The signings, which seemed ill-advised at the time, are proving to have been even worse decisions than most people expected. None of the three free agent players have lived up to the expectations the Lakers had, and have played fairly poorly, or not much at all, to start the season.
However, the problem may not be their play, but the fact that they were signed in the first place. The players signed in free agency have become direct road-blocks in the development of the Lakers young core, and the Lakers should have seen that coming long before signing them.