Austin Reaves is going to miss at least four weeks with a left calf strain, and his absence will be a gigantic blow to the Los Angeles Lakers’ chances of climbing the Western Conference ladder.
It also means there’s a roughly 0 percent chance he gets traded by the deadline.
Just so we’re clear: Very few people are clamoring for the Lakers to deal Reaves. He is, in many ways, the Luka Doncic co-star for whom they’re supposed to be on the prowl.
Still, between Reaves’ player option this coming summer and head coach JJ Redick’s outward disgust for his team’s crummy defense, we couldn’t technically rule anything out.