[LakersGuru] On the narrative of Austin being traded with the drafting of Knecht… “I don’t see any scenario where they’re moving Austin Reaves this summer” – @ShamsCharania also citing how high JJ Redick is on Reaves
by Proof-Umpire-7718
@Los Angeles Lakers
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Unless a legit superstar like Spida becomes available, I think keeping Reaves is the right decision. He is our third best player and a proven playoff performer.
Being able to rest in the offseason and having a coach draw consistent plays for him will really help him improve. I am excited to see him play next season.
I am expecting a big year for Austin. No summer ball and no lineup funkiness
I swear Austin is gonna bulk up this summer and become a decent defender
Knecht and Austin is a really nice, smart duo. I don’t see any reason they can’t play together.
Only scenario would be getting an all star in return.
They’re literally different players and do different things. Drafting Knecht doesn’t change anything for Austin
We made a massive mistake a couple years ago, now is our time to create the truly great team to show the rest of the league the RIGHT way to play basketball
I don’t see it either. I’m a big Reaves hater but he is a solid player on our team.
I have a vision where Knecht will be starting as 2 as our middle class man’s Klay, where AR will come off the bench as our middle class man’s Ginobili.
wtf – they trying to get rid of dlo first lol
Austin has one of the best contracts in the league… you’re only trading him away if you get a bonafide star in return
All we have to do is get rid of DLO so we can actually have a defensive gameplan that isn’t funneling the best guards into AD all the fucking time.
One poa defender that can actually stay in front of people and Austin instantly gets a huge load off his shoulders. Anyone who says austin is trash defensively go back a year and watch how solid he was when Dschroeder handled all of the quicker guards.
Yeah he got cooked this year, but we also had him guarding the best guards in the league consistently. Its good for him to experience it, but it was clear he was not being setup for success.
Why do they hate our melanated challenged brothers 😭
LeBron always works best with ~~shooters~~ one or two cold assed white boys around him.
I feel like Austin is a bit more natural of a playmaker and gets his buckets with craftiness whereas Knecht probably won’t be doing much creating for others but has the potential to physically attack the rim a little better than Austin and probably has a slightly more polished offensive arsenal than Reaves did by draft day
cool another first round exit.
If Austin works om his Defense, he’s a possible future starting PG with Dalton at SG imo
Their games are completely different, people can’t be so dumb they just see two white guys and assume they are the same?
Austin is the one of the best values in the league. Ain’t no way.
If we keep D’lo, I could see trading Austin, Rui, and stuff for someone who is better defensively.
Austin isn’t getting traded for anybody if it’s not a star. They’ve held out this long when they could’ve panicked and got Murray. I don’t see them folding now.
AR’s contract is stupid value. Not just for what he brings to the team but the fact we’ve seen him perform under the bright lights. How many fucking times are we going to burn ourselves picking up a borderline all star or knockdown shooter only to see them shit the bed at Staples?
We know Reaves has balls. If he’s what is holding up a Murray deal, then fuck Murray.
White boy summer aint going nowhere
I hope they pair Reaves with a defensive minded poa guard not another finesse baller who plays no defense and takes the ball outta his hands.
Why would you trade Austin now? I thought the goal before was to get shooters, at least that’s what we’ve been hearing for a few years now (i.e. Buddy Hield). Now we added one in the draft and you want to trade Austin? That would make absolutely no sense.
Literally the only other player that consistently steps up in the bright lights
Dlo(if opt in), AR15, and Knecht knocking down 3’s? All day! Opposing defense has to come out to guard them. What happens? Space for AD and LBJ in the paint. They collapse on them and the ball kicks out to shooters. Bam! Has the makings of a fun offense and ball movement!!