3. Not signing Aaron Holiday
Frequent Lake Show Life readers know that I loved Aaron Holiday as a potential minimum free agent fit for the Lakers and that I was disappointed when Holiday instead signed a minimum deal with the Atlanta Hawks. Last offseason it was Otto Porter, this offseason it is Holiday.
Walker is a horrible fit on the Los Angeles Lakers and Holiday is the complete opposite. He is exactly what the Lakers should have been looking for in a depth guard as he could have provided quality minutes to the team.
Holiday is a better shooter as he has shot 37.3% from beyond the arc over his career while shooting 84% from the stripe. In 22 games with Phoenix last season he shot 44.4% from three and 93.9% from the free-throw line. With LeBron James’ facilitating, Holiday could have posted similar numbers.
While he is a bit undersized, Holiday has shown with his hustle that he can be an average defensive player on worse and is someone who can spot-up a guard on the perimeter. He has averaged 1.3 steals per 36 minutes in his career. Not a huge number, but nothing to scoff at.
Holiday has not gotten a huge chance with a team despite having a good skill set and the Lakers would have been a great place to give him 20-22 minutes a game and prove his worth as a backup point guard. Heck, he certainly could have done more than Max Christie this upcoming season.
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Instead, Holiday is in Atlanta and is probably going to be yet another example of the Lakers missing out on something great right in front of them.