Los Angeles Lakers: Building the all-time three-point shooting team

Three-point shooting is more prominent today than it ever has been since being added to the NBA in 1979. There have been famous sharpshooters in the past, such as Ray Allen or Larry Bird, but overall, the output of three-pointers is not even close.

The Los Angeles Lakers are not one of the most prolific three-point shooting teams in the league despite their success. The Lakers have attempted the eighth-fewest three-pointers this season, averaging 31.4 a game.

Compared to teams of the past, though, that is still a very high frequency.

The Lakers have had some great three-point shooters in their history but they do not have that Allen or even Stephen Curry that other franchises have.

Thus, we wanted to build the Lakers’ all-time three-point shooting team, with some qualifications. Guards had to have attempted at least 500 threes with the Lakers with all other positions at least 300. We selected players based on their three-point percentage.

The Los Angeles Lakers all-time three-point shooting team:

PG: Steve Blake (38.3%)

Steve Blake has the highest three-point percentage of any player in Los Angeles Lakers history that has at least 500 career three-point attempts. That is quite staggering when you think about it, as Blake would not be someone you would expect to top the list.

Blake was a serviceable role player for the Lakers for four seasons, serving as the team’s new point guard depth after they won back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010.

Blake only started 45 of his 204 games played with the Lakers and he averaged 23.9 minutes per game. He shot 38.3 percent from beyond the arc as a Laker, averaging 3.2 threes a game, and shot 42.1 percent in his last season with the Lakers.

Blake was not a remarkable player in the slightest, he only averaged 5.8 points per game with the Lakers, but he was able to hit his three-point shots.