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Lakers may have 'intrinsic buy-in' from Austin Reaves
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According to an NBA writer, the Los Angeles Lakers should move on from an inconsistent 7-foot contributor this offseason.
One of the Lakers' best perimeter defenders being out against the Thunder is an issue.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Luka Doncic said Wednesday he was given platelet-rich plasma injections in Spain as the Los Angeles Lakers star tries to speed up his eight-week timeline for returning from the hamstring injury that has sidelined him since early April.
Luka Doncic has the historic stats, but Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the trophies—see why Bleacher Report just flipped the script on the 2018 NBA Draft order.
Reaves had confronted crew chief John Goble after the game, and it stemmed from Goble yelling at Reaves during a center-court jump ball (off an overturned call) with 5:34 left and the Lakers trying to mount a comeback. Reaves quote via Dave McMenamin of ESPN.
Luka Doncic is still working his way back onto the court, as his Los Angeles Lakers face the OKC Thunder in the second round of the NBA Playoffs.