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Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball

Austin's Team USA Summer

Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball

Pete Zayas

News, Sports, Sports News, Basketball

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Austin Reaves' inclusion on Team USA's World Cup roster is a great recognition of his rising status in the NBA and a reflection of his well rounded game. Mike and Darius discuss Reaves' summer to this point, the opening of Team USA's camp this week, where he might fit into the World Cup rotation, and their general expectations for how this experience will serve him heading into training camp and his third NBA campaign. 

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0:00.0

What do you think about the Laker team now?

0:03.5

You follow the box scores of the games every day?

0:06.0

Just the Lakers.

0:07.3

You're kidding.

0:08.6

That is really a compliment.

0:12.8

I was pleased to see you smile at the top part show because once the game starts, you have a game face.

0:17.8

You don't smile much out there.

0:20.4

I don't think you have to do things for money anymore.

0:22.9

Correct.

0:23.3

What's up, guys?

0:23.9

Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast presented by Blue Wire.

0:26.9

Today, no Pete, but we do have a fresh off his vacation looking extremely relaxed out of Hawaii and me coming from the opposite coast.

0:38.7

So we're going to hit on what we think is the most topical item, Darius, of the moment.

0:45.0

And that is Austin Reeves getting off of an airplane of his own, but going to Las Vegas

0:50.1

and getting his first ever Team USA jersey.

0:53.6

And what a cool special moment for Austin, who was undrafted.

0:58.8

Of course, you all know the story.

1:00.4

And now, you know, he was considered to be enough of an impact player that Steve Kerr and

1:05.5

the rest of the team USA basketball staff were like, yeah, we want this dude on the team,

1:09.8

not some guys with more

1:11.0

pedigree or more points per game or more specific starring roles on a team. But they picked

1:17.3

Austin. So, Darius, where's your head at with one Austin Reeves getting his deal down with

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