Lakers News: Austin Reaves Does Jersey Swap With Former Dodgers Power-Hitter

Austin Reaves did a jersey swap with a legendary MLB power-hitter.

The Los Angeles Lakers have the benefit of sharing the same city as one of the best teams in the MLB: the Los Angeles Dodgers. There are often moments when players from both teams cross paths, and that is exactly what happened. 

Current Lakers star Austin Reaves walked over to the legendary MLB and former Dodger Albert Pujols and engaged in a jersey swap. 

Albert Pujols and Austin Reaves with the jersey swap before #Lakers vs #Warriors 🤝 pic.twitter.com/S28hIpDFlq

— ESPN Los Angeles (@ESPNLosAngeles) March 17, 2024

Jersey swapping is very popular in professional sports, and it's an act of showing respect to the game of a fellow opponent and teammate. However, it's not often that an MLB and NBA star engages in a jersey swap. 

Pujols spent the majority of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Angels before he ended up playing for the Dodgers. Pujols played a staggering 22 seasons before he hung up his cleats. 

Reaves is only in his second season and has been garnering plenty of praise from the NBA world. It appears his star has only risen, and legends from the MLB world like Pujols wanted to honor Reaves by asking him for a jersey swap. 

The above video showcases Pujos and Reaves smiling for pictures, but we imagine it might have been a surreal moment for Reaves to have been asked to jersey swap with a player like Pujols.