Austin Reaves had a huge game against Indiana.
45pts on 14-16 FGA 4-9 3PTA 13-13 FTA 7ast 7reb 3stl.
Tim Kempf was saying that A Reaves has been a 20ppg 50-40-90 guy for several weeks now. Not quite that good when I check his numbers. Looks like Reaves had an uptick in performances starting in December. So about 2 months worth of games. 26 games. His stats for these 26 games are:
20.9ppg
7.1apg vs only 2.7 turnovers per game
4.9rpg + 1.3 steals per game
45.4% FG% on 14.6 FGA
37.1% 3PT% on 6.8 threes per game
89.9% FT% on 5.7 FTA
61.1% TS%
That is a lot of FTAs for Austin Reaves. I did not expect to see him getting to the foul line that often. That is great offensive production.
Tim Kempf made a 2nd point saying he thought the LA Lakers now had the best shot-creation of any team in the NBA now that they have Luka, LeBron and A Reaves. That is a strong argument. Those 3 guys can create with large volume both for themselves and for their teammates (playmaking).
This comment was in his reaction video the Mark Williams addition. He thought that gave LAL an unguardable offense with Williams as a role man threat alongside those 3 creators. I think he is overvaluing LAL's three point shooters. I think they need some better spot-up shooting around LA's stars. And that was before they voided the Mark williams trade. Kempf also believed LAL had better defenders on their roster than they are given credit for. I don't know about that.
