Outside of the play of its Big 3 — and maybe even including some of them — one of the brightest spots this season has been the improvement of Austin Reaves. The second-year guard has assumed a larger role offensively and has been more efficient even still.
He’s not only shooting the best of his NBA career, he’s having perhaps the best shooting season of his basketball career. Reaves was above the 50-40-90 threshold early in the season and while his 3-point shooting has slipped a bit, he’s still holding strong at a respectable 51.1/37.6/90.8 clip.
It’s a drastic improvement from Reaves, who recently spoke with Kyle Goon of the OC Register about his work over the summer to improve his jumper:
Even as a college player, Reaves never quite put together as impressive a shooting season as this.