We are so psyched to welcome in member of The Los Angeles Lakers, Austin Reaves. Austin was kind enough to give us 45 mins and we were able to cover so much. Without further ado... let's go. Topics include: JJ on the Coach of The Year race, Austin Reaves on adjusting to being a Los Angeles Laker, earning the trust of LeBron James, crushing the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the NBA playoffs, facing Stephen Curry and The Golden State Warriors in the playoffs, being a fan of Kobe Bryant and hating on LeBron on social media as a teenager, facing the Denver Nuggets in the playoffs, his Team USA experience at the FIBA World Cup and marveling Anthony Edwards, learning how to be a pro from LeBron, winning the first ever NBA In-Season Tournament and Austin's flu game final, breaking down his confused LeBron James meme, lots of golf talk and so much more.

Timecodes:

00:00 - Start of interview
02:58 - JJ on Coach of The Year
14:24 - Start of Austin Reaves Interview
18:15 - From small town kid to being famous in LA
23:10 - Turning down The Pistons to go to LA
30:57 - Earning LeBron's trust in the Grizzlies series
33:33 - On being a young Kobe stan/LeBron hater
36:57 - Austin on becoming an a-hole on the court
41:12 - What he learned from losing to the Nuggets in the playoffs
44:12 - Learning how to be a pro from LeBron
49:35 - Team USA / Anthony Edwards experience
58:05 - Austin's flu game in the In-Season Tournament final
1:01:22 - Austin explains his confused LeBron meme

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