Austin Reaves Discussion: Foundation Piece Or Trade Piece?

Luke wouldn't have gotten us out of the 1st rd last season.

 

Even with Joe from the street they would be in WCF

 

Nah..If that's true, then coaching is irrelevant.

 

After AD, one of the lone bright spots in this disaster of a "basketball" game.

 

Lol..Might be time to bring Lebron off the bench.

 

Keep h8im in the starting lineup

 

so racial...

 

#pottymouth

It's getting bad up in here when AR starts dropping curse words

Do you kiss your Momma with that mouth?!

 

I will hate this team if not for HBK

 

LOL

 

Lol...Ham could sell it as preserving Lebron for the playoffs.

 

Oh ... no Man. AR is unfiltered. Listen to any of his podcast appearances. The F-word to all his detractors over his entire Bball career comes flying out frequently.

 

And .... he finds Bron is "more efficient" when he plays only 28 minutes. Because of his (Ham's) genius.

 

The problem is that we are 4-10 when Austin plays more than 30min a game this season. We've lost the last 5 games in which he's played 30mins or more.He has a valid point about Austin, Lebron is a different matter.

 

Have been thinking about known Lakers "seeming" "much of the time" hating Anthony Irwin's claims that AR has a definite problem with Ham, being stuck on the bench (prior to Heat game) and the reduced minutes .... and defending his reporting of that. I totally believe the reports.

If you listen to any of AR's candid appearances on podcasts he has detailed over and over what a difficult journey it's been to where he was on the Lakers, finally an integral part of the starting lineup. While he has somehow had this unshakable confidence in his abilities, he has had to spend his whole career proving himself at every level and his detractors wrong. It all came flying out in that first Memphis game in the playoffs when he erupted with his now famous "I'm HIM" yell. Finally had gotten Ham to start him the remainder of the season and he delivered. Then he continued to deliver in the playoffs and established himself as literally the 3rd best player on the team.

Then came the summer and being chosen on Team USA and the words from Steve Kerr and Grant Hill how they viewed the level of his play and how good he was on the Lakers. And AR continued on the International stage to PROVE himself be one of the TOP players on that roster. Fast forward a couple months to start of the season and understandably had a slow start shooting and with his previous level of play due to the dead legs. OK, fine .... cut his minutes or whatever for a bit. But over the past month now, Ham's actions with regard to his utilization and minutes and refusal to try the very lineup that had worked so well post deadline and into the playoffs, and Ham's words to the Media regarding his decisions of how many minutes AR would play each night seeming to now be seat of the pants ..... and what does ALL of that do to AR, likely? Make it seem like every last damn thing he had most recently PROVED in this long unlikely journey .... last season on the Lakers themselves and in International competition .... was now forgotten and it was PROVE yourself all over again to this same coach who was now playing guys over him in the starting lineup, and with more minutes ..... who won't even be on the team next year.

Hell yeah he's pissed! Ham is jerking with his career for lousiest of reasons. With a regular, now earned, starting role and regular minutes .... AR works his way out of funks with his unshakeable belief in himself and hard work.

 

Random, nonsense stat. AR has had his effectiveness jerked with again this season, once past the dead legs state. See my post above and MY opinion on that.

 

Yeah and the results on the court have shown that we simply aren't a better team playing Austin 30mins or more though. We were 12-9 last season with him playing 30 mins or more. The playoffs are a different game, but the regular season results aren't the slam dunk folks seem to think it is.

 

These votes for NBA all star game still crazy.
Kuz getting more than Randle,Klay more than Bucker and some other too
Sengun more than KAT, Harden more than Ant Edwards or Ja who played like 3 games is already in 7- th place