Austin Reaves

Towards the end of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers were hitting their groove. Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves, and LeBron James led a red-hot Lakers team that was climbing the rankings and rounding into form as a contender. As the playoffs neared, Dončić suffered a hamstring injury in a pivotal matchup against the defending champion […] The post Luka Doncic confesses major regret about injury that ruined last season with LeBron James appeared first on ClutchPoints.

There are a lot of new faces on the Los Angeles Lakers this season, and many players from last year’s squad who are no longer with the team. But one player who the front office made sure to retain was guard Austin Reaves, who signed a new four-year, $185 million deal to remain with the […]

Quentin Grimes is giving the Lakers reason to believe he can handle plenty of responsibility alongside Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. The scoring has been there early. Grimes finished with 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting against the Kings, then added 12 points against the Warriors. Coach JJ Redick has also liked his work on the […] The post Lakers Notes: Quentin Grimes, Luka Doncic, Jaden Hardy, camp battles appeared first on Hoops Wire.

Lakers guard Austin Reaves explains how he plans to lead his team in the post-LeBron era.

Lakers superstar guard among key players sidelined for preseason game against Warriors.

Coach JJ Redick’s Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic-led Los Angeles Lakers celebrated the team’s preseason opener in style on October 5, jumping out to a 20-point lead at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento against coach Doug Christie’s Kings. NBA pundit Tim McMahon questioned LA’s title hopes as Doncic did his best to prove him wrong. […] The post Lakers’ Luka Doncic’s eye-popping half vs. Kings will have fans thinking of NBA title appeared first on ClutchPoints.

NBA insider reveals the current status for several key players ahead of Lakers-Warriors matchup.

Luka Doncic led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 103-100 preseason victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday at Golden 1 Center. Doncic started alongside Quentin Grimes, Matisse Thybulle, Ziaire Williams and Kevon Looney and played 16 minutes. He finished with 21 points, three rebounds and three assists while shooting 5-of-12 from the field and […] The post Luka Doncic leads Lakers to preseason win over Kings appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Coby White, Ajay Mitchell, Austin Reaves and Derrick White headline our 2026-27 fantasy basketball guard sleepers, breakouts and busts, plus ADP fades to avoid in your draft.

Which Lakers aren’t playing in the team’s preseason opener against the Kings?

The Lakers are entering the first year of their new era built around the high-scoring guard combination of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. However, head coach JJ Redick is currently more interested in how the two crafty scorers look apart than together, Law Murray writes for The Athletic. With so many rotation changes from last […]

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Having taken significant strides in development this season, Adou Thiero opens up about what he's learned from his teammate, Austin Reaves.

For the first time in his NBA career, Austin Reaves is on a deal that actually reflects — or, comes close to it — his league-wide standing as a player. No longer is he on a two-way contract or four-year, $54 million deal, despite being among the Los Angeles Lakers’ top players and one of the NBA’s better guards. Now, he is rightfully beginning year one of a four-year, $184 million deal, which was agreed upon during the offseason. While a larger payday may elevate the standard people set for R...

With nine newcomers and two open starting jobs, the Lakers entered camp with plenty for Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic to solve. Yet Reaves identified an unexpected challenge when asked about playing beside Doncic. “The hardest part [about playing with Luka] is to understand his English on the court,” Reaves said, via ESPN Los Angeles. […] The post Lakers’ Austin Reaves explains the toughest part about playing with Luka Doncic appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Lakers know what they have in Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves. They played well together last season, but JJ Redick has intentionally kept them apart in open gym. With a new-look roster, Redick wants to see what else this offense can do before putting his stars together. Read for free. submitted by /u/TheAthletic [link] [comments]

Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are expected to be the leaders of the Lakers’ offense this season, and an aggressive group of wing defenders is getting them ready for that role, Benjamin Royer of The Orange County Register writes in a subscriber-only story. “They all annoy the hell out of me,” Reaves said of the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are entering a new era after LeBron James departed in free agency offseason, shifting their focus to building around Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. With all of these roster changes will also come schematic changes from head coach JJ Redick and a big focus will be on not being one-dimensional. While […]

Austin Reaves has been annoyed by the Lakers' wings during training camp.

The first week of Lakers’ training camp has passed.  It has been a whirlwind of Purple-and-Gold-smeared optimism and excitement. Luka Doncic is ready to lead the Lakers back atop the league as the unequivocal head of the 17-time championship franchise. Austin Reaves wants to live up to his new four-year, $180 million contract. Walker Kessler is...