Lakers’ Expectations For Austin Reaves In 2024

Austin Reaves enters the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2024-25 NBA season as arguably the third-best player on the roster.

First it’s LeBron James.

Then Anthony Davis.

And then, in most people’s eyes, it’s Reaves.

That is why Reaves has been speaking so boldly about everything ranging from when he stopped hating James to the team he rejected for to stay with the Lakers.

This week, Rob Pelinka offered the Lakers’ expectation for Reaves in 2024.

“You look at evolutions of players, and I don’t compare players around the league, but you look at… a great player like a Jalen Brunson and the jump he had from his Dallas days to New York,” Pelinka said.

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“Is there that delta? I’m not trying to put expectations like that on Austin Reaves, but you can see players develop in big ways throughout their career, and I’m gonna put my tokens down on Austin Reaves to do that just because of the work he puts in and just his fabric and nature.

“He’s an incredibly tough person and an incredible comPetitor and those things tend to elevate guys throughout their career.”

Will Reaves be able to become the level of player that Brunson has been for the Knicks? Time will tell.

Anthony Amador

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