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5 Reasons why Dennis Schröder is a great fit on the Los Angeles Lakers

By Jonathan Kiernan

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - DECEMBER 09: Dennis Schroder #17 of the Oklahoma City Thunder looks on during a game against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena on December 9, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - DECEMBER 09: Dennis Schroder #17 of the Oklahoma City Thunder looks on during a game against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena on December 9, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) /
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Secondary playmaking

LeBron James for the 1st time in his entire career led the National Basketball Association in assists.

At the age of 35! That’s insane!

LeBron has shown the basketball world that he is capable of doing virtually anything he sets his mind to and he can be the very best in the world at it if he so chooses.

But let’s not let LeBron’s heroics fool you.

The second LeBron went off the floor, the Lakers went from an excellent offense to a borderline terrible offense.

When LeBron sits, the purple and gold are stagnant because they do not have a player capable of making the right passes and quarterbacking the offense.

This remedied itself in the playoffs when “Playoff Rondo” came to play, elevating the purple and gold to 2nd in the league in assists in the postseason, but during the regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers were 10th in assists per game with 25.4.

Without LeBron’s 10.2 assists a game, the purple and gold would have been in serious trouble to move the ball around and in games in which LeBron willed the Lakers to win, the Lakers would have more than likely lost.

Once again, look at your strengths, look at your weaknesses, perfect your strengths, improve upon your weaknesses.

While being top 10 in the league in assists is good, the Lakers don’t want to be good, they want to be great.

While Dennis Schröder is no LeBron James when it comes to dishing out the ball at an elite level, he is still a more than serviceable secondary playmaker for a team that desperately needs one.

During the early parts of the season, LeBron James will be coasting and resting. That could spell disaster for the purple and gold if they don’t have a playmaker who can take the reigns and make the Lakers tick while LeBron is resting.

Adding Schröder to a large extent negates that worry.

While adding an elite playmaker would have been more beneficial like Chris Paul or Russell Westbrook, the Lakers get unquestionably stronger with Schröder on the team.

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