Patrick Beverley was surprisingly optimistic about the situation in America. lakersThe offense after Wednesday’s 110-99 loss Denver Nuggets“Well, I think we shot 20 percent, and today we shot 26 percent,” Beverly said. told reporters“So we got better.” Technically, he was right. The Lakers shot 30-for-8 against the Nuggets and his conversion rate was 26.7%. Surprisingly, it was the Lakers’ best shooting night of the season, never exceeding his 25% shooting percentage from distance in his first three games.
The Lakers have shot from 3-point range 22.3% of the first four games.Has endured one season in NBA history, according to ESPN stats and infoAnother thing to watch: LeBron James is 0-4 for the first time since his rookie season. That team ranked him 25th in the NBA in 3-point percentage, and yet he made them with a 32.7-percentage clip…he’s 10 percentage points higher than the Lakers.
Ultimately, the absence of Russell Westbrook did little to fix an offense that is now so visibly broken. He missed Wednesday’s game due to a hamstring injury sustained by . His replacement, Austin Reeves, actually shot 2/3 of the way from deep in his place. That doesn’t mean there will be a good shooter on the roster anytime soon. Matt his Ryan, who was the most consistent on the bench, made two of his three tries in eight minutes. An unnamed shooter named Reaves and Ryan he was 4/24.
Given the makeup of this roster, it’s hardly surprising. No Lakers player played with his career 3-point percentage higher than Patrick Beverley’s 37.8% this season.To give you an overview of the numbers, Beverly played in 2020-21 clippers 2 seasons ago. That team had at least 12 of his players in his 10 tries achieving that his 3-point percentage. Kendrick Nunn ranked second on his team’s career three-point leaderboard this season, but he has only scored four of his 17 tries this season.
One would think the setback would ultimately offer some relief, simply because no team can miss that many shots forever.The worst three-point shooting team last season was oklahoma city thunder, made up 32.3% of their looks. But thanks to the players this team is currently recruiting, the 2022-23 Lakers will not have an average-shooting version of the ball, much less a good one.
But there doesn’t seem to be any imminent change. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski told fans not to expect a deal in the near future during his Wednesday morning appearance on Get Up. “The team isn’t serious about signing deals and maybe walks away from being a playoff team or trying to go to the lottery in a year that has Victor Wenbanyama. They’re 20 years or 30 years away from the season opener. game” Wojnarowski said“I mean, all the deals the Lakers didn’t think of didn’t give them enough value to trade those picks. They’re all still there. A lot of things the Lakers do during the offseason.” Utah, Indiana, I’m told they didn’t…have yet to hear from the Lakers this season.”
The longer the Lakers wait, the less impact such a move will have. Buddy Hield and Myles Turner would inject much-needed shooting into this lineup, but the Lakers showed no urgency to fix their shooting problems in their fourth loss. If he doesn’t wake up the front office, Beverly may not be able to celebrate another high water mark in the shooting department for quite some time.
