Just wondering which player would you prefer to have on your team? Both players recently got the bag, and while they play different styles, who would you prefer for their contracts?
Factoring in their contract? Probably Reaves IMO.
Big wings get paid, Jaden isn’t even that outrageous of a contract tbh
McDaniels come on
Lol wtf Reaves is good but Jaden all the way.
yup I am one of the biggest Austin Reaves fans but it’s undeniable you’d rather have Jaden
people think he’s Andre Roberson or Vanderbilt but if you watch him he’s totally capable on offense. I think what he lacks on that end is just experience not skill, he’s got a huge runway to expand his game
This same question was posted like a month or two ago 💀
Reaves without hesitation and I honestly don’t think it’s that close.
lmao why exactly?
Because he’s a far better basketball player in every facet of the game except defense. Jaden is a role player with a very rough offensive game. I get that every team needs their Covington types but Reaves is good enough to win games.
very rough offensive game
Except if he was just 3&D he’d be very good but he can make plays on ball as well. All the while he’s still younger than Reaves.
Trae Young smokes both these dudes.
Jaden lol
You take mcdaniels no matter what imo. Top 5 perimeter defender with elite rim protection and has great efficiency with flashes of great shot creation. Main flaw is fouling guarding the best player every game.
Jaden on the Heat would be so fire man. Don’t think Reaves would even start for us. Jaden is just objectively the correct answer, a perennial all defensive team player who can shoot 3’s at a great clip.
Reaves is easily better than McDaniels.
I feel like this post was set up to highlight the stupidity of Lakers fans. As a non biased fan of the game, it’s Mcdaniels and it’s not particularly close. He is 2 years younger, a significantly better defender, averaged similar ppg and shoots roughly around 40% from 3.
For the contract? From the perspective of can it be traded / what is the value of that specific contract “value”…
Jaden has a PP contract because of the rookie extension. So technically speaking, there might only be one or two teams that you possibly could move him to, and make all the money/bodies work. It’s about an average starter level contract, so as long as he plays up to that, the contract is fine.
Reeves has a 15% trade kicker, which adds a wrinkle, but he’s on a “mid-level” contact. You can move those contracts around with more teams, because all those exemption contracts are about the same amount / within the +/- threshold. If he plays up to about a mid-level contract, that contract is fine.
Lmfao I saw the lakers sub yesterday in large agreement that Reaves was more valuable than Jaden, shit had me shook
For the Hawks I would rather Jaden but I could see situations where Austin would be preferable especially factoring in contract. For example, I think the Raptors would probably prefer Austin
I’ll take Reaves and extra extra cap space to go get a quality defender.
Or another really old dude