Well someone is making their shots or he would not be racking up all those assists. The problem is the other side of the ball. The Jazz shot 56% from the field last night so his offensive stats don't seem to be very important.
Totally disagree, the problem for the Lakers is their roster up and down is full of guys who can't shoot, as in they are a historically bad shooting team, possibly the worst ever in NBA history, they've already set many records.
Look at their three best 3point shooters right now;
1 Matt Ryan who is almost 26 and has an NBA career of playing one game for Boston
2 Austin Reaves who as a rookie last year shot 31% from three.
3 Russell Westbrook is currently third on the Lakers in three point percentage!
Yes the chucker who has shot 3700 three pointers in his career at a terrible 30.5% is the Lakers third best three point shooter.
The Lakers are absolute garbage this year. Remove Westbrook they are garbage, add him they are garbage.
Plenty of things to criticize Westbrook for over his 15 year career, and I often have; but this horrible Lakers team just isn't one of them.
Whoever built a professional basketball team in 2022; with this 3 point era that has no shooters is terrible at their job. To think that last month Pelinka got an extension is nuts. So I'm not sure how much of that blame should go to GM, ownership, or star (LBJ) player. But the result is a roster of shit.
It's another great year to be a Lakers hater.
