Austin Reaves talks about his surreal journey of going from trolling LeBron James on the internet as a 12 yr old Kobe fan from Arkansas to now being his longest tenured teammate “I owe him a lot for what he’s helped me accomplish.”

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  7. He definitely shared those ‘Apple has just released the LeBron James iPhone. Only vibrates. No rings.’ jokes after 2011 like every other Laker fan including me

  10. Reaves is awesome

    I hope he stays a Laker for his whole career.

    The post Bron era with Luka, maybe a new second option, and Reaves, or just Luka and Reaves should be fun.

  16. Longest tenured? Wow. I’m surprised there are no Cavs who played with LeBron longer. In my mind I still see his Lakers run as a brief wind down to his career, but it’s now tied for his longest stop.

    Edit: ah, longest currently tenured.

  17. Longest tenured teammate? That is Zydrunas Ilgauskas. And if we’re just talking LA it’s still Davis.

  18. From a Reaves [interview](https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/how-austin-reaves-keeps-the-lakers-one-step-ahead) on NBA.com:

    > “I’ll give Bron credit. Ever since day one, I remember my rookie year, **he was on my ass for a two-week stretch, and I was getting frustrated.** I would mess up in games, and he would critique me a lot.” […] “I went to Phil Handy, and I was like, **’He needs to give me a break, I’m still learning.’** And he was like, **’The only reason he’s on you like that is because he believes in you.'”**

  19. After LeBron retires and the Lakers struggle to win with Luka and AR and their new backup squad. Where is Austin traded to?

  20. LeBron’s longest tenured teammate of all time is Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who played with him from 2003-2010 in Cleveland, plus some years during the second Cleveland stint.

  21. One of Reave’s first IG post is “Strive for Greatness”. It was meant to be.

  22. every lebron team must have at least one “you aight white boy” to be considered championship worthy

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