Following a stellar second season with the Lakers and a thoroughly impressive playoff debut, Lakers guard Austin Reaves was selected to be part of the Team USA roster for this summer’s FIBA Basketball World Cup in the Philippines.
Although Team USA didn’t finish in the top three — losing to eventual champion Germany in the semi-finals and then Canada in the third-place game — Reaves turned plenty of heads. Let's take a closer look at the continued improvement that he showed during the tournament, and address some of the alleged issues he had:
All in all, Reaves continued to demonstrate why he’s earning the praise and popularity that he’s getting (and why his contract also might be the steal of the summer).