Former NBA champ boldly compares Lakers' $12.9M PG to Luka Doncic (Image Sources: NBA.com)
Former NBA champion Jeff Teague has boldly compared LA Lakers' $12.9 million point guard Austin Reaves to Luka Doncic. Reaves is seemingly from having the impact Doncic has on the floor. He's not an MVP-caliber player or a bonafide All-Star, either. Their trajectory and career arcs are significantly different.
However, Teague views a few similarities related to how they play. During the latest episode of his show, the "Club 520 podcast," the former Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics guard said:
"He [Reaves] like the poor man Luka Doncic. ... Yeah he a poor man Luka."
After his co-host disagreed, Teague said:
"If you really watch him play, the way they play is very similar. He's just not as big and strong. And why I say 'poor man' is because he don't score as easy (as Doncic). But the way he make people shift and move and how he uses his body and creates space, and he give really good passes, too, and he make tough shots, he like the poor man Luka." (40:04)
