about 1 month ago

NBA Analyst Says Lakers Really Need to Look at Trading Austin Reaves

Ryan McDonough acknowledged that Luka Doncic is a top-5 offensive player and Reaves has emerged as an offensive star. However, he said, "Luka in particular, defensively, really struggles. Reaves struggles. Constructing the rest of your roster is so hard." McDonough added that it's easy to hide one defensively deficient player, but it's significantly tougher to hide two such players.