Austin Reaves is still the undrafted kid from Newark, Ark., a town of 1,000 people and one stop sign. Fans have embraced Reaves because of all of this — they see him like he’s Notre Dame’s Rudy with a crossover and a jumper
On one hand, Reaves is still the undrafted kid from Newark, Ark., a town of 1,000 people and one stop sign. He’s anonymous enough that fellow NBA player Kyle Lowry scooted his golf cart past Reaves earlier that day on a tee box without stopping — Lowry later said he did a double-take but he wasn’t sure it was a colleague.
It certainly started that way, with Vegas serving as a launching pad to his rise from undrafted rookie to Lakers starter. Team USA guard Austin Reaves strikes his signature “freeze” pose after making a three-pointer against Puerto Rico’s Isaiah Pineiro. Team USA coach Steve Kerr praised Reaves’ IQ and his ability to serve as a “connector” for the team — a wildly valuable skill considering the team is made up of relative strangers from all over the NBA.“From afar, I’ve watched him,” Ingram said. “The one thing I’ve noticed is that he’s consistent at how he plays and he doesn’t do anything outside of how he plays.
But with Team USA looking at younger players to fill out its World Cup roster, Reaves couldn’t say no. Celebrity also led to one of the strangest rumors of the summer — the online speculation that Reaves was dating Taylor Swift. Earlier this summer, he visited one of his agents, Aaron Reilly, in New Jersey. He found Reaves playing “Smash Brothers” with his 7- and 5-year-old daughters, Charlotte and Izzy.“Murdered them,” Reilly said with a laugh. “Talked trash, too.”
Two years ago, Austin Reaves was fighting for a spot on the Lakers’ roster. Now he’s a guard with Team USA. “It’s kind of really been my whole life, me proving that I’m capable of doing things, And then having to re-prove it again. And it’s been repetitive my whole life, something I talked to my agents [Reilly and Reggie Berry] about multiple times — even this past year,” Reaves said. “Like, was it ever going to change? Just because it happened so much to me.
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