Los Angeles Lakers: What each new free agent brings to the team
By Zane Harris
What Malik Monk brings to the Los Angeles Lakers
Malik Monk is the youngest player the Lakers brought in during free agency so far.
He is only 23 years old yet has established himself as yet another sharpshooter added to the Lakers roster.
Monk is another new Laker who shot over 40% from three last season. Monk finished the year with a 40.1% three-ball. He shot even better from the corner at 57.6% last season.
This could be very dangerous for the Lakers if he is able to come anywhere close to that in the upcoming season.
He is yet another new player that will be spending most of his time in the corner on the offensive end. He is not much of an inside threat, however, he does not need to be.
With a three-point shot like Monk has, he will see a fair amount of minutes coming off of the bench and could even work himself into the starting lineup if he is able to improve his defensive ability.
However, with his youth, he still has plenty of time to improve in these areas.
Adding Monk to the team hits on the biggest need of the team and the Lakers front office has done a spectacular job hitting on this weakness with the signing of Monk.