Austin Reaves Discussion: How Much Is He Worth?

FrontOfJersey22 · Sep 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM

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And a career contract year to take that next big step up in performance. His agent said early on something to the effect we're not going to believe how good he's going to be this year. It was common sense to me that getting in the weight room or however he has addressed the strength need would be happening toward that goal and said so while everyone was sitting around the camp fire playing with ........... trades for AR before even seeing him this season. Because we have Luka now. As if injuries never happen. And as if he's not an amazing player that should remain a Laker .... especially if willing to give a hometown discount same as the Eagle was willing to. We have Walters now for the Bird rights repeater penalties once we have a great squad put together for Luka's window, starting this year.
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Plus, if Silver goes soft on Ballz, we can setup the “Abeer Hot Dog Cart” deal with Austin for some supplemental income!

FrontOfJersey22 · Sep 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM

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His defense ain't great. I don't think it's bad but he's definitely targeted as the weakest link by other teams.

Doesn't help that Luka isn't a good defender either so you're basically relying on two weak non-athletic defenders with a slow first step.

That's where Marcus Smart steps in. He's going to fight through screens and take that assignment away from Luka and Reaves. I'd like if LeBron sorta became that guy for us, too. With Luka+Reaves, you have your offense. LeBron should play that Iguodala role. But at his age, it's understandable if he prefers not to.

Part of why the Lakers relied on so much switching is because they lost AD. It went from funneling the offense into AD and hoping AD can stop the shot to switching everything because they didn't have the personnel to play it any other way. Doesn't help that Hayes just chases blocks and gets shoved by small guards.

And this is where I think Ayton can have the most impact. If he can just give you a resemblance of AD's defense, this team is DANGEROUS. It all hinges on Ayton, IMO. He obviously has the size, skill, and youth is on his side. But if he has no motivation to be great and all you get is an empty stat center who whines on the bench, you're going to be in trouble.
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I haven’t watched enough of Ayton to see how effective he can be as a defensive anchor, but if he can just be League average decent on defense, that will automatically make us much better since Hayes might be one of the worst defensive bigs in the game.

LTLakerFan · Sep 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM

FrontOfJersey22 said: ↑

Plus, if Silver goes soft on Ballz, we can setup the “Abeer Hot Dog Cart” deal with Austin for some supplemental income!
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A national chain of hot dog carts with (a)beer licenses …. I like it! And Austin wouldn’t be a p**** like Leonard expecting the money while not doing anything. He’d show up!

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