Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves gave his thoughts Friday on what the Lakers need to do in order to mitigate the loss of LeBron James at the start of the 2025-26 regular season.

When asked by reporters about replacing James' production and presence, Reaves made it clear that he believes the entire team will have to step up rather than only one player:

"We've got a lot of really talented guys, and I'm definitely not gonna go out there and be LeBron James," Reaves said. "If that was the case, people would talk about me like they talk about him, but that's not the case. We have to do it as a collective."

The Lakers announced last week that James would be out for three to four weeks due to sciatica on his right side. The timeline suggests LeBron is in line to miss at least the Lakers' first five games of the season, and possibly more.

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