By Caroline John,EssentiallySports
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They had to ask what Reaves thought of Bronny’s dad’s swing. Reaves didn’t hold back. “It’s a work in progress.” At least he didn’t compare him to Chuck like Steph Curry did.
However, Reaves revealed there has been some new development in LeBron James’ golf adventures. “He told me he got his first birdy the other day and he said he was very, very excited.” If King James‘ pure excitement at discovering a new sport at 40 doesn’t bring a tear to your eye…
He’s definitely a work in progress. Possibly why Austin’s not going to join him on the course anytime soon.
Austin Reaves is sticking around for more golf with the James family
For most of the offseason, the Austin Reaves dilemma was haunting the Lakers. Analysts and former NBA legends were divided – some wanting the team to trade him for a player better suited to Luka Doncic, others wanting him to stay.
Reaves was emotional about the extension which he wanted. His contract’s a little low than what most predicted, but he said, “It’s a business at the end of the day. That doesn’t mean that I don’t want to be in LA. I want to be in LA for my whole career and hopefully we can make that happen.”
Now that he’s sticking around, he can play golf with Bronny and/or both could fix LeBron’s iambic swing. James knows his limits too. Because he told the media he would not play for money against Reaves in golf. Reporters asked Reaves what he thought about James claiming, “I’m going to get out there with him…But as far as betting, I’m not going to do that.” AR replied, “That’s bad advice. He’s got enough money to help me with my rent.”
Reaves now has almost $14 million a year to take care of his rent. He can up the stakes at least against Bronny. He’ll spare LeBron his dignity for now.
That didn’t stop LeBron James from making tall claims about one day beating Austin Reaves on the greens. Maybe he’s confident because Bronny got this good in golf in only four months. But AR bluntly declared, “Absolutely not. It’s not happening.” If only Austin relents, we’d love to see this sight soon.