Los Angeles Lakers: The 5 biggest disappointments from this season

By Jason Reed | Jun 9, 2021

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4. Wesley Matthews

The expectations were not extremely high for Wesley Matthews as a veteran minimum signing but they certainly were higher than what he produced this season. Matthews was essentially brought in to be this year’s Danny Green, who was traded in the Dennis Schroder deal.

Matthews just was not that. Green played down with the Lakers last season and for that reason, it seemed like an easy feat for Matthews to at least replace what Green gave the team last season. He did not really do that and one of the Lakers’ wings last season was not that effective in being wing.

Matthews played okay defense but it was nothing to write home about and offensively he was not much of a help. Matthews is far from being a playmaker and his bread and butter comes in the form of the three-point shot, which he struggled with last season.

Matthews shot just 33.5% from beyond the arc. That is absolutely terrible for someone who is supposed to be one of the team’s best three-point shooters. If anything, this is a representation of one of the biggest problems the Lakers had last season, which is one of the things the team needs to address the most this offseason.

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