Welcome to our Lakers Season Preview Series! For the next several weeks, we’ll be writing columns every weekday, breaking down the biggest questions we have about every player the Lakers added this offseason. Today, we look at Austin Reaves.

Last season for the Lakers was defined by change even before the arrival of Luka Dončić.

They came into the season under a new, first-time head coach in JJ Redick and then traded away their former starting point guard two months into the season. Luka entering the fold then drastically changed the team for the remainder of the season.

Across each of those phases, no player saw their role change more than Austin Reaves. After starting the year at shooting guard, Reaves took the point guard duties after the Russell trade, then shifted into an entirely

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