JJ Redick confirmed the initial reports that Austin Reaves is set to miss a week of action with a left calf strain, also noting that the team will be more cautious with his return to play.
Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves is set to miss at least a couple of games after it was reported that the guard has suffered a mild left calf strain.
Austin Reaves
Austin Reaves
Austin Reaves
MIN: 36.92
PTS: 27.76 (63.37%)
REB: 5.57
As: 6.71
ST: 1.05
BL: 0.19
TO: 3.33
GM: 21
Commenting on the injury on Saturday, Lakers head coach JJ Redick confirmed that Reaves should not miss more than a week. Despite the injury not being very serious, Redick emphasized that the team is taking a very cautious approach.
“Yeah, it’s a mild strain, grade one. He’ll be out a week,” Redick said during a media availability at the Lakers’ practice on Saturday.
“It started to tighten up the day before, even though he was doing very light work intentionally. Just one of those things, and we’re obviously going to be cautious with it,” he added.
“I would venture to say every player is a little different, but players now are becoming more cautious—using that word again—more cautious when they get those diagnoses with the calf. But everything looks clean; it’s not in the deep part. It should be a week,” Redick said.
Reaves is enjoying a meteoric rise this 2025–26 season. He is averaging career highs in points (27.8), assists (6.7), and rebounds (5.6) across 21 games so far for Los Angeles.
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