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[Chouinard] From a trusted source: “Austin Reaves’ defense is what people think Trae Young’s defense is.”



[Chouinard] From a trusted source: “Austin Reaves’ defense is what people think Trae Young’s defense is.”

by BigButter7

28 Comments

  1. Solid-Confidence-966

    After we saw what Beal did to that man on National TV it became abundantly clear

  2. Sure_Station9370

    We all figured that out after he got consistently hunted on defense by every decent iso player they’ve played against

  3. 830res_at_dorsia

    Had Ben Simmons faced Austin Reaves, he would not have passed in that fateful moment.

  4. Salty_Watermelon

    Austin Reaves is the next coming of Lou Williams, on the defensive end.

  5. 3rdEyeDeuteranopia

    Jalen Green says the Rockets specifically hunt Austin Reaves.

    Jalen Green had his career best game yesterday against the Lakers too.

  6. 065Alakazam

    I feel like Reaves puts in more effort, but makes more mistakes.

    The effort part isn’t a shot at Trae, he’s basically their their entire offense so it makes sense that he’d need to conserve energy on defense.

  7. A trusted source has informed me that Victor Wembanyama is in fact tall.

  8. JTenjouNi

    But some people think Trae is better this year, so is that bad or good?

  9. NemuTheSheep

    People really thought Reaves was gonna be an All Star off one good series against a banged up Memphis squad…

  10. NobodyLost5810

    So can this please please please put to rest the Ginobili comparisons?

  11. Yinanization

    No! Reaves is him according to a trusted source!

  12. ModernaPfizerJr

    The classier the player is, the worse his defense.

  13. saboormeow88

    It seems that my mother who didn’t even know where the 3 point line was yesterday is a Trusted Source.

  14. Playing a big market team is wild, I don’t think I’ve seen Hawks beat reporters posted on this sub since the season started.

  15. simonffplayer

    am i crazy or was his defense actually pretty decent last year in the playoffs? but yeah, he’s definitely getting schooled this year

  16. This is why I don’t understand the rumor that the Hawks would be willing to get rid of Dejounte but they asked for Austin Reaves

  17. I would hope the max player/franchise player is better 

  18. Used-Caregiver2364

    IMO Lakers need to rethink not trading Austin

    Selling high on him while he has fairly solid value around the league when they are a piece or two away makes sense.

    Moving him in the package for Dejounte makes a ton of sense.

    Lakers are a much better team with a lineup of
    Russell, Murray, Prince/Vando, Bron, AD

    Than that same lineup with Reaves instead of Russell.

    If anything, they need to be holding onto Rui instead of Reaves. Rui has shown he can be solid at both ends even hitting some threes when needed. Austin has shown virtually nothing on the defensive end and his offense has even looked pretty bad lately.

  19. Everyone seems to know this, and he’s inconsistent on offense. Why is he untouchable in trade talks?

  20. WolverineLong1430

    Reaves defense never looked natural to me. His footwork shows me he’s terrified of being beat on the drive. He will always give a lot of space, and his footing and body language shows he’s ready to back peddle if you drive on him, especially if you’re a good iso player and he will just put his hand up after the shot to show he tried contesting but he is not scaring anyone. Beal cooked him badly.

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