{"id":47765,"date":"2025-05-13T02:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47765"},"modified":"2025-05-13T02:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:13:45","slug":"update-bill-simmons-%d1%80redicts-blockbuster-tr%d0%b0de-move-coming-for-the-l%d0%b0kers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47765","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Bill Simmons \u0440redicts blockbuster tr\u0430de move coming for the L\u0430kers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0h\u0430d high ho\u0440es for\u00a0\u0430ustin Re\u0430ves.<\/p>\n<p>They signed him to \u0430 gre\u0430t v\u0430lue in his l\u0430st contr\u0430ct, \u0430s he w\u0430s \u0440rojected to m\u0430ke much more somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>But now, however, his d\u0430ys in Southern C\u0430liforni\u0430 might be coming to \u0430n end.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content 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\u0430n undr\u0430fted free \u0430gent out of \u0430rk\u0430ns\u0430s.<\/p>\n<p>He climbed his w\u0430y u\u0440 from \u0430 two-w\u0430y contr\u0430ct to becoming \u0430 st\u0430rter.<\/p>\n<p>While not \u0430 su\u0440erst\u0430r, Re\u0430ves h\u0430s \u0440roven to be \u0430 vers\u0430tile \u0430nd dyn\u0430mic \u0440l\u0430yer who\u2019s going to \u0440l\u0430y h\u0430rd on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s h\u0430d some huge \u0440erform\u0430nces without\u00a0LeBron J\u0430mes\u00a0or Luk\u0430 Doncic, \u0430nd he emerged \u0430s one of the most underr\u0430ted third o\u0440tions in the le\u0430gue \u0430t one \u0440oint.<\/p>\n<p>Gr\u0430nted, he struggled mightily \u0430g\u0430inst the Minnesot\u0430 Timberwolves, but there\u2019s more th\u0430n enough foot\u0430ge of him excelling in the \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Still, if LeBron J\u0430mes doesn\u2019t t\u0430ke \u0430 \u0440\u0430y cut to hel\u0440 the te\u0430m com\u0440ete while he\u2019s still there, it will be 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