Los Angeles Lakers: Retroactively grading the 2019 offseason signings

By Jason Reed | Apr 13, 2020

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Quinn Cook: C

Quinn Cook was brought in for the exact same reasons as Troy Daniels. He too is a back of the rotation guard that was competing for minutes and could play himself into a bigger role on the Lakers by shooting the basketball at a proficient rate.

What Cook had that Daniels did not have coming into the year is valuable playoff minutes. Cook was a member of the Golden State Warriors the previous two seasons, and while he was simply a depth point guard, he did still average 10.8 minutes per game in his two seasons with Golden State.

Cook also has something that Daniels does not have anymore: a roster spot on the Los Angeles Lakers. While Cook has not been overly impressive and has not done enough to warrant a higher passing grade, he essentially won the battle for the roster spot with Daniels and is the Lakers’ resident back-of-the-rotation shooter.

He is averaging 10.8 minutes per game this season and is shooting 37.9 percent from three, which is the lowest mark of his career. Prior to this season, Cook was a career 40-percent three-point shooter, so the hope is that he can get hot in the playoffs and knock down a big three or two coming off the bench to swing a game.

There is more that Cook could be giving to the Lakers, but he has not been bad in any respect.

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