{"id":674107,"date":"2026-03-23T07:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/674107\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T07:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:24:13","slug":"lebron-james-makes-austin-reaves-decision-during-lakers-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/674107\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Makes Austin Reaves Decision During Lakers’ Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

LeBron James<\/a> officially broke Robert Parish\u2019s record for the most regular-season games played in NBA<\/a> history on Saturday night, surpassing Robert Parish’s long-standing record of 1,611.<\/p>\n

But the game winner came from Luke Kennard, who hit a corner three-pointer with 0.6 seconds left to secure a 105-104 victory over the Orlando Magic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And the thrilling victory improved the Lakers’ record to 46-25, with James posting 12 points, six rebounds, and four assists. Now, with the grind of the regular season almost at the end, James has made a decision about his “Mind the Game” podcast’s new guest.<\/p>\n

According to a teaser posted <\/a>by \u201cMind the Game\u201d director Jason Gallagher on X, Reaves is set to appear on James\u2019 show alongside co-host Steve Nash this week. It will allegedly feature the trio analyzing plays on a laptop, maintaining the show’s signature focus on high-level basketball IQ and X’s and O’s.<\/p>\n

Their last guest was Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, who raved on March 5. Then they aired a basketball-focused episode on March 10 titled “LeBron on What’s Changed About NBA Officiating” before the announcement of Reaves as the next guest.<\/p>\n

Just to recap, the 27-year-old Lakers guard has come a long way since going undrafted out of the Oklahoma Sooners<\/a> in 2021. After starting on a two-way contract, he\u2019s moved from the end of the bench to a serious scoring option for the Purple and Gold.<\/p>\n

This season, he\u2019s averaging 23.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 5.5 assists on 49.1% shooting. In Saturday\u2019s narrow win, Reaves played 40 minutes despite a sore left hip, finishing with 26 points, seven rebounds, and five assists.<\/p>\n

While he seemed fine after the game, the team is monitoring his status for Monday\u2019s matchup in Detroit. With Maxi Kleber still out with a back injury, JJ Reddick needs Reaves to be healthy for the trip to Little Caesars Arena on Monday.<\/p>\n

Related: NBA Congratulates LeBron James on Historic Achievement<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 22, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LeBron James officially broke Robert Parish\u2019s record for the most regular-season games played in NBA history on Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,296,13872,4034,1698,300,4044,185,251,150,4033,4043,1171,3000,6,2400,76,3024,3040,2543],"class_list":["post-674107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-lakers","tag-basketball","tag-detroit","tag-jason-gallagher","tag-la","tag-la-lakers","tag-lakers","tag-lalakers","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleslakers","tag-luke-kennard","tag-maxi-kleber","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-orlando-magic","tag-reaves","tag-robert-parish","tag-steve-nash"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116277298110681040","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}