Austin Reaves & Team USA will face a beloved former Laker at the FIBA World Cup semifinals

The Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves had a breakout season with the team in the 2022-23 campaign, that caught the interest of the NBA, because of that, Team USA coach Steve Kerr called him to be part of the roster that is currently participating at the FIBA World Cup.

Team USA has lost one game in the competition so far, still, the group has been able to be a serious contender to win the gold and now are at the semifinals, with Reaves being one of the coming off the bench leaders and standouts.

Germany is now the rival that is standing on their way to the FIBA WC Finals, In this contest, Austin Reaves will face a familiar face, his former Lakers teammate and friend Dennis Schröder.

The two national teams and former teammates saw each other in the preparation games before the FIBA World Cup started, with the Americans taking the win, they will face again in an official competition.

Austin Reaves has silenced his detractors after the Lithuanian stepback

The loss Team USA and Reaves suffered was against Lithuania and became the perfect excuse for Austin's haters and detractors to point him as the one to blame and to say is a bad player. Reaves didn't get affected by that and helped the group defeat Italy and now the National team is at the semifinals hoping to play the finals to ultimately win the gold.