Los Angeles Lakers: 2 pros and 1 con of signing Darren Collison
By Jason Reed
Pro: Darren Collison is the real deal from three-point land
One of the biggest objectives for the Los Angeles Lakers, after they pulled off the Russell Westbrook trade, was to surround the star players in Los Angeles with shooting. LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Westbrook are not the best star shooters and the team needed options to stretch the floor.
Rob Pelinka did a good job in adding options. Wayne Ellington is a really good three-point shooter, Carmelo Anthony can still shoot with the best of them and the likes of Malik Monk and Kendrick Nunn can be elite shooters off the bench in the backcourt.
There is nothing wrong with adding more shooting depth, however, and that is what Collison would add. It is always nice to have as many options as possible because someone will inevitably get ice cold and Collison would give the team more options to shoot the basketball.
Collison led the league in three-point percentage in his second-to-last season before retiring, shooting an absurd 46.8% from beyond the arc. Over his last four years pre-retirement he shot 42.4%!
That is a career year for most players beyond the arc. Collison did it across a four-year stretch.