Austin Reaves Discussion: How Much Is He Worth?

Silver sucks, Austin will never be a replacement

 

I think it's a combo of Austin only playing 22 games so far this season and them not wanting to give a 6 seed 3 All Stars. The first one is what it is. As for the second one, I've always hated the idea that the number of All-Stars should correlate with your record. I feel like it's entirely possible to have multiple players performing at extremely high level individually, but the team is just okay because of supporting cast or fit or whatever. Conversely, I hate when they try to find a 3rd All-Star on a team just because they're a high seed.

 

spurs were bellyaching already about only having wemby as an allstar. whatevs. austin could use the continued chip on the shoulder.

 

Dearon Fox does have a much better defensive rating than Austin Reaves which might have something to do with it too.

 

Shouldn’t. Defense is last thing on anyone’s mind at this game.

 

Why? It's a collection of the best players and defense is 50% of the game.

 

They traditionally never seem to play much. Unless the new format has brought some semblance of real competition back in. Didn’t watch last year. Isn’t that why all the changes … trying to get the players to care again?

 

comes down to the purpose of the selection/game. if it's just "who's the best?" then defensive rating matters. if it's "who's most fun to watch?", i'm not sure it does.

on the open market, i think fox and reaves fetch basically the same amount of interest, so here it's just that SA is obviously better than us, and we already have two allstars. the reason reaves isn't an allstar at this point is because lebron is. and that's fine. reaves will have a few more cracks at it when he's clearly carrying the load in the near future.

 

I wouldn’t doubt that the missed 22 games “could” have factored in as well.

 

yeah, but i think fox missed a big chunk, too, right?

anyway, i think reaves is nearly on par with fox and booker, but i get why the league would pick those guys over him for an AS game.

 

Quite frankly, he's more deserving this year than LBJ, IMO.

And more deserving of Fox.

Tis strange. I think he's overrated by Lakers fans, but he's been really good this season. Sucks.

 

All I care about..is Austin being HIM!!!!!!! in the playoffs. We already know he can ball.

 

All Star game is a joke and hasn’t been good since the early 2000s.
That being said, Austin is twice the player on offense as Fox.
Yes, Fox can play decent defense.

 

Yes, defense is 50% of the game. For an allstar game, it is 0%. It's been a s*** show for the last 10+ years.

If defense mattered, Luka and Jokic wouldn't be the Top 2 vote getters.