Lakers\u2019 Deandre Ayton Delivers Bad News For LA<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cYou have Austin Reaves, he\u2019s very talented, but if you\u2019re talking championship aspirations, that can\u2019t be your third best,” said Turner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere has to be a secret weapon or a sixth man killer.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the podcast, Mannix was more concerned with Reaves’ fit alongside Doncic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there is a question about the fit of Austin Reaves with Luka Doncic there handling the ball as much as he is,\u201d Chris Mannix added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There are certainly questions about whether Reaves and Doncic can fit in the long haul, but it is fair to question whether Reaves can be a top player for a championship team. That has yet to be the case, and this season will tell us a lot. <\/p>\n
A Turning Point Season for Austin Reaves<\/p>\n
It is not only a massive season for the Lakers but also for Reaves personally. The Arkansas native will likely be an unrestricted free agent next summer and could command north of $30 million annually, if all goes well.<\/p>\n
Reaves has established himself as a top 50 player in the league today, but whether he can be a driving force for a title-contending team remains to be seen.<\/p>\n
We’ll get the first look at Reaves and the Lakers on Oct. 21 when they host the Golden State Warriors for the 2025-26 season opener.<\/p>\n
For all the latest NBA news and rumors, head over to\u00a0Newsweek Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers will start their season without their superstar forward, LeBron James. James will miss what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,8231,459,82],"class_list":["post-204992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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