With LeBron out for the first 10-15 games, how many PPG do you think Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves will average until LeBron comes back?

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1. 30+ PPG for Luka. 22 PPG for AR

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3. 30-20 ppg

4. 32 for Luka, 14 for AR, 13 for Rui, 11 for DA

5. Lowkey my ass is delusional, and is hoping that Luka averages prime Harden numbers and averages 39/9/10, as for AR, probably around the ballpark of 20-22 pts

6. A brazillian ppg 

7. Ik think ar can average 25
   Luka probably 30

8. 30-32ppg for Luka, 21-25ppg for AR. Rui has to help with atleast 18 and Ayton with 14-16

9. AR already averaged 20.2 ppg last season. Why are your projections so low? Only 14 – 22 ppg??

   Atleast until Bron comes back, AR will average ATLEAST 27 ppg! We saw his pre-season numbers on limited minutes!

10. This sub more excited about how many PPG Luka and AR combine than winning lol

11. With LeBron out for the first 10-15 games, **how many points will the Luka-AR backcourt give up?** That pairing is defensively one of the worst starting backcourts in the league.

    Furthermore, with LeBron out for the first 10-15 games, **who will start in his place?**

    I have a bad, bad feeling about this season. Bron should have been traded, along with Rui and AR. I understand that LAL is waiting for the summer of 2026 to truly build around Luka, but I think Bron drank the Kool-Aid and failed to jump ship in time.

    I’m deeply concerned.

12. 30/8/9 for Magic Johnson, 23.5/7/8 for my guy Jerry West. (I am sorry, I know this might be blasphemous but for me, they are them.)

13. 32 and 21

14. Maybe 40/8/11 for Luka.

    AR’s gonna be 24/5/5.

15. Id go for win than luka be the MVP or scoring champ. 50+ win season plus MVP is ideal

16. Unless Ayton production is higher then expected I think AR needs 25 per game

17. 33 – 24

18. 30+ppg

19. Probably 30-32 ppg for Luka. I know he averaged 40 that fateful December without Kyrie, but he has a reliable second scoring option even with LeBron out now, so JJ doesn’t need to run him into the dirt for 40 minutes a game. For Austin, shoot, maybe 24 ppg? Dude is solid. Maybe by the end of the year it looks like 22 though.

20. 34 for Luka, hes about to go OFF

    26 for AR, that will trickle back down once the King is back

21. Luka- 33 ppg

    Reaves- 23 ppg.

22. Together close to 60.

23. 32 Luka, 25 AR

24. luka 30 ppg
    austin 23 ppg

25. 35, 23

26. Luka 22ppg, AR 33ppg.

27. Call me delusional but 33ppg for Luka and 25-27ppg for Reaves

28. They have to average 55-60 combined for us to stand a chance.I am praying that Miami gabe can show up too

29. Luka 30ppg, Reeves 22ppg, Rui 15ppg, Ayton 18ppg, LaRavia 7 ppg, Gabe 7 ppg, Smart 5ppg, Vanderbilt 6ppg, Jaxson 5ppg, Dalton 10ppg. This is everyone of the players score their part. If not, Reeves will need to average 25 and Luke 35.

30. With how our bench was looking in preseason, we at least need Luka to average 30 and Austin and Rui to combine for 40 to win some games

31. Trade Austin