De'Aaron Fox is a better basketball player than Austin Reaves. We can get that part out of the way from the start. There is no real statistical argument otherwise. Even the most optimistic projections of Reaves' increasingly bright future have to acknowledge that Fox has physical gifts that he simply does not.

NBA analyst Jason Timpf sparked an engaging debate on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday by posting a thought-provoking poll for Lakers fans.

Despite a demonstrative blowout victory over the mighty Boston Celtics (who were playing on the second night of a back-to-back, it should be noted) on Thursday