As the Lakers were on their way to the 2020 NBA championship, Frank Vogel repeatedly made headlines by insisting that Rajon Rondo’s impact couldn’t be properly quantified by any stat that currently exists, and could only be “measured in swag.” Perhaps it’s fitting, then, that LeBron James sees Austin Reaves — something of a Rondo understudy during the first half of his rookie season — in a similar light.
After helping the world get to know the undrafted rookie back in 2021 before anyone else did, the always incredible Mirin Fader of The Ringer wrote another must-read profile on Reaves that dropped on Tuesday morning.