Hilarious Video of LeBron Confusing Austin Reaves With Strategy Lesson Goes Viral: TRAINA THOUGHTS

LeBron James' intense instructions for Austin Reaves led to amazing reaction

1. The Lakers beat the Nets, 106–96, in Brooklyn Tuesday night.

LeBron James had 33 points, seven rebounds, six assists and one confused teammate.

Late in the game, TNT’s camera zeroed in on James giving teammate Austin Reaves a strategy lesson. It appeared, though, that Reaves struggled to grasp whatever James was saying and the result was this hilarious clip,

LeBron had Austin Reaves absolutely lost here 😂 pic.twitter.com/OCF1Wlha97

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 26, 2022

That befuddled face Reaves made at the eight-second mark was perfection.

And it was all Twitter needed to have a field day.

deceased by Austin Reaves absolutely not getting whatever insane basketball stuff LeBron is seeing pic.twitter.com/KfUa91aE0H

— michael corvo (@michaelcorvo_) January 26, 2022

Austin Reaves is like “bro I’m not you I can’t do all that” 🤣 pic.twitter.com/HoaEpXuMwt

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) January 26, 2022

Austin Reaves like “this mfer crazy” pic.twitter.com/gXLCeybhbl

— Lakers Daily (@LakersDailyCom) January 26, 2022

LeBron: “So if Harden jabs more than 13.8 degrees to the left, you need to make sure your elbow is at an obtuse angle, got it?”

Austin Reaves: “… we in a man or a zone?” pic.twitter.com/juRBOroyEa

— Oluwajomiloju (@JomiAdeniran) January 26, 2022

I'm Austin Reaves and LeBron is Wordle pic.twitter.com/36DUppZXhI

— Adam Kaufman (@AdamMKaufman) January 26, 2022

Austin Reaves is me when my crypto friends try to explain ETH/XRP/DOGE/SOL to me 🥲 pic.twitter.com/TDTFyHXa8a

— Mo Mooncey (@TheHoopGenius) January 26, 2022

reaves is speaking in basic arithmetic while lebron is speaking in theoretical physics 💀 https://t.co/UQHsfwVGrf

— tadanO🐠 (@weraaaaaa_) January 26, 2022

LeBron is talking astrophysics and Reaves just wants to make a cool erupting volcano with baking soda https://t.co/Bdh2rYVdHg

— John Karalis 🇬🇷🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) January 26, 2022

Lebron probably telling Reaves about some shit that happened in the first quarter and Reaves just out here trying to remember who to guard 😂 https://t.co/lpbvXyybHz

— Magic Jawnson (@nichols8452) January 26, 2022

LeBron told Austin Reaves to do something only a LeBron James can do pic.twitter.com/jqpXM3YMj5

— Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) January 26, 2022

2. If you are an SI Media Podcast listener, you know I've said several times that if NBC is going to go through with its plan to push Al Michaels off Sunday Night Football and have him call Thursday Night Football on Amazon next season, he could always call ESPN and offer his services for Monday Night Football.

From the SI MEDIA PODCAST two weeks ago with my guest, @richarddeitsch (https://t.co/72TYnYR636): https://t.co/7Jd1XzTyTM pic.twitter.com/dSno1FD1SM

— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) January 25, 2022

I even said it on Twitter a few days ago.

Had a lengthy conversation with @richarddeitsch about this on the SI MEDIA PODCAST two weeks ago. If Al wants to play hardball, he can call ESPN and offer his services for "Monday Night Football." That's when things will get interesting. https://t.co/IJ0njgpi4N https://t.co/vqYJ8PiKhL

— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) January 23, 2022

I bring this up because, on Tuesday, the New York Post's Andrew Marchand reported that ESPN is considering the idea of reaching out to Michaels about calling Monday Night Football.

NEWS: ESPN considering pursuit of Al Michaels for MNF, The Post has learned.https://t.co/uGqZJCyDTw

— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) January 25, 2022

3. Miked-up content doesn't get much better than this. Thanks to NFL Films, you can hear how Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, talking to Tyreek Hill and Patrick Mahomes, set up Kansas City's final two plays in regulation before its game-tying field goal.

Did @tkelce orchestrate the 13-second drive? 👀

(via @nflfilms, @insidethenfl) pic.twitter.com/fBXQXBSgSF

— NFL (@NFL) January 25, 2022

4. On the day Aaron Rodgers complained to Pat McAfee that people only rooted against the Packers because Rodgers was not vaccinated ...

"There were a ton of people rooting against us because of my vaccination status & them wanting to see us lose so they could pile on.. we knew this was coming down the pipe at some point" ~@AaronRodgers12#PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/Qgrz2bZYqO

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) January 25, 2022

... Netflix released a clip of Aziz Ansari's new standup special in which he riffs on Rodgers and his anti-vax status.

5. This was a classy post by Barry Bonds, the single best baseball player I've ever seen, congratulating David Ortiz on his Hall of Fame enshrinement while getting snubbed once again by sportswriters who don't like his personality.

6. This week's SI Media Podcast will feature not one, not two, but three guests. WWE superstar Roman Reigns will be on to talk about the Royal Rumble, which takes place Saturday. Joe Buck will be on to preview the NFC title game that he will call. And Jim Nantz, who was on last week, will return, to talk about that wild Bills-Chiefs game and to preview the AFC title game. The podcast will be out early Wednesday afternoon, so make sure you subscribe.

You can listen to the podcast below or download it on Apple, Spotify and Stitcher.

You can also watch the SI Media Podcast on YouTube.

7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Happy 88th birthday to Bob Uecker. This clip of Norm MacDonald talking about Uecker on David Letterman's show never gets old.

Be sure to catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and check out the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Stitcher. You can also follow Jimmy on Twitter and Instagram.