Austin Reaves
- Age
- 29
- Height
- 6'5"
- Weight
- 197 lb
- Experience
- 5 yrs
Ignore his worst category (turnovers) and he's worth 2.00.
LeBron is a Sixer, and Reaves is the clearest winner of the whole summer. He spent four years as the guy whose numbers spiked whenever LeBron sat; now there is nobody to sit. Our vacancy mechanism reads the 33 minutes LeBron took with him and hands the biggest share to Luka and to him, which is how a 22-4.6-5.7 line on a pretty .86 stripe lands top-35. One caution survives the upgrade: he has never been a 70-game iron man, and we bank 62. Know the shape you are buying — scoring and assists with essentially no defensive counting stats — but the ceiling here just moved up, not down.
Austin Reaves enters 2026-27 at #31 on our board — Round 3 value in a standard 12-team draft, projected for 22.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.7 assists in 33.9 minutes a night. The value is built on free-throw percentage and assists, with turnovers the soft spot in the profile. He's a natural fit for punt-turnovers builds — take that category out of the equation and his value climbs. Availability helps the case: we project about 62 games.
GP = expected games this season (availability model + analyst judgment), not last year's total. DRAFT VAL = draft-day value (round/window-paced), used for draft decisions. MPG = projected minutes per game.
| Season | ValueG-score | GP | Projected per-game stats | Category value · G-score | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FGM | FG% | FTM | FT% | TO | USG% | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO | |||
| 2026-27projected | 1.15 | 62 | 33.9 | 22.0 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 48.3% | 5.7 | 86.4% | 2.8 | 22.9% | 0.77 | -0.47 | 0.77 | 0.06 | -0.48 | 0.51 | -0.01 | 0.84 | -0.85 |
Share of team plays a player uses while on the floor. The highlighted bar is our 2026-27 projection.
| Season | ValueG-score | GP | Per-game stats | Category value · G-score | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FGM | FG% | FTM | FT% | TO | USG% | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO | |||
| 2021-22LAL | -3.68 | 61 | 23.2 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 45.9% | 1.6 | 83.9% | 0.7 | 12.6% | -1.26 | -0.87 | -0.75 | -0.72 | -0.54 | -0.63 | -0.06 | 0.16 | 0.99 |
| 2022-23LAL | -2.04 | 64 | 28.8 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 52.9% | 3.5 | 86.4% | 1.5 | 16.3% | -0.56 | -0.95 | -0.24 | -0.68 | -0.47 | -0.29 | 0.26 | 0.47 | 0.42 |
| 2023-24LAL | -0.70 | 82 | 32.1 | 15.9 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 5.6 | 48.6% | 2.8 | 85.3% | 2.1 | 20.4% | -0.16 | -0.54 | 0.60 | -0.25 | -0.59 | 0.12 | -0.02 | 0.33 | -0.19 |
| 2024-25LAL | 1.04 | 73 | 34.9 | 20.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 6.5 | 46.0% | 4.4 | 87.7% | 2.4 | 23.8% | 0.45 | -0.46 | 0.79 | 0.05 | -0.56 | 0.68 | -0.23 | 0.71 | -0.40 |
| 2025-26LAL | 1.38 | 51 | 34.5 | 23.3 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 49.0% | 6.4 | 87.1% | 3.0 | 27.0% | 0.91 | -0.43 | 0.68 | 0.07 | -0.41 | 0.48 | 0.05 | 0.98 | -0.95 |
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What round should I draft Austin Reaves in 2026-27 fantasy basketball?
Our board has Austin Reaves at #31 overall — Round 3 value in a standard 12-team draft. That already weighs expected games (about 62), not just the per-game line.
Is Austin Reaves a good fantasy basketball pick?
Yes, at the right price — he projects as a solid mid-round pick at #31, helping most in free-throw percentage and assists, with turnovers the main cost.
How many games will Austin Reaves play in 2026-27?
We project about 62 games — an expected-games estimate from our availability model plus analyst judgment, rather than a repeat of last season's total.
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