BREAKING: Lakers Lose Austin Reaves, What Will LA Do Now?!
The Lakers got bad news on Austin Reaves’ injury…
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21 Comments
This will be the perfect time for Bronny to finally show up. Stop acting like a rookie and looking to pass every possession. Become a man and take over the game or sit in that corner and wait for the dish and actually hit with high %. Like for real cmon. Rui has 25+ min a game and can’t hit a 3 to save his life. Ayton has 30+ min and only scores 10 and can’t rebound to save his life. Austin is cool and clearly the 3rd best but he also runs around like a chicken with his head cut off and makes bad decisions nightly. He just shoots when he gets the chance. Not immediately looking to pass after gettin passed to. If not then…. Well then we ain’t trading nobody, and there goes the year.
I will put away rich paul with my bare hands
We're so $crewed now
Vando and smart into the starting lineup, Jj needs to learm to play the younger group as the bench!
I was so so hoping to see Reaves in his first all star game. Now that's done
Trade Rui, Gabe because you are not resigning them and you need to get assets back.
Shut him down for the whole year or trade him we are not gonna beat OKC or San Antonio anyways might as well start building for our future and we should get rid of that 41-year-old that’s making over 50 million a year!!!!
Until trades are made this will be on JJ and how serious he is about lineups. The best lineup without Austin but with Luka and LeBron had been Luka,GabeJake,LeBron,Ayton who have played 40 possessions and are a +29.8. But if he does the most common lineup Luka,Smart,Rui,LeBron,Ayton which is 49 possessions and is -55.1 I’ll firmly believe he might not be as smart as he tries to sound.
It’s called Availability!! All Lakers are old or worn out or injury prone!! Time to fire the whole team! Lebron head coach JJ can be water boy 🧐
I think this could be very good for the Lakers because it'll push them to do a trade soon
Reeves is weak he never goes to the gym only does Yoga that’s not frkn good enough!! Look at Russel Westbrook dude is ripped and always available yea he sucks 😂 but still dam !!
Think the rotation in the meantime will be:
Starters – Luka, Smart, Vando, Bron, Ayton
Bench – NSJ, DK, LaRavia, Rui, Hayes
Reserves – Bronny, Manon, Adou, Maxi, Timme
smart, vando, Ayton, with Luka and LeBron.. I think this will help them to make a trade soon
His style of play isn't sustainable that jerky cutting…..ankles can't handle it. I wouldn't resign him. Start moving on or trade him……think we missed the opportunity to trade him. We should have loaded up on trade picks.
Tank rhe season we arent beating any one without reeves. Luka with old Bron and nothing else will be a shit show. This is why you draft and dont throw away picks in bad trades. No young promising perimeter player waiting for more playing time? NAH…its the lakers.
And this is why you don’t push through strains
I would make these two trades as fast as we can ! With AR out for probably 25 games until the all star break February 20 th ! Malik monk (or Dennis Schroeder ) and Keon Ellis for Rui and DK and a first round pick or protected FRP ! maxi Kleber and Gabe Vincent and a second for Terence Mann and Haywood highsmith! With the cap space sign Kobe bufkin ! Starting 5 with AR injured ! Luka Keon Ellis LeBron Laravia and ayton ! Bench Malik monk Smart Terence Mann Haywood highsmith Adou Thiero Hayes and Kobe bufkin ! Nick smith jr and manon and Drew timme ! I like that team 🎉😂nets might do it to get rid of Terence Mann ! Kings might do it to get rid of monks or Dennis contract ! What do u think 🤔 now after AR injury?
Austin and his agent made the right call with his “injury” since the team thinks he should come off the bench. If it was my contract year and I’m averaging over 20 plus I’m sitting too and want to get traded or take my sweet time returning and see how the team does without me 😂 He’s getting paid this offseason and I would play it smart. They are gonna miss those bailout calls he gets from the refs every game 😂 LeBron got his wish 😂
Ellis NOW
Lakers will be better on defense without him, should trade him.
get rid of The James duo