Los Angeles Lakers: Player grades for the 2020-21 regular season

Los Angeles Lakers grades, the big men:

Andre Drummond: B+

I know he only played 21 games for the Lakers but he did average double digits in points and rebounds in 10 of those games. Not too bad for a guy that came over late in the season after being off for some time.

Drummond has added another dimension to the team that they desperately needed with defense and rebounding. He scored 11.9 points per game and grabbed 10.2 rebounds. Drummond will come up huge in the postseason as we will need him to help dominate down low and against other teams that have big men as well.

Drummond can move quickly to the basket and does his best work by rebounding and playing defense. Two things the Los Angeles Lakers needed which will keep them above the other teams as well. Against teams such as the Suns and the Nuggets, who have legit big men, Drummond will comes in handy.

Marc Gasol D+

Gasol averaged a career-low in points (5.0), and rebounds. (4.1) He also only got 2.1 assists which is the second-lowest of his career. He did shoot 41% from three-point which was the third-highest of his career.

To be fair, he was never supposed to do all that much but I expected him to do a bit more especially early on in the season when he looked dead. Where he is now in his role off the bench is where he is better suited. He has the experience for sure, but his dominant days just seem to be over.

Gasol no longer is a presence inside and down low where he used to be. He moves the ball well around the key for a big man and is a good passer. Gasol also has a very high basketball IQ similar to his brother Pau, which makes him important to have on the bench and around the younger players.