Austin Reaves is determined to avoid the sophomore slump.
After a surprisingly successful debut campaign that saw Reaves play the sixth-most minutes on the Lakers last year (try naming the top five without looking, it’s surprisingly challenging), the second-year guard has a couple of key areas for improvement in mind for 2022-23.
First up, Reaves knows that he needs to shoot better from the 3-point line, something he identified early in the offseason and has been working on ever since. As Reaves told Jake Fischer on the “Please Don’t Aggregate This” podcast, shooting at a higher clip — and consequently, winning at a higher clip — are atop his list of goals for the upcoming season:
“I just want to play the game the same way as I did last year, you know, give it 110% every possession and then on top of that, just shoot the ball better and win more games.