{"id":3762,"date":"2023-02-03T00:47:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T00:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/austin-reaves-hilarious-response-to-alex-caruso-comparisons\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T00:47:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T00:47:09","slug":"austin-reaves-hilarious-response-to-alex-caruso-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/austin-reaves-hilarious-response-to-alex-caruso-comparisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Reaves\u2019 Hilarious Response to Alex Caruso Comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-40088\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n<noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reaves-Caruso.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Reaves Caruso Comparison\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reaves-Caruso.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reaves-Caruso-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reaves-Caruso-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reaves-Caruso-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reaves-Caruso-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reaves-Caruso-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reaves-Caruso-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Lakers shooting guard Austin Reaves is consistently in the rotation this season and has become somewhat of a cult favorite among LA fans.<\/p>\n<p>He even made it into the top ten for All-Star voting for guards in the West.<\/p>\n<p>Reaves is averaging 10.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, while shooting 48.8 percent from the field.<\/p>\n<p>The way Reaves stumbled into a role and is doing it well isn\u2019t too dissimilar to former Lakers backcourt player Alex Caruso.<\/p>\n<p>24-year-old Reaves often finds himself being compared to Caruso, who was affectionately nicknamed \u2018GOAT\u2019 by his fans and teammates but Reaves said he doesn\u2019t see too much of a similarity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTotally different players, but we\u2019re guys that played on the Lakers, and we\u2019re white,\u201d Reaves <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/lists\/nba-rumors-lakers-austin-reaves-free-agency-lebron-james-alex-caruso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told HH.<\/a> \u201cWe don\u2019t really look athletic. He\u2019s athletic, but I\u2019m not that athletic. I can see why people do it, but we\u2019re two totally different players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite Reaves clearing things up, we\u2019re sure people will still draw the comparison.<\/p>\n<p>Caruso himself paid Reaves the ultimate compliment back in 2021, when he<a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/lists\/alex-caruso-los-angeles-lakers-chicago-bulls-lonzo-ball-austin-reaves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> said:<\/a> \u201c\u2026he appears to be one of those good glue guys that winning teams need. I think he\u2019s a lot farther along than I was during my first year in the league. I think we have the same mindset of getting better and working hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t the worst thing in the world to be compared to a GOAT.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/2023\/02\/02\/austin-reaves-hilarious-response-to-alex-caruso-comparisons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakers shooting guard Austin Reaves is consistently in the rotation this season and has become somewhat of a cult favorite among LA fans. He even made it into the top ten for All-Star voting for guards in the West. 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