{"id":161088,"date":"2025-01-30T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/?p=137785"},"modified":"2025-01-30T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T22:30:00","slug":"austin-reaves-jokes-about-la-lakers-rookie-year-goal-it-involved-a-ridiculous-battle-with-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/austin-reaves-jokes-about-la-lakers-rookie-year-goal-it-involved-a-ridiculous-battle-with-lebron-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Reaves jokes about LA Lakers \u2018rookie year goal,\u2019 it involved a ridiculous battle with LeBron James"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Reaves is starting to show his true colors in an LA Lakers jersey this season and is quickly becoming a dependable asset for JJ Redick. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Lakers<\/a> have had an inconsistent season but the team look to have found their groove in recent weeks and have improved to 26-19 in the Western Conference<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Antony Davis has played a major part in the team’s recent success<\/a> but he has been ruled out through injury for a short period and coach Redick has called for people to step up. <\/p>\n

One star that has been doing that this season is Reaves, who recently dropped a career-high 38 points<\/a> against the Brooklyn Nets<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Reaves challenged LeBron James <\/h2>\n

Reaves went undrafted in the 2021 NBA draft after declining to be selected by the Detroit Pistons<\/a>, he would eventually go on to be picked up by the Lakers following the draft. <\/p>\n

In his rookie season with the team, he averaged 7.3 points 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists in a Lakers team that failed to qualify for the playoffs finishing with a 33-49 record. <\/p>\n

The debut NBA season was not exactly what Reaves<\/a> had expected but since then his game ability has risen alongside the Lakers return to form. <\/p>\n

After realizing that the team were tanking in his rookie season Reaves admitted he had ‘one goal’ and it involved one-upping the legendary LeBron James<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Speaking on The Young Man and the Three Podcast, he said: “Once I figured out that we were bad and weren’t going to make the playoffs I was like ‘I’m just gonna beat him [LeBron James] to a game’ so I was trying to figure out what time I needed to be there. <\/p>\n

“Say it’s a 7:30 pm game I was like ‘I’ll get there at say 2:30\/3 pm or whatever, I get there and I see his car and I’m like ‘s**t’, so next game I get there at 1:30 pm and the closest I ever got was seeing him drive down the tunnel. After that I was like ‘I’m not getting to the game this early anymore’ I was just sitting back there bored as s**t, but it’s like he gets there does his routine every single game and like I said he doesn’t miss, it’s very impressive.”<\/p>\n

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