What Austin Reaves is looking forward the most to playing with the Team USA surprises

Later tonight, Austin Reaves will be having his debut with Team USA, but one of the biggest highlights for him is to play with a former Lakers as he recently revealed.

Reaves is having a great year, as he had a breakout season, has signed a max-extension with the Lakers, is releasing his first signature shoes and now is about to make his debut with Team USA in the showcase match vs. Puerto Rico.

Austin revealed he wants to play with Brandon Ingram as it is one thing that he was looking for it. “I think Brandon Ingram is someone that’s just like, I don’t even know how tall he is, arms long as shit and just gets to his spot and he’s never rushed. Really [excited to play with’ everybody honestly, we’ve got such a talented team that you know the main thing for us is just to mesh it together and you know figure out how to play off one another. Kind of use each other to you know benefit each other. But, I’ll learn a little bit of something from everybody.”

Opportunities like FIBA allow talented players to come together and learn how to play with and for one another. Players have traditionally spoken about how much they learn from their peers in scenarios like this, and that will likely be the case for Reaves, Ingram, and the rest of the young USA squad.

The fans are looking forward to seeing this young Team USA version

This may be the youngest team that USA Basketball has had so far with the roster consisting of players with a couple years of experience in the NBA and little to no FIBA or international experience. It’ll be interesting to see how this team looks once the World Cup tips off in late August as well as see how Reaves performs, hopefully showing Lakers fans what to expect heading into next season.