Austin Reaves was moved to the Lakers bench; why? LeBron James and Darvin Ham evaluate the reserve guard position.
The Lakers had great hopes going into the 2023–24 season following their deep run in the 2023 postseason. After a sluggish start, Los Angeles is looking for solutions to turn things around less than a month into the year.
In an attempt to change things up, Lakers head coach Darvin Ham benched third-year guard Austin Reaves in favor of starting the player off the bench in a victory over the Suns nine games into the season.
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Reaves became a full-time starter late in the 2022–2023 season and played a crucial role, so the move is a little surprising.
