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    • 1 year, 3 months ago

    #14 Austin Reaves (LA Lakers)

    Another young 2-guard with a whole lot of promise, Austin Reaves was extremely impressive in 2022-23, particularly in the playoffs, when he managed to up his game and prove he can help a team win when the stakes start to get higher. In the postseason, Reaves upped his averages to 16.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists over 16 games while shooting 44.3 percent from three and 89.5 percent from the foul stripe. That type of efficiency, if it can be maintained for an entire season, will have Reaves performing like a Top 100 player (while not being compensated like one). In fact, BPM and WS/48 already have Reaves performing at that Top 100 level, leaving us excited as to what Reaves’ 2023-24 season might look like. With his playmaking, shooting and advanced ability to draw fouls, we might be underrating Reaves here with this ranking.

    2022-23 stats: 13.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.4 apg, 0.5 spg, 52.9 FG% in 64 games
    2023-24 salary: $12,015,150 (projected 130th overall in salary)

    Ranking: The Top 24 shooting guards for the 2023-24 season
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    #14 Austin Reaves (LA Lakers)

    Another young 2-guard with a whole lot of promise, Austin Reaves was extremely impressive in 2022-23, particularly in the playoffs, when he managed to up his game and prove he can help a team win when the stakes start to get higher. In the postseason, Reaves upped his averages to 16.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists over 16 games while shooting 44.3 percent from three and 89.5 percent from the foul stripe. That type of efficiency, if it can be maintained for an entire season, will have Reaves performing like a Top 100 player (while not being compensated like one). In fact, BPM and WS/48 already have Reaves performing at that Top 100 level, leaving us excited as to what Reaves’ 2023-24 season might look like. With his playmaking, shooting and advanced ability to draw fouls, we might be underrating Reaves here with this ranking.

    2022-23 stats: 13.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.4 apg, 0.5 spg, 52.9 FG% in 64 games
    2023-24 salary: $12,015,150 (projected 130th overall in salary)

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    • 1 year, 4 months ago

    Signed with SacTown for $3.1 mil. Not 100% certain but i think that’s about 600,000 K more than we could offer him. Never been a huge fan but wouldn’t have minded him hopping into the #14 roster spot, although he’s basically an older (albeit far more polished) version of Jax.

    Glad he found a home, keep making those dollars.

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    Signed with SacTown for $3.1 mil. Not 100% certain but i think that’s about 600,000 K more than we could offer him. Never been a huge fan but wouldn’t have minded him hopping into the #14 roster spot, although he’s basically an older (albeit far more polished) version of Jax.

    Glad he found a home, keep making those dollars.

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