With LeBron James hopefully (read: mercifully) coming back from injury on Friday night when the Los Angeles Lakers face off in Boston against the Celtics, Frank Vogel is once again going to have a decision to make regarding his starting lineup. This week in “The Lakers Lounge,” the message from Harrison Faigen and myself is pretty simple:
Don’t overthink this, Frank.
Since his return, Talen Horton-Tucker has been arguably the second-best (maybe best?) player, and quite easily the Lakers’ outright best perimeter player. He applies pressure on the rim relentlessly, actually tries defensively and has even surprised with how he’s shot the ball from deep.