Lou Williams is a phenomenal basketball player. He was the best player on the Lakers roster this season and thrilled fans night in and night out with his ability to go on insane scoring binges, which inspired countless tweets of fire emojis, exclamation points, and expletives.
He is a bad-shot maker, the kind of player who can carry a team when everything else is falling apart (a truly valuable skill), and his mind-boggling ability to get to the free throw line is one of the wondrous mysteries of the NBA.
And yet, the Lakers are better off without him.