The progression of Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves going from undrafted free agent to star over a handful of years has been nothing short of sensational.

Austin Reaves takes blame for Lakers’ third-quarter struggles, something that head coach JJ Redick has called “terrible”.

After the Lakers lost their 2025-26 regular-season opener, Austin Reaves appeared to take responsibility for their poor third quarter.

Austin Reaves pinned the Los Angeles Lakers' continued struggles in the third quarter over the years on the players and not the coaches.

ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst provides this massive update on the future of Austin Reaves with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Austin Reaves is the clear-cut third best player on the Los Angeles Lakers behind LeBron James and Luka Doncic, so he’ll be relied upon heavily throughout the 2025-26 season.

Brian Windhorst, when discussing the lack of long-term contracts in the Lakers organization outside of Luka Doncic, reported on his The Hoop Collective podcast (29:30 mark) that, " I suspect Austin Reaves,

Some of the best player props for the NBA double header between the Lakers vs. the Warriors, and the Thunder vs. the Rockets.

Find out how much teams are willing to offer Austin Reaves to pry him away from the Los Angeles Lakers next offseason.

Lakers head coach JJ Redick spoke about the pairing of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves going into the 2025-26 season.

The Los Angeles Lakers lost their season opener and it could have already showed one of their nightmares coming true.