1. JJ Redick does not really add anything new to the Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are tied for the most wins in the league and that is not by accident. The Lakers are a very good basketball team and while recent games have been closer than Laker fans would be comfortable, they are still the favorites to win the NBA Championship for a reason.
The reason is that the team has arguably the best depth in the entire league behind the best 1-2 superstar punch in the league. That is really hard to do but general manager Rob Pelinka figured out just how to do it with a tremendous offseason.
Of course, the Lakers should still look to improve where they can but they simply aren’t getting better by adding J.J. Redick. Last season, sure, the team needed more three-point shooting. They really do not need that on this team.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is a fine shooter, Alex Caruso has taken a huge step up and the Lakers added two solid shooters in Dennis Schroder and Wesley Matthews, although Schroder is off to a slow start.
With the youngster Talen Horton-Tucker, the Lakers have plenty of guard depth.
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The last thing this team needs is an old guard who is regressing. Redick is currently shooting 34.7% from beyond the arc, which is the worst mark of his career. His 15.1 points per 36 minutes are the fewest of his career since the 2010-11 season.
More importantly, he is a bad defensive player. The Lakers have built a defensive identity and the last thing the team needs is a one-way veteran guard who is getting worse at the one way that he is supposed to contribute in.
But if you disagree with my assessment of Redick and still think the Lakers should trade for him I have one more clinching fact to look at.