Austin Reaves over his last ten games: 27/5/6 on 53/38/96 shooting, why isn’t he the front runner for M.I.P of the year?

[Elim Garak]

Why? They made it clear that Austin was part of their future plans.

His value will never be higher.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Cade quadrupled the pistons win total .. the second offensive option is Malik Beasley

Coming into the season there was debate if he was even top 50 player .

His play switched the narrative from guys like Scottie Barnes and Lauri Markanen being better to him being an All NBA caliber player .

Draft status from 4 years ago means nothing

 

[Born2BKing]

Not true. He signed the max. He could have gotten more from another team in restricted free agency but there was no point cause the lakers would have matched anyways. Rob let teams know that if they wanted to play dirty, it was gonna be bad for them

People really gonna be scared of this dude?

 

[CantStop]

People really gonna be scared of this dude?

The same dude who pulled off the greatest trade in NBA history and no one had a clue about it

 

[Trojan 24]

People really gonna be scared of this dude?

Yeah, man just stole a Top 3 player who's 25

 

[who_better_than_me]

Norm Powell and Dyson Daniels should be running away with this. Braun is in 3rd.

Cade was supposed to be this good his coaching and team surrounded by him was trash

Norm Powell probably had it wrapped up before he missed all those games

 

[who_better_than_me]

They should move him this summer, but the Lakers know nothing about trading a player when they are most valuable.

That contract value is just as valuable as his production

 

[inndaskKy]

People really gonna be scared of this dude?

To be fair, I wouldn't want to encounter this guy in a dark alley

 

[GoldenGlove]

MIP is basically the MVP Lite Award now for the most popular players on teams outside of the top 4 in the conference.

Only way someone that isn't somewhat known wins it is if they go ballistic like Lauri did his first season in UTAH

 

[Gotright]

MIP is basically the MVP Lite Award now for the most popular players on teams outside of the top 4 in the conference.

Only way someone that isn't somewhat known wins it is if they go ballistic like Lauri did his first season in UTAH

Pistons will be top 4

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

SO basically getting rid of D'Angelo Russell and AD unlocked Reeves complete skill set? Trading Russell had to happen, but did AD slow/bog down the offensive rhythm that much?

 

[MicIsGod]

Because he’s a cac foul baiter.

 

[GilSho]

Top 3 draft picks like Cade, Ja, Oladipo, Ingram etc winning it in recent years has actually completely devalued this award. It should be something strictly reserved for guys like Reaves and Powell who were 2nd round picks or undrafted instead of people who were always projected to be great.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Media doesn't want to advertise that he's actually the second best player on the Lakers

I don’t even watch basketball but I caught the Christmas game… he been that nikka

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

2k players know what time it is