Austin Reaves Discussion: Foundation Piece Or Trade Piece?

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  1. KareemtheGreat33

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    He has the best contract for production probably around the league except for rookie contracts :Noddingyes: and we have people wanting to trade him with picks nonetheless :LLLLLebronlaughing:
     
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    #him

    Way to go into their place and Buck Foston
     
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    Austin is still HIM!
    Zero turnovers too?!
    Baller.
     
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    I think we can safely get rid of that 6th man title. Surely even Ham isn't that foolish.
     
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    Insane the trade him to be honest.

    He's being asked way too much on defense because he's been stuck with DLo and Prince. That tires him out and he's not a great defender to begin with.

    A good coach would protect him but he's been in bad spots
     
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    Not trading HIM ever!
     
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    the upside of Qwota
     
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    To that point...

    If you recall 3 games ago I monitored his defensive possessions. It was incredible how many times he flashed to double and ran back to his man through the paint to the weak side.

    It must be by Pimple design, as AR isn't that stupid. And it put him at a fierce disadvantage and his man often scored.

    He is a victim here.
     
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    The insane thing is they want Austin and a 1st rounder on top:LLLLLebronlaughing::LLLLLebronlaughing:
     
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    that was clearly not going to happen. what's weird is i don't even know where the chatter came from, as the lakers have supposedly told everyone who would listen that he's off limits. think i said the other day that guys like him and caruso aren't going to be traded unless their team is getting a superstar back. just too much value in too many ways.
     
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    A white player from the Lakers owning the C-Bags in Foston.

    THE IRONY
     
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    That's good.

    I love Austin, but here's a trade I'd be willing to entertain: Austin (+filler) for Tatum.

    We rescue a Kobe-acolyte from the C Bags, and they get an up and coming white superstar. Win-win imo, I see no reason they wouldn't do it. :giggle:
     
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    I was impressed with how AR responded with Jrue as his defender.
     
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    And the Kang too. Protect him how?Bring him off the bench, 6th man of the year on lock.
     
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    I've been a huge Jrue fan: if you watched the Olympics that team looked like trash even with Durant. Jrue came in basically took the job from Lillard, Booker. He was so good on both ends.

    That being said, he's being torched pretty regularly now. He's taken a step back as a POA defender - White is probably better
     
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    jrue was bound to slow down; he's almost 34. that said, his defensive metrics are pretty good this year. i haven't seen him much, though, so i'm just going based on that. he's also shooting 42% from three on 5 attempts a game.

    he's also a proven playoff performer. i still think boston is definitely the team to beat, which makes it even weirder that we did that.

    anyway, if jeanie entertained thoughts of trading reaves (pretty sure she didn't), she definitely won't now!
     

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