Austin Reaves Discussion: Foundation Piece Or Trade Piece?

he was pretty invisible for the most part, imo. this should have been a good matchup for him, too.

ham's got a gabe problem, which is something we all foresaw.

 

Is he sick? He seems off to me: not really as assertive as he normally is.

Not helpful to the team that he is sitting when Lebron is out. Reaves Vincent makes a lot more sense than DLo/Vincent. Hell I would take Reaves/Max. What happened to switching and shooting?

 

Reads like this he's missing in these two games, which is uncharacteristic for him.



Is this his protest until we trade for Bridges?

 

Probably

 

Team USA was good for Reaves but combined with the WCF run, he didn't really have a summer to rest. I think he's in a weird funk that will take some time to get rid of. We do need him to be better soon though with the lack of playmaking guards on this team.

 

yeah, why not keep austin in, sub out both dlo and lebron, and bring in rui and gabe on that first shift?

yeah, maybe one day...

 

He probably injured his hand from this stupid show with Jimmy Kimmel when he was throwing pumpkins

 

Kimmel still has a show ?

 

Yeah definitely the disappointment so far. Which is actually great because I have no doubt he will bounce back. He'll be fine

It's on him, Rui and Dlo to hold the fort on the non-Lebron minutes

 

He completely stinks so far... It's a long year though

 

I think if LeBron sits tomorrow we'll see a better game from AR.

 

Honestly I don't think it's a bad idea: this is similar to how he looked in the middle of last season where he hit the wall.
Team isnt going to be what is expected of him without Reaves being Reaves.

 

Worst game as a pro?

He's unplayable right now. He's competing defensively but he's a liability offensively. He can't shoot from anywhere, can't pass, can't handle. He's let a guy who looks like Bill Walton's illegitimate son hassle him on the perimeter. Seriously, Maury needs to see if Bill was in Nicosia, Cyprus 29 years ago.

Go play some golf for a week and reset. We'd be better off calling to Hodge for a week.

 

I don't think him and Dlo are a good fit stylistically in the starting lineup together. Neither of them are point of attack defenders and both of them with Lebron, like to be on-ball a lot. Maybe Reaves can come off the bench in the Manu role or something. We did have success with them starting last year but Vando was out there to defend.

 

Not a good start to the year for him to say the least. A rest period probably would be helpful.

 

Take a deep breath Austin and figure it out

We need you

 

i think he and dlo can start, but i also think folks underrated vando's impact. we've started every game sluggish (except for AD). that's lebron's way, but having an energizer in the first unit could be really helpful.

reaves will snap out of it offensively; it's not like anyone's doing anything new to him there, imo.