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See the full story · 1 sourcesLater this month, members of the Los Angeles Lakers will head to Slovenia to take part in a four-day minicamp that is being held there by Luka Doncic. It will be an opportunity for these players, especially the many new ones, to build chemistry and camaraderie ahead of the official start of training camp several weeks from now.
The Lakers are now fully centered around Doncic and Austin Reaves, and the two have developed a legitimate friendship with each other. Reaves has been in China on a tour with Rigorer, the company he has a signature sneaker with, and he was asked about that upcoming minicamp. He responded by trash-talking Doncic a little.
“I’m going to feel great. I’m gonna kick his [expletive] in golf. That’ll be a lot of fun. But it’ll just be good to get around everybody. We got a fairly new team, a lot of new guys, so it’ll just be good to be around them, get to know one another off the court and just build that chemistry there.”
Just about everyone knows that Reaves is a huge fan of golf and that he plays the game quite often. He recently took part in the American Century Championship, an annual celebrity golf tournament, and he finished in a tie for 16th along with NFL wide receiver Adam Thielen.
Doncic has also picked up golf, but it is pretty safe to say that he isn't as avid a golfer as Reaves is.
Still, this coming season will be a big one for Reaves. With LeBron James gone, he will have to carry the Lakers offensively a little more, and it seems like he will be up to the task. He averaged 23.3 points and 5.5 assists a game last season, and he was seemingly on his way to his first All-Star berth before he suffered a gastrocnemius strain in late December.
When James missed the first 14 games of the schedule with sciatica, Reaves put up 28.3 points and 8.2 assists a contest.
This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: Austin Reaves talks trash ahead of Luka Doncic's minicamp
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