A player cracks: “Austin Reaves is overrated because he is white and the Lakers stink”

While he is in the process of being a hit with the Lakers and becoming the darling of Los Angeles, Austin Reaves also discovers the virulence that detractors can sometimes put in discrediting a player. THE attacks are all the more hurtful when they do not come from a journalist, but from a basketball player counterpart… like this is the case here.

On a cloud. This is how to describe the last weeks of Austin Reaves, gone from undrafted prospect to major player of a Lakers team in full rebirth since the deadline. Increasingly incisive in attack and still as disruptive in defense, the back signed a few scoring cards, and confirmed his place in Darvin Ham’s 5 major.

And his new note on 2K23 makes people cringe, the native of Arkansas has seen compliments pouring in from all sides in recent days. He seems perfectly to keep a cool head, aware that everything is going very fast in the world of the NBA. AR-15 also knows that everything is never rosy, and that the greater the success, the more virulent the detractors.

Austin Reaves violently criticized by a player

While on Gilbert Arenas’ “Gil’s Arena” show, former Wolves player Rashad McCants took out the sulfateuse when discussing the case of Austin Reaves. Obviously, the one who played 5 seasons in the NBA took it badly from the rumors announcing that the Laker, free agent this summer, should sign a contract of around 50 million dollars in a new team:

When I see Austin Reaves… They’re going to give him $50 million just because he’s white, and he plays for a stinky Lakers team. Really huh, if the Lakers weren’t zero, he wouldn’t even be playing.

Words which obviously did not fail to cause controversy, since it is always thorny to invoke the famous “race card”, understand by this skin color. Above all, if Reaves is indeed on track to break the bank during the next offseason, it is mainly because he has been able to show the qualities that make teams flash, like Alex Caruso before him.

We imagine that AR-15 will not lose too much sleep following criticism from McCants, who lasted 5 short years in the league before continuing his career in anonymity, in China, Brazil or Lebanon. Some Internet users speak outright of jealousy, which does not necessarily seem far-fetched…

With laurels come reviews, and Austin Reaves knows it. Forget the skin color and the level of the Lakers (moreover rather strong for several weeks): AR-15 is a real basketball player, and one of the revelations of this season. And as such, hats off to him!