After signing LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers took an unconventional route to fill in their roster around him by adding Michael Beasley, JaVale McGee, Rajon Rondo and Lance Stephenson. The approach flew in the face of teams historically surrounding James with knockdown shooters.
Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka dismissed any concern over the perceived lack of floor-spacers. They touted their group of versatile ballhandlers and expressed confidence in the likes of Lonzo Ball, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Josh Hart and Kyle Kuzma being proficient behind the arc.
While suspensions and injuries could be blamed in some regard, the Lakers predictably have not been a strong shooting team.