The Lakers put their faith in Austin Reaves when they traded D'Angelo Russell, trusting the young shooter to help LeBron ...

Competing executives have also told B/R that the Lakers (at least to date) have shown no interest in discussing trades that ...

Rob Pelinka was the only one who saw the vision when it comes to Austin Reaves' All-Star level leap this year.

It was the first triple-double of the season for Reaves, and the 12th of his career. The boards and dimes were both season highs for the fourth-year guard, and he's been performing at a high level ...

And his team is in the midst of another identity change – one that features fourth-year guard Austin Reaves even more as a ball-handler and on-ball playmaker than he was earlier in the season.

In the absence of a blockbuster trade for a third superstar who could play alongside James and Anthony Davis, they have placed their team in the hands of Austin Reaves. Dealing D’Angelo Russell ...

That player is Austin Reaves, who has been quietly putting together the best season of his career. Reaves is often the forgotten man in L.A., but he's inarguably the Lakers' most important player ...