3-Point Shooting will be a recurring issue with this Team

[DS17]

#startkuzma

[Jordan-esque]

Laker's Summer League team comprised of actual shooters had a better flow of the game compared to what we're seeing tonight.

[Spanish_Laker]

Wear and Blue were better shooters than anyone on this team.

Can we get D-Lo back please? The Nets can have Ingram.

[ROballer]

Can we fast forward to the summer of 2018 please?

Just to slap the **** out of the faces who still think trading D-Lo won't go down as one of the worst moves in Lakers history.

[TKainZero]

This team has major issues with 3 point shooting

Clarkson and Randle are the only ones shooting an acceptable percentage.

Everyone else is near sub .300

[Pythagoras]

I expected 3 pointing shooting to be a problem for this team, but some of this feels a little fluky. You'd have to think Lopez, KCP, and even Ball will get those percentages up closer to 33% range before the season is out.

[Ballerhogger]

What would it take to get Ingles or any shooter !?

[Dr Aki]

the 3pt shooting or more precisely, the lack of 3pt shooting is putting undue pressure on all parts of the game for the lakers

crummy 3pt shooting allows defenses to collapse inwards and prevent easy shots at the rim, which then results in longer rebounds, which we can't take advantage of due to being a below average rebounding team, which leads to requiring more focus on defense and major scoreboard pressure

it's tough when every game you play begins at a minimum -10 because we can't hit open threes

[milesfides]

Give Deng a chance. Shot a very respectable 35% as a flex-four in two seasons with Miami, before the mess that was last year. Lonzo will get him good looks. Worth a shot, since Randle, Nance, and Ingram aren’t making themselves a threat from three.

[DanishLakerFan]

Lakers are just all a bunch of runners with no one to spread the floor, especially the starters, no one there are legit 3-point snipers.

Randle/Ingram aren't 3-point shooters no matter how many 3s they practice, they won't hit them at a high clip and instead will rely on going iso's to the paint.

KCP is a 33% career shooter only.

Ball's shot hasn't translated so far and is still unproven in the NBA level.

Only dude who can probably shoot over 40% and become a legit 3-point sniper who can spread the floor for the Lakers is Kuzma, but he comes off the bench.

I actually disagree with this and i think the Lakers' shooting wil come around.
There is no reason to think Ingram wont be a decent shooter. Ditto for Randle. If the rest of the guys just hit their career numbers or shoot the way they were projected to shoot, the Lakers should hitting 2 more 3s on same attempts.

[Spanish_Laker]

Where's D-Lo though?

[DS17]

Can we fast forward to the summer of 2018 please?

Just to slap the **** out of the faces who still think trading D-Lo won't go down as one of the worst moves in Lakers history.

DLO is overrated

[milesfides]

D-Lo is not a great 3-point shooter, especially as a guard. Just because a player takes many doesn’t mean he’s effective. Especially if he stops the ball and plays poor defense.

A guard more like George Hill would be a great backcourt fit next to Lonzo.

[milesfides]

We aren’t THIS bad though.

KCP, Ball, and Lopez are killing us with their percentages (30, 29, 27), while making things worse by chucking it up 5-6 times per 36. But Lopez has suffered from fluctuating minutes, and KCP went 0-5 during that Utah game - otherwise his 3 pt percentage has been normal.

Lonzo went a frigid 1-14 over 3 straight games from oct 20-27, but otherwise has been good before and after (9-21, 43%).

Nobody’s been consistently bad. Things should even out as the season goes beyond the 7-game sample size.

Or so we hope. We need to keep playing KCP and Lopez until we can trade them.

[snaquille oatmeal]

Wear and Blue were better shooters than anyone on this team.

Can we get D-Lo back please? The Nets can have Ingram.

Really? I don’t remember Blue shooting.

[Crooked-I]

People need to get over the D'lo trade. I'm still a D'lo fan and still watch his games and even i'm getting sick of everyone mentioning it. Get over it and move on.

As for the 3 point shooting, it's a small sample size so hopefully Lopez and Ball are just cold to start the season off. As for KCP and Ingram, I doubt they finish over 32% for the season. But I have some faith in the other two.

[Kilroy]

DLo has already missed a game this season... And he's shooting 33% from 3 and only averaging 5 attempts...
Guess what Ingram's 3pt% is... That's right. 33%. Fewer attempts... But hey, given how they shoot, maybe that's actually better.

Ok... He's having a better season so far than he had for us... Maybe... But it's not like he's winning the NBA right now... He has a couple good games... He has a game where he shoots 30% and misses all his 3s... he has a game he misses because his knees are shot... Repeat.
All in all maybe a little better, but not a whole lot different than what he was for us... Which was pretty unimpressive.

[scoobs07]

1. Its nice that Lopez could shoot threes, but its not good when we our counting on him to be our go-to three point shooter. Thats what it seems like.

2. Inserting Kuzma in to the starting line up will help with spacing.

3. Give Hart more playing time, hes good three and D.

But, then we our counting on our rookies for threes which isnt good either. Ideally, the Lakers need to acquire a pure three point shooter to play at back up small forward and potentially starting shooting guard. Either an expiring contract or a cost controlled rookie contract. I would give up Nance, Randle, Clarkson and Lopez of the end result is we free up salary for next season AND we acquire such a three point shooter. Maybe we swap Lopez for Monroe and get another asset from Milwaukee that we use in a trade? I like Harris from Brooklyn and Valentine from Chicago. Maybe even LaVine from Chicago.