistically, LeBron acts like an insurance policy in the case that Luka+Reaves aren't working. Because if it doesn't work, LeBron gets blamed. If it does work, it's because LeBron has played into the role to help those other two succeed.

Shai+Chet, Wemby+Castle, Jokic+Murray, Brown+Tatum, etc.,

It's not like Reaves is some magically gifted player who is on that superstar level. He just isn't. He's on that Derrick White, Jrue Holiday, etc., tier of players but the difference is White and Holiday played great defense. Who we taking? Prime Jrue Holiday or Austin Reaves? 100% Holiday. So I'm not sure why there is some sort of infatuation with Reaves. If Holiday can get traded, so can Reaves. And Holiday was a proven player.

If the Lakers can get a much better player or two very good starters, you absolutely consider trading Reaves.

Would I do Reaves for KD straightup? 100%. Reaves + 1st rounder for Kawhi? Yes.

Reaves + Vando + Knecht for Kyrie + PJ Washington + Lively? You do that trade all day. I don't see why Mavs wouldn't do it other than the PR nightmare they might get. They trade Kyrie, who isn't on their rebuilding timeline and they get Reaves, a younger player who fits well with their system and is on their timeline.

I just don't think Reaves is that guy. That pressure and expectation to be the 2nd option on a legit title contender is very different than being the guy paid $12 million and wasn't expected to ever be the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd option on the team. Can he handle that and more? I don't see it.

I think Luka+KD+LeBron would destroy teams in the playoffs. Regular season, just make sure they're healthy.

Luka+Kawhi+LeBron, man, ain't no one stopping them in the playoffs.

Luka+(Kyrie+PJ+Lively)+LeBron, you have an elite starter just by trading Reaves+Vando+Knecht and still have money leftover to sign some good players.

Just saying... Reaves isn't the solution to this... there are plenty of options out there. He's no Luka. Don't know where this sense of he's untradeable or the Lakers must absolutely keep him is coming from amongst Lakers fans.

And I understand the age issue with trading for older players. That's a concern and risk for sure. But you're not going to get a better player than Reaves without giving picks and the other team giving up an older player. Otherwise, you're giving up Reaves + 3 first rounders and that's a huge risk as well.

 

man, it looked great without lebron early in the season, quite frankly.

naming the top teams in the league's duos that are of similar quality drives home the point that it's the rest of the roster that's the problem.

also just really tiring of reaves trade scenarios when he's a UFA, as if he has no agency. it's called "free agency". you can't just be like...you're going to houston, buddy.

and you haven't talked me out of age concerns, either. the olds are not finishing seasons.

 

Trading AR + picks for an old guy to join Bron and Luka is asking for Luka to ask to get traded in 2/3 seasons. That's a fireable offense so in here it should give you a 1 day ban of the site

 

Rob pretty much said in his postseason interview that AR is coming back. Let’s just hope he signs a team friendly deal that gives us some flexibility.