NBA season on Wednesday night. "What tier he is, I don’t know. I don’t care about that, but I think last year he established himself as a bad dude," Lakers coach J.J. Redick said.

While Austin Reaves has continued to prove he is “that guy,” past trade rumors involving him resurfaced after his latest performance. During the 2025 NBA offseason, his agent Aaron Reilly addressed speculation that the Lakers were considering dealing Reaves

The Lakers are widely expected to re-sign Reaves, ideally as the No. 2 next to Luka Doncic, but they can't let him walk for nothing.

In a recent interview, Austin Reaves accurately predicts what LeBron James and Luka Doncic will say to him after his game-winning shot.

Seemingly everyone around the NBA was talking about him on Wednesday night after he crushed the Timberwolves with his runner in the lane to beat the buzzer and give the Los Angeles Lakers a 116-115 victory.

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