Lakers’ Austin Reaves Don’t Take Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis Trade Well

Austin Reaves needed guidance.

Lakers’ Blockbuster Anthony Davis-For-Luka Doncic product marked the first real stunner Reaves has experienced in his four years in Hollywood, leaving him confused about how to treat it all while saying goodbye to friends.

“I asked (LeBron James) earlier, I was who, ‘You’ve been in the league a million years, you’ve had a billion teammates, you’ve seen people come and go. How do you handle it? ‘”Reaves said Tuesday.

“The last few days have been tough for me. I have it as relationships and bonds and then out of nowhere are they on another team competing to do what they want to do. “

For as much as these trades can be analyzed to death from a perspective on the field, it is often overlooked that these are real people with real relationships and not just pieces on a chessboard.

Lakers received a generation talent in Doncic, 25, which was to help them compete for championships in the coming years, just as how Davis played a critical role in Lakers’ last title in 2020.

Reaves noted that this item marked the first with “shock” value and contrasted it to the deal that sent d’Angelo Russell to the nets he thought you could have seen coming.

“And then with this, after the Knicks game, everyone thought it was fake. I think everyone in the world thought it was fake. So it’s been a tough couple of days, ”Reaves said. “Forgets all the basketball – things, just being – I’ve been in ad for four years … been around Max (Christie) in three, you create real relationships with these guys and it’s been the hardest part for me.”

These conditions included bonds with the players and their families.

Reaves and Davis have grown close over the years when the big man spends time on team bus trips with the guard to allow him to interact with his son, and now the latter will lead in Dallas.

“He wanted to tell the ad,” I want to talk to Reaves, “and I would always ask him to do the celebration and he would start doing so,” Reaves said. “It’s just little things like that’s why it’s tough, but it’s a business and you have to get past it and look forward to what we got now.”

As far as Lakers has now, is an ongoing partner for James who could make them a tough out in the playoffs, with Los Angeles sitting at the fifth at the western conference coming in Wednesday.

Reave, an average of 18.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per Fight, Bullish is with his team’s vision – though it came with some pain along the way.

“I can’t wait to see what it looks like on the track together, I’m very excited about it,” he said.

Reaves added: “Everyone knows how good (Doncic) is what a competitor he is. And then to hit it up with the biggest player ever, I think we can make something special to happen. “