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Former Oklahoma Star Headed to Summer League With the Lakers

The 2021 First-Team All-Big 12 Selection will head to Las Vegas to play in the NBA Summer League with LA.
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Former Oklahoma Star Headed to Summer League With the Lakers
Former Oklahoma Star Headed to Summer League With the Lakers

Austin Reaves will be taking the court in a Laker uniform Sooner rather than later.

The former Oklahoma star was named to the Los Angeles Lakers’ 13-man Summer League roster after signing an undrafted free agent deal with the franchise.

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The NBA Summer League, which will be hosted in Las Vegas again this year, tips off on Aug. 8, and the Lakers will open up against the Phoenix Suns.

Before starting up Summer League play, the Lakers will play a pair of games in the California Classic against the Miami Heat on Aug. 3 and the Sacramento Kings on Aug. 4.

A First-Team All-Big 12 selection in 2021, Reaves averaged 18.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists last year as the focal point of the Sooners offense.

Reportedly, Reaves had options to be drafted late in last Thursday’s NBA Draft, but turned them down to instead sign an undrafted free agent deal with the Lakers.

Reaves’ bet on himself could be rewarded, as the Lakers are low on pure shooters and have little wiggle room to maneuver as they have little cap space to work with and little expendable draft capitol to make moves.

If he’s able to get into a rhythm from 3-point range in Summer League, he may be able to make the initial roster and try to carve out a role for himself off the bench for the Lakers as they try to reload and make another run deep into the playoffs behind LeBron James and Anthony Davis. 

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Ryan Chapman
RYAN CHAPMAN

Ryan is co-publisher at Sooners On SI and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more. Since 2019, Ryan has simultaneously pursued a career as both a writer and a sports talk radio host, working for the Flagship for Oklahoma sports, 107.7 The Franchise, as well as AllSooners.com. Ryan serves as a contributor to The Franchise’s website, TheFranchiseOK.com, which was recognized as having the “Best Website” in 2022 by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Ryan holds an associate’s degree in Journalism from Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, OK. 

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