Los Angeles Lakers: 3 non-Westbrook early-season trends of concern

The Lakers don’t have enough shooting

It seems that the Los Angeles Lakers are perfectly fine with trying to win the old-fashioned way. The problem with that is that it hasn’t worked at all so far this season. The Lakers are not just a bad shooting team, they’re one of the worst in the league.

Let’s just put it this way: At this point in the season, Russell Westbrook has been the team’s third-best 3-point shooter. That’s, not great. Aside from Matt Ryan and Austin Reaves, the Lakers don’t have a player that is shooting above 32 percent from 3-point range.

Overall as a team, the Lakers are third-worst in overall shooting percentage and dead-last in 3-point shooting. That’s not going to cut it for a team that is trying to climb its way up the Western Conference standings.

Not only do the Lakers have a fit issue with some of their key players but they also have a lack of shooting problem.