Los Angeles Lakers: Ranking the players on the 2019-2020 roster (15-11)

14.) Troy Daniels

Troy Daniels was one of the players the Lakers had targeted in a concerted effort to get more shooting on the team, and he’s one of the better players in the league at just that.

After bouncing around the league for several seasons, Daniels finally found some semblance of consistency in the 2017-2018 season with the Phoenix Suns, where he had his best season to date in terms of shooting percentage, points, and minutes.

For his career, Daniels is a 40% three-point shooter on a respectable 4.4 attempts/game. It’s important to note that when it comes to three-point shooting, the attempts are just as important as the percentage, and Daniels has both of those factors going for him.

That’s the good news with Daniels, but now we have to go into the bad. As great as Daniels is as a long distance threat, he is equally terrible on the defensive end, as he’s a little undersized at 6’4″ compared to most shooting guards. Couple this with the fact that Daniels has little to no on-ball abilities and that pretty much makes Daniels a one-dimensional player — but he’s really good at that one dimension.

But to be fair, it’s not like we’re expecting Daniels to initiate the offense or lock down opposing wings. When he’s in the game, he’ll be asked to do one thing and one thing only — knock down the open three. So Daniel’s limited offensive skill-set and non-existent defensive ability, has him slot in at the number fourteen spot.