Austin Reaves Discussion: How Much Is He Worth?

come back soon bro

You'll help us solve all of our defensive issues

 

lmao. no, he isn't. he'll help offensively, but isn't exacerbating (we're already bad) or fixing it.

 

Having Austin back actually could help the defense if it means LeBron could exert more effort on that end. Obviously not a solution, but could help.

 

better offense also = less playing defense in transition.

missing a guy who was playing like reaves is kind of a big deal. like if sengun goes down for houston, they're going to struggle.

 

We definitely need him back.

 

he's signing for the max here.

 

But @JSM you’re just “glazing” our “golden boy” too with the actual stats.

 

Wait- I thought the defense was worse with Austin?
Interesting that’s a false narrative.

 

The team was trending down defensivley with Austin before he got injured. They were something like 24th in the 10 or so more games. It wasn't getting any better. Offensively, he was superb before the injuries, and I actually was enjoying him & Luka without LBJ.

Statistically, this is the only season he's done this up until he was injured, so I don't know if this would be considered an "outlier", but good for him. As it stands now? He's injured and isn't doing s*** for us.

As for the Ainge new about maxing him, I said that in the FA thread 2 weeks ago; that's nothing new. They'll max him here, but if they do, they better have a plan(s) behind it. And I keep coming back to try to knock some sense into your head. I've been trying to since "you didn't want to trade the kids." I keep you in reality, so when the eventual trade happens, you'll know you'll have a shoulder to cry on.

 

You can lead a horse to water…

 

better watch your back though, nothing worse than another guy who thinks you are sexy!!!!

 

Some return to sanity with our best player coming back

 

Unfortunately Luka is playing below his standards and Austin has been our best player. I'm not sure if the stats back this up but I feel HIM gives us the best chance of winning.

 

Luka sure played well tonight and seems to be rounding back into his normal form, as well as LeBron same time. Bring AR back, stay healthy and let’s start winning more games again.