NBA Season 2025-26

[Who]

Oooh, wow, that is a scary idea.

Lakers fans asking "would you trade Austin Reaves for Giannis?" ... what is scary about that is that with A Reaves breaking out like he has thus far this season, Reaves might actually now make the Lakers a competitive option in the trade market for Giannis.

Giannis and Luka 1-2 punch for the post-LeBron era. The new Shaq (Giannis) and Kobe (Luka). The new Magic (Luka) and Kareem (Giannis. The new J West (Luka) and Wilt (Giannis).

There is a big difference in the salaries but LA has a couple of spare $10-13mil salaries which you could add to the package to make up the difference. Gabe Vincent, Vanderbilt, Maxi Kleber, and A Reaves. They need one low near minimum salary guy to make the numbers work for Giannis.

A Reaves = 28.4ppg on 50.9% FG 7.7 threes per game at 37% 9.6 FTs per game at 87.4% 6.7apg 5.5rpg 67.3% TS. And his numbers are actually higher than that when he plays with LeBron or Luka.

How many teams will be offering a player than A Reaves? With his improvement this season, that is now a legit offer for Giannis. LAL could actually land Giannis and pair him with Luka for the next 5-8 years!

[Somebody]

Oooh, wow, that is a scary idea.

Lakers fans asking "would you trade Austin Reaves for Giannis?" ... what is scary about that is that with A Reaves breaking out like he has thus far this season, Reaves might actually now make the Lakers a competitive option in the trade market for Giannis.

Giannis and Luka 1-2 punch for the post-LeBron era. The new Shaq (Giannis) and Kobe (Luka). The new Magic (Luka) and Kareem (Giannis. The new J West (Luka) and Wilt (Giannis).

There is a big difference in the salaries but LA has a couple of spare $10-13mil salaries which you could add to the package to make up the difference. Gabe Vincent, Vanderbilt, Maxi Kleber, and A Reaves. They need one low near minimum salary guy to make the numbers work for Giannis.

A Reaves = 28.4ppg on 50.9% FG 7.7 threes per game at 37% 9.6 FTs per game at 87.4% 6.7apg 5.5rpg 67.3% TS. And his numbers are actually higher than that when he plays with LeBron or Luka.

How many teams will be offering a player than A Reaves? With his improvement this season, that is now a legit offer for Giannis. LAL could actually land Giannis and pair him with Luka for the next 5-8 years!

Could be the modern-day Kareem trade - Brian Winters was sent to Milwaukee where he kept the Bucks afloat for a few years before Moncrief arrived and turned the Bucks into a real title contender (obviously Marques was huge and the Lanier trade made an impact). Reeves definitely won't have a Moncrief coming over with how the Bucks have absolutely zero high draft picks in the coming years though

[keevsnick]

Oooh, wow, that is a scary idea.

Lakers fans asking "would you trade Austin Reaves for Giannis?" ... what is scary about that is that with A Reaves breaking out like he has thus far this season, Reaves might actually now make the Lakers a competitive option in the trade market for Giannis.

Giannis and Luka 1-2 punch for the post-LeBron era. The new Shaq (Giannis) and Kobe (Luka). The new Magic (Luka) and Kareem (Giannis. The new J West (Luka) and Wilt (Giannis).

There is a big difference in the salaries but LA has a couple of spare $10-13mil salaries which you could add to the package to make up the difference. Gabe Vincent, Vanderbilt, Maxi Kleber, and A Reaves. They need one low near minimum salary guy to make the numbers work for Giannis.

A Reaves = 28.4ppg on 50.9% FG 7.7 threes per game at 37% 9.6 FTs per game at 87.4% 6.7apg 5.5rpg 67.3% TS. And his numbers are actually higher than that when he plays with LeBron or Luka.

How many teams will be offering a player than A Reaves? With his improvement this season, that is now a legit offer for Giannis. LAL could actually land Giannis and pair him with Luka for the next 5-8 years!

The problem with this is Austin Reaves has a player option for next year, meaning he'll be an unrestricted free agent this offseason. That significantly reduces his value as a trade piece, especially to a team like the Bucks.